top of page
Trailblazers
Artists
Youth
Rebels
Places
Nostalgia
About Us
More
Use tab to navigate through the menu items.
Log In
NOSTALGIA
5 min read
WHAT DOES NOT KILL YOU MAKES YOU STRONGER! - By Livleen Bhagat
What does not kill you makes you stronger. This has been particularly true in my case. I was 18 then, this was more than half a century...
Mihir Srivastava
4 min read
SITA RAWLLEY--MOTHER OF WOMEN GOLF IN INDIA by Mihir Srivastava
Radhika Rawlley is young at 71. She’s packing her bags to start a new life in Dubai where her son, Ishan, has recently settled down after...
Livleen Bhagat
4 min read
THE ONLY JOURNEY IS THE ONE WITHIN by Livleen Bhagat
I got married to Arun Bhagat when I was 19 years old, and for nearly 60 years we lived a fulfilling life together. When I lost him on my...
Mihir Srivastava
4 min read
AJAY UPADHYAY--THE PEOPLE'S PERSON by Mihir Srivastava
A people's person Ajay Upadhyay was a scholar, a thinker, a great conversationalist, and a valued friend. He blended seamlessly with...
Mihir Srivastava
5 min read
TINA BEDI IS YOUNG AT 80 By Mihir Srivastava
Tina Bedi is young at 80. She lives alone in an apartment in Delhi and describes this as is the most joyous (Anand Swarup Atma) phase...
Mihir Srivastava
5 min read
HE IS PRESENT IN HIS ABSENCE - By Mihir Srivastava
“True love is the ripe fruit of a lifetime,” Alphonse de Lamartine A couple for more than fifty years becomes a constant in each other’s...
Mallika Sarabhai
4 min read
UNMESSING HER HEAD: MOTHER OF A GAY DAUGHTER - By Mallika Sarabhai
I had always been very close to my children and had been through hard times bringing them up alone after my husband and I separated. I...
Mihir Srivastava
4 min read
Robin Gupta brings light to 'The Secret City' - By Mihir Srivastava
Recently, Robin Gupta’s third book The Secret City was launched at Delhi’s Gymkhana Club. A 75 years old, young at heart, Robin, served...
Livleen Bhagat
5 min read
WHAT DOES NOT KILL YOU MAKES YOU STRONGER! - By Livleen Bhagat
What does not kill you makes you stronger. This has been particularly true in my case. I was 18 then, this was more than half a century...
Mihir Srivastava
4 min read
P N DUBEY WALKED AWAY WITHOUT A TRACE, SON ON THE LOOKOUT FOR MONTHS
By Mihir Srivastava Prem Narayan Dubey, 85 years, was a popular figure in his locality. Physically healthy for his age, he likes to go...
Livleen Bhagat
3 min read
AN ODE TO A FRIEND: HEMI AND THE MAKING OF SANSKRITI SCHOOL
By Livleen Bhagat A bare envelope was delivered to my doorstep. I opened it to realise it was from Sanskriti School. This year the school...
Sanjay Asthana
5 min read
MY SONS ARE MY BEAUTIFUL LIFE'S WORK
By Sanjay Asthana We were all enjoying the rainy weekend. My sons Akshay, 24 going to be 25 soon, and Anmol, 23, their friend Jay who...
Amrita Talwar
5 min read
TO MY MOTHER WITH LOVE
By Amrita Talwar Shashi Bala, my mother, died of ovarian cancer at the age of seventy-eight on 3 July, 2022. Losing a parent is the...
Mihir Srivastava
5 min read
TONY JESUDASAN: THE CATALYST - By Mihir Srivastava
Tony Jesudasan, a key lieutenant of Anil Ambani's Reliance group and one of the finest corporate communications and corporate affairs...
Livleen Bhagat
5 min read
MY ADVENTURES IN IRAN
By Livleen Bhagat My husband Arun Bhagat’s job took us to places. Iran is one of them. We lived in Tehran for four years till 1984. It...
Smita Dhariwal
6 min read
GROWING UP WITH MY TWO BOYS
By Smita Dhariwal I’m a mother of two boys, now men–Rishab and Raghav–both in their early 20s. I’m proud of them, not because they have...
Mihir Srivastava
6 min read
WE LOVED RIGHT DOWN TO OUR LAST GOODBYE!
By Mihir Srivastava Thomas Ellis is a bespectacled French man with a certain charm. He was integral to Delhi life for ten long years, and...
Mihir Srivastava
14 min read
HOLIER-THAN-THOU AATISH TASEER AND THE ART OF VILIFYING OLD FRIENDS TO MAKE A GOOD PROSE. - By Mihir Srivastava
I follow Aatish Taseer’s footsteps to profile him. Author of many books, Aatish is a fascinating man and a writer par excellence. He’s...
Mihir Srivastava
5 min read
THE STONE 'MAHAL' OF FATEHPUR SIKRI AND INDOMITABLE RAIS MIYA
by MIHIR SRIVASTAVA Ayazuddin Chisti, popularly known as Rais Miyan, is the 18th direct descendent of Hazrat Salim Chishti, the Sufi sage...
bottom of page