Aliens from another planet
Where we live, the sky turns a beautiful pink-golden hue in autumn. I often take long walks by myself, walking up the hill across the fields to watch the moon rise from the valley below. Often, it makes me wonder about the nature of the universe and how I am a part of it, and…
A heart-to-heart chat with a stranger (or, is there a way you can ease someone’s suffering?)
Delhi is relentless. It always has been. Back in the day though, when I was a student, it was slightly less so. I was a student at JNU, the modern and progressive institution of left-leaning intellectuals in a world that felt like things had to get better, that we were working to make things better,…