The real world
The real world, people insist, is not inside a smartphone… and I have always wondered if it is the tech-challenged who are trying to push us back into the wilderness of the past. I mean, look how wonderful and full of aesthetic harmony our world seems as it exists on a picture in Instagram… or...
Why do rivers run?
We were in a train going from Delhi to Jhansi and as we crossed the river Chambal, my four year old son sat transfixed looking out. He had been looking out throughout the journey, but after we crossed this river he turned to his mother and asked, ‘Where is the river going?’ ‘A river runs,’...
The tallest building in Lahore
When I was small I loved to hear Unending tales on every night Spell-bound by words I had no fear And thought I was another knight! Gardens where chocolates grew on trees Friendship with aliens from the stars Sailors who went across the seas These stories made a mark not scars. And one of them...
