I hope things do not get as bad as they did in the last two years. If they do, it will impact the economy as a whole and will also have a deep impact on my life
I am a teacher. All I wanted was to return to the classroom to teach them the philosophy of hope.
"Just like everyone else, we were all very scared, too. During the first wave, when we knew little about the virus, I recall how security personnel and policemen would form a human chain every time a body of a COVID patient had to be carried to the hearse parked at the hospital gate."
"Though it was very painful to have lost my husband, I could not even grieve properly as I was so anxious about our future. I was speaking to my mother on the phone even now and was venting my frustration about my husband's untimely death"
"Dreams are many. I want to open a shop in my village where my grandparents own 4 kathas (2,880 square feet) of land, so I can stay at home, but it is just that — a dream."
"In our minds, there was a constant fear of the disease but our sewing machines never slowed down."
If they feel the place is not safe, they should lock up the violators. But the easiest option for them is to lock the girls inside.
In the new year, I plan to bring my wife and children to Surat
I want my students to grow in gratitude and empathy for one another and for things around them
My worst fear came true when I got infected and to my horror, I carried the infection home to my parents
I have become calmer and focused after the pandemic and I don’t get anxious easily. Now, I believe that no matter what happens in life, everything turns out fine in the end
I live in a joint family with my parents, brothers, sisters and my children, so, personally, having no shows was a painful experience
My father, who is an assistant manager at a company, met with an accident and, temporarily, I became the sole earning member for my parents and two siblings
From spiders to dung beetles to grasshoppers, who’s the whackiest of them all?
Here are this week's special stories
As the year draws to a close, here’s a personal list of favourites among winged wonders
Here are this week's interesting reads!
Bring a little sip and taste of Christmas this season and do what you can to put a smile on a stranger's face
Find the cause and then the cure -- stop feeding them crates-full of cherries
Check out this week's must-read stories!
People carry to the threshold of the shrine empty and broken but they leave feeling fulfilled and bursting with hope
What’s not to love the rhino that moves like a ballerina and the elephant matriarch who kicks delinquent males out of the herd
Clues lie in the landscape and the way the hills have become historical markers to an ancient way of life
Here are interesting reads of this week!
The many benefits of the good earth




