by Yatindra Tawde | May 4, 2025 | Random
Vishakanya! Did she and her ilk really exist in real life or was she just a concept in ancient India? Vishakanyas are mentioned in ‘ArthaShastra’, that well known treatise by the equally famous, Chanakya. I was introduced to the Vishakanya when I read one Amar Chitra...
by Yatindra Tawde | May 1, 2025 | Random
His face contorted into a grimace and he went still suddenly. One shoulder drooped while the other touched his ear. One leg stretched sideways and then he pulled his other leg towards the first without bending it. And just like a child rubs his chocked-up nose with...
by Yatindra Tawde | Apr 23, 2025 | Random
The country is known for its Exports; the export of its talented human resources. Most of the Top 50 Organizations are headed by Indians. That certainly makes you feel proud. Then there are some other exports who make a name for themselves by some other means, not...
by Yatindra Tawde | Apr 20, 2025 | Short Stories
12 years old Ayush looked dashing in the camouflaged uniform. His mother, Urvashi, pulled him towards her. “May no evil eye fall on you ever. Here, that should protect you from the evil gaze.” With that, she put a spot of kajal just behind his left ear. Rolling his...
by Yatindra Tawde | Apr 12, 2025 | Random
Whatever their fate in their new land, the 8 cheetahs from Africa have already made history, being the first Cheetahs to fly. Well, they have been recorded to run at an amazing speed of 98 km/hr but they had to fly from Namibia to India for their Indian sojourn. A...