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Who’s my neighbour| My neighbours taught me that acceptance is built through small, everyday acts of openness

January 16, 2026 5:54 am

Living in a “mixed” locality taught me that proximity does not always guarantee connection, but connection is possible when people are open to it

Who’s my neighbour | Today, the word 'neighbour' has lost its meaning; Proximity and familiarity have been replaced by solitude and separation

December 31, 2025 11:33 am

There was a sense of organic companionship that probably lasted decades for many families. Children became friends organically because of their geographical proximity and familiarity

Who's my neighbour: Inside a gated community, three creatures have sorted out the world between them. And no, the humans are not among them

December 03, 2025 12:16 pm

The people hide inside most of the time. It’s too hot or too cold or the air is too dirty. Sometimes, they fiddle with things

The student tried to resolve the matter by reaching out directly to the complaining neighbour (Representative image/Pexels)

I was raised by my neighbours. Now, I find them everywhere

November 05, 2025 6:05 pm

People have stories about your family long after they are gone. There is always collective memory. That is the gift of living and growing with the same people for decades.

Who's My Neighbour: From Jorhat to Delhi to London, home is defined by relationships, not geography

October 08, 2025 11:57 am

Neighbours are not just people in adjacent houses — they are custodians of memory, sharers of daily life, and participants in every joy and sorrow

Who’s my neighbour: When body becomes the border: Wheelchair changed the way I looked at my neighbours

September 24, 2025 11:29 am

Spaces that once connected me to my neighbours now kept me out

Sometimes I think of these bonds as invisible threads connecting generations of women in migrant families, especially in Delhi, a city of arrivals. Partition survivors in Old Delhi, traders from small towns, nurses from the South.

Who’s my neighbour: Chai, ‘salaams’ and my mother’s lessons in community

September 02, 2025 12:33 pm

My mother’s network of meticulously maintained relationships has saved us in ways big and small: From a steady supply of utensils and freezer space during Eid to spare bedding and even an extra room to isolate in during the Covid-19 pandemic

Who's my neighbour: Sharing sorrows with those who share our walls

August 13, 2025 2:09 pm

What my neighbours see is my daily routine. Any change in it speaks louder than the words we might exchange

The police added that the duo meticulously planned the murder, searching on the internet, including YouTube, for methods to kill the man and dispose of his body. (Photo: Freepik)

Browsed YouTube for plotting murder, buried body in pit, then a missing complaint: Gurgaon woman kills husband with partner’s help

August 05, 2025 5:46 am

The Gurgaon police have arrested the woman and her neighbour's uncle in connection with the murder of her husband

Who’s my neighbour | In Bandra, the matriarch’s gaze and a building leaning gently into its own decline

July 30, 2025 11:39 am

Gentrification doesn’t always come with cranes and concrete. In my case, it arrived with subsidised rent, a slightly too-generous cook salary, and a balcony I still haven’t properly used