Current Affairs

Quitting Instagram for Good

The dawn of a new year entreats us to cast aside all negative relationships in our lives, and I can’t think of a more addictive yet deeply unsatisfying attachment than that I have harboured for Instagram. Fresh for 2019, I’ve finally took the plunge and deleted my account for good –  an idea I’d been grappling […]

My Volunteering Experience at Buddha Garden

For four weeks during the month of August 2017, I went for therapy. I would get up at 5: 30 am and cycle to my therapist every weekday on muddy roads that were sludgy during the unpredictable monsoon. My therapist and I would never have conversations; her therapy involved taking directions from her caretakers, feeding […]