I remember the first time I saw Mirik. A small town amidst tea gardens near Darjeeling, it was really picturesque. “People who live here are so lucky,” my son said in awe as we strolled

As I must have mentioned earlier in this column, I have had far more varied experiences in Santiniketan than I would have ever expected to have in cosmopolitan Mumbai. Recently, I got the

I can’t even remember how long back it was when I last used a 25 paisa coin. Yet, when I heard that the humble chavanni was going to be demonetarised from June 30, it felt like the

The young girl paused when she reached the open door of the plane. Was she really in a foreign country or was this all just a dream? Could it really be true that she, Babita Shekhawat, 23 years