•   I am a parent of two children, an eleven year old and a six year old, a girl and a boy. They are at that fascinating age where children gradually stop being just sources of cuteness and start becoming distinct personalities. Opinions emerge. Preferences become strong. Defiance appears alongside curiosity. Logic and emotion coexist…

  • Lately I have been thinking a lot about roots. What are they really? Do they strengthen us or hold us back? Do they enrich the quality of our lives or quietly limit the paths we could have taken? The idea has been sitting with me for weeks, maybe months, and I can feel myself returning…

  • Recently, I picked up City of Djinns by William Dalrymple, my first real attempt at reading history. My reading so far had mostly been self-improvement, management, business, or investing. This book opened a completely new window into Delhi’s layered and turbulent past. It traces the city’s evolution from the era of Muhammad bin Tughlaq in…