As per Indian subcontinent mythology, there are seven worlds below our feet – அதலம், விதலம், தலம், கபஸ்திமல், மகாதலம், சுதலம், பாதாளம். We get our food and water from there. We can’t see them. Similar to those seven worlds below us, are there worlds within our society we are not aware of? We see different classes of people daily but never stopped to ask how their life would look like. We may
(The untold Stories of India’s First Women in Medicine by Kavitha Rao – A book Review) Disclosure: This article also published within the organization I work for. Posted here with permission from organization What the surroundings would have looked like for a girl born in 1870s of India? What she could have aspired for? How the society viewed and treated the girls in those times? Most likely she would have
Thanks to Baradwaj Rangan (BR) for giving the idea for this blog post!! BR had a query to his readers on Books that changed you. I did call out the list of books that influenced me in his comments section. Here I am giving an elaborated version for your reading pleasure 😀 I grew up reading all kinds of magazines and books. During my school years, we got pretty much
What triggers a change in behavior of a person who follows a routine for past 25 years? A change that is in contradiction? An anomaly. In our life we see that many times. Some are minor, some major, making us wonder, is this the same person we knew. Some are known changes that happens as a person gets older that is attributed to midlife crisis. Mostly those are either change
Imagine yourself in a new place, where you are not familiar with the local language and culture. A task as simple as ordering food in a restaurant becomes a struggle. While in Suwon, Korea, I did pick a food joint that had pictures in menu card, still it became an ordeal to check the ingredients and get the food I could eat. Only positive thing is I didn’t breakdown similar
In this story, Sujata takes us through a day in life of Renuka, the housewife. As the story progresses, we learn that Renuka’s husband, who works as a purchase clerk, is under suspension for forging receipts and signature, may lose his job post enquiry. Without going in to details of the story, Renuka pleads with GM’s wife and requests her help to put in a word with her husband so