The Disappearing Art of Conversation

Since the emergence of humans on the planet, conversation has been the cornerstone of human civilization. From the initial words exchanged r...

Picture Books and Coming-of-age Stories

As research on transgender and gender nonconforming children and youth becomes increasingly prevalent in litera...

Boost Your Health By Being Creative

“If you hear a voice within you say, ‘You cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that vo...

Pursuit of Happiness

Money can't buy love, compatibility or happiness, as a young woman in Makrand Deshpande's play, Sir Sir Sarla discovers for herself.

The professor she admires and l...

Children's Mental Health Week: Let us be the Drivers of Change

In India, and almost all over the world, mental health has been given less significance as compared to physical health. A child breaks his l...

The Struggle to be ‘YOURSELF’ Online

“The reason we struggle with insecurity is that we compare our ‘behind the scenes’ with everyone else’s highlight reel.”- Steve Furtick

Fuller House: Balancing the Odds Perfectly

What’s better than sneaking into a cushy quilt with mugs of hot chocolate with a great while binge-watching a great family sitcom! If you just nodded a ‘yes&rsq...

The More Things Change…

Ajit Dalvi’s Marathi play Samajswasthya, directed by Atul Pethe, is a startling reminder that in spite of all the progress India has witnessed ov...

It’s Now or Never…How to Stop Procrastinating

Let's talk about a situation. You've got a long day ahead of you, piled up work, from doing your laundry to preparing for a sales meeting, or maybe writing a res...