Your Promise
byPromises made by sunlight are seldom broken.
Art & Poetry
The Still After A Storm
byOften, it’s not the storm itself that raises the most difficult questions. It’s the silence, thereafter.
Cecilia Meireles: The Brazilian Poet Who Sang India
byIn 1953, a Brazilian poet stepped onto India for the first time and instantly felt at home. Her poems tell the tale.
Screens
byCan you imagine a moment in a day devoid of electronic screens? Sleep might just be our only escape from the digital.
Dreams Of The Silver Sea
byWhat goes through your mind when you look at the endless expanse of the sea?
A History of Thought
byThe math of the social sciences can read like a list of names, but each bears a heavy footnote – and a deeper connotation.
Cabin In The Woods
byA holiday in a log cabin is momentarily interrupted by the thought of looming Reality.
Death and Other Hallucinations
byDeath is a warehouse, a sunflower, a DTC bus; perhaps even the purpose of life. Or is it all a hallucination?
Inscription On A Rural Arbour
byIn 1791, a reader of Madras Courier had enough of noisy tourists entering his garden. He wrote this poem in protest.
When The Fireflies Return
byWe mourn the passing of nature, but forget that its stories live on all around us.
Kashmir
byKashmir is an idealized image for many in the subcontinent. A visit might change that image.
A Very Pretty Persian Ode
byA poem published circa 1790, an english translation of Ameer Khusro’s persian poem, curated from the Madras Courier archives.
Swallow
byWe take our lessons in consumption from the television – when we can but look at a mother bird feeding its young.
Whispers
byRituals are often beyond the realm of rationality. Many make the questioning, rational mind feel like a fool.
English Medium-100% pass
byChurned out of a schooling system, we are designed to conform. Are schools making us mediocre machines?