Almost Dead

Almost Dead

– Cindrella Prakash I don’t find dogs cute. Nor do I find cats or fishes pretty. I don’t even find lizards yucky. There’s probably something terribly wrong with me to be so indifferent, I think. But anyway, I do love watching sunsets and trees....
A Dog’s Life

A Dog’s Life

– Taarika Chandy I think there’s a lot we can learn from dogs. They come in all sorts of sizes and shapes and colours (not to mention moods, like humans). But in general, their day-to-day life follows a wonderfully soothing rhythm. Early morning walk, food, the...
Trust Without Borders

Trust Without Borders

– Ceenu Susan Jebaraj The family that ‘does life’ together stays together. One of the integral threads of the New City fabric is its community life. Most of us live across the length and breadth of Mumbai city. But we try to get together as often as...
Door-holders

Door-holders

 – Cindrella Prakash  Last weekend, we celebrated a friend’s 21st birthday. Her only ask was that she’d get to spend at least half a day with us, her second family. Touched by her emotion, we decided to fall in line. We spent the night playing games and the day...
The Train Starts Here

The Train Starts Here

– Taarika Chandy     Every morning for the last three months, I have caught a fast train in Mumbai that hurtles towards the dreaded Kurla station at peak travelling hours. This experience used to fill me with an increasing sense of doom-and-gloom as I...