Tulsi Bhua (aunt) is beside herself. She cannot find her Gangajali (a receptacle for holy water). Mummy is helping her search; it cannot just ...

I hate not being able to focus. My thoughts are a million miles a minute. Part of me thinks a nap would help, but ...

There is a strained quietness about the house. Mummy is terribly upset! Rita abandoned her Graduate Program at the University of Delhi after one ...

All packed in the car for a visit to a family friend. I have come along for the ride—no school today.   Tenth-grade finals are ...

The world is a chaotic mix of joy and sorrow. We are entitled and required to manage both. No one is promised an endless ...

For over a decade, I worked for one company. I went through two lateral moves, but none of them were promotions. I was with ...

In every second there is a moment In every moment there is a heartbeat Within every heartbeat, the next moment lives  Lava comes and goes As our ...

Summer nights of yore in a sparsely crowded Delhi, dhurries on rustic charpoys layered with cool white sheets, stars pricking in a darkening blue ...

At the center of my lifeAre teachings passedOnward, from word andAction, sacred gemsI foster and treasure. At the center of my lifeIs freedom eternallyBound, ...

Have you ever felt yourself emotionally go backwards? Lately, it seems like everything I have been trying to achieve has been put on pause. ...