BY ANJALI HIREGANGE One day, my sister and I decided we wanted to make a vegan meal that would take us back to our chicken gobbling days. Our best bet were mushrooms, so we went hunting down the aisles of supermarkets and our local grocers in high hopes. Sadly, all we found were white button mushrooms. We perked up slightly at the lone box of … Continue reading Much Room For Mushrooms
BY DRISHTI RAKHRA There are many ways in which teaching is possible. The most traditional one — the age-old lecture model, is one we fall back on very easily. This happens for good reasons since the act of teaching is reliant most heavily on communication — how efficient we are, how well we can speak to our students. Everything is reliant on the teacher’s ability … Continue reading The Cultural Flavours Of Food
BY ZOHRA FATIMA Everyone should delve deep down south into a recess of India to find salubrious Kerala at least once in a lifetime. A unique state that stands apart from the rest of the country by its own accord. Having spent almost half a decade in Kochi, what I saw, sensed, and suspired of the endless ethereal beauty and rich prospering culture will have … Continue reading Seasonal Metamorphosis
BY DRISHTI RAKHRA Visiting Century Club for swimming is one of those special but bittersweet memories of my childhood. My 5-year-old-self hated every minute of it, as my small body was repeatedly flung into the pool after much struggle. It happened effortlessly at the hands of the coaches until I learned to make the water my friend. Then, I began to feel like I was … Continue reading Swimming Summers In Bangalore
BY RUCHIRA GHOSH Ingredients Potatoes- 5, medium sized, parboiled Tomatoes- 2, medium sized Cumin seeds- 3-4 tbsp Dry red whole chilies- 4-5 Cumin powder- 3 tsp Chili powder- ½ tsp Cooking oil- 2-3 tbsp Salt to taste Method STEP 1 Blend cumin seeds, tomatoes, dry red chillies together in a food processor. STEP 2 Heat a wok and add oil to it. Pour in the mixture. … Continue reading Tangy Potato
Freedom and love go together. Love is not a reaction. If I love you because you love me, that is mere trade, a thing to be bought in the market; it is not love. To love is not to ask anything in return, not even to feel that you are giving something- and it is only such love that can know freedom. – Jiddu Krishnamurti Continue reading Love And Freedom
BY ARUNDHATI GHOSH Review 1: Shanta Gokhale’s One Foot on the Ground Shanta Gokhale is an incredible woman. Anyone who knows her or her work will say so. And that’s why I had trepidation about reading her autobiography. In my experience women seldom do justice to themselves when they are telling their own stories. They shrink their achievements self-consciously, or smother their brilliance under a … Continue reading Never At Her Wit’s End
BY DRISHTI RAKHRA The world of an English major is endless. Every now and then, you will feel like you have read enough, that you have discovered all there is to find. This assumption is the most dangerous one, it is a wake-up call. The moment you feel confident in how much you know, you will find another text that will rattle your worldview, that … Continue reading What I Learnt From Teaching Beowulf
BY ZOHRA FATIMA Life is a drama and we are all actors. Idiosyncratic to our personalities we play a myriad of roles, we wear masks, we camouflage and we create situations. The story of our life is shaped by the perspective through which we view ourselves in relation to our circumstances. Deeming life through the lens of other people from time to time and discarding … Continue reading Curtains Down
BY VIBHA MITRA The colours of spring, the change of season to warmer tones of yellow, vermillion and green from the starkness of winters. Holi is symbolic of the victory of good over evil. Holika on the insistence of her brother, Hiranyakashyap tries to kill her nephew, Prahlad who is a pious virtuous kid and opposes his father’s wrongs. Holika gets burnt instead and people … Continue reading Holi Hues
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