Diaries: May 2020

As the lockdown stretched on, very unlikely scenarios unfolded in various parts of the country.... read more

During the lockdown I come across a number of stories in the press that are in some way related. A... read more

My mind went back to poems I had written 32 years ago, on a hike to the Tarsar Lake in Kashmir,... read more

As the third phase of the lockdown continued, there were stories from across the country... read more

As India moved into the third phase of the lockdown, an ill-planned revenue strategy to open liquor... read more

Difficult as the severe lockdown in the country was, some individuals extended themselves . . .... read more

Discussions with family and friends these days, offline or online, generally tend to culminate in... read more

Sulki Mahudi, a hamlet in Patiya village (Kherwara tehsil in district Udaiur of Rajasthan) is... read more

Nothing is ordinary any more here in India, the country with the largest and most severe lockdown... read more

I have started admiring the beauty of some bungalows and noticing the hostile, high security walls... read more

Three Pages from a Linguist’s Restless Diary Page One On the evening our Prime Minister... read more

Meera Damor is a nurse at a primary healthcare clinic in Bedawal village, some 70 Km south of... read more