I, Ramesh Varma, was born on December 31, 1901, in a village called Laxmipura, near Bhagalkot district in Karnataka. Words cannot express the beauty of my village. I enjoyed my childhood like any other child …

Recently I read an article in the ‘FRONTLINE’ by Meera Nanda, titled Hindutva’s Science Envy. It is about how some powerful organizations have twisted some facts of science/history to suit their purpose. This is not …

Agnes was born in Albania, but most of her life was spent in India. She was a nun in the Loreto Congregation, but her Master, Jesus, wanted her to start a new congregation to help …

  The black bird, did bid me come With words that had kept me mum. But, indeed it had its warmth, To beckon my soul to reign-on. Two new years in the abode I spent, …

As we lay on our mother’s lap, my elder brother and I did not know what to say except, “Mother, we are very hungry.” Most of the time the answer we received from our mother …

Oh! How my heart feels for The martyrs who died at Uri! Oh! How gruesome the attacks That killed our fellow beings!   Who are we to decide others’ fate? Aren’t we aware that we …