Musings By Mala

I grew up in a traditional Chennai Suburb, during a time when every house had a well in the back and a front yard to put kolam (Rangoli).  ...

Hope is On Last year after Varamahalakshmi festival, I wrote the blog   The Haldi-Kumkum Disaster .  One year on, I am writing this blog ...

We humans try to control and plan our future.  We tend to focus on what didn't go per plan, worry about the same and be unhappy.  Reaso...

How “convenience” is killing the “Nature” Haldi Kumkum or inviting women and girls for tamboolam happens during several occasions eac...

Every morning I walk with my daughter to her bus stop.  Its just outside the complex and she is old enough to go by herself.  But this is t...

Yesterday someone forwarded a video on Whatsapp, with a message "we need to be aware and conscious of our actions...".  A very we...