At 28, I wanted to give my hundred percent to work, impress my senior officers with my different ICT abilities. Then I had a brain stroke that defied my understanding of everything.

In a country that prides itself on its diversity of cultures, ethnicities, and a wide array of vernaculars, the discourse surrounding language gets particularly inflammatory.

The desperate need for preserving one’s own culture catches people off guard when they witness an ‘outsider’ not only acknowledging their traditions but somewhat even adopting them.

The mental well-being of new mothers is often overlooked and rarely taken into consideration.

For a person belonging to an oppressed caste group, the path to reclaiming and embracing one’s culture and caste isn’t easy.

In a city that contains more chaos than calm, it is here in the Western Suburbs that we feel most at peace.

A guide to what should be the proper social etiquette when meeting people in grief.

The places we have lived in stay with us, as it is, even after we have moved far away from it.

Every batch of mango pickle contains little snippets of our family's chatter.

Participating in writing workshops made me aware of my many shortcomings as a writer.

Unexplained or multiple somatic symptoms are strongly associated with coexisting depressive and anxiety disorders.

Using menstrual cups can not only make menstrual experience cheaper and sustainable, but also normalise exploring one’s own reproductive system.

Perhaps this is what keeping the faith means: to believe that this period will end and we will survive to build a better world.

The Covid pandemic has changed our perception of a hero but it remains to be seen whether the value we are attributing to frontliners nowadays is here to stay.

When trapped in the house for months, little things in life preserve your sanity, like a flock of pigeons and their gentle cooing.

Here it starts again, every October, without reason or rhyme. Every act a mere repetition of what was done before; every speech a replica of what was said before.

Culture and language are intricately associated with humans so they change due to human actions. As cultures shift, languages also change.

We must have been just another Asian couple to their eyes. Because he could have been placed anywhere from the Middle-east to South Asia. And I could be placed anywhere from South to the Southeast of Asia.

I will most likely be infected with the virus in the next few days or months. But I became a physician knowing the job incurred risks.

For my lessons, he would only bring a pen and a few written notes with him. But with just his pen and his notes, he would open up a whole new universe.