Writing

I (B)eat it. So can you.​

It had been a dream all along. My dream. Not my parents’, nor my brother’s, nor my teachers’. For a decade, I had promised myself...

CS 83N, and my experiences with Playback Theater

It was like one of those cubical indents you see in a Minecraft interface. A tiny inlet located...

How The World ‘Clicked’ With Digital learning.

Move aside Netflix, there’s a new kid on the block and this one is here to stay for a long time...

CBSE Board Exams 2021 news: What class 10 and class 12 students have to say

People thought that 2020 was a year of bombshells. Cut to 2021, we had a Duchess carry the legacy of her late mother-in-law in an Oprah Winfrey tell-all...

Lockdown Diary Of A Teenager: What to learn from the fear of loss

In the time that we all got to spend at home, the bombardment of negative news from around the country and anxiety regarding the health...

Lockdown Diary Of A Teenager: How video calls have come to the rescue in times of social distancing

Once upon a time, the only sources of communication were sending a letter, telegram or directly going .

Lockdown Diary Of A Teenager: Our own armours to fight Covid-19

Can you imagine fighting a war without protective armour, or performing surgery without any medical tools? I think not. The prospects...

Lockdown Diary Of A Teenager: Coronavirus helped nature heal. We must learn...

Many times, I find myself thinking about the so-called beauty and miracle of nature. At least for my generation, this idea of a pure and harmonious environment seems like...

Lockdown Diary Of A Teenager: Will we go back to our selfish lives post...

As we all stay at home, we realise that the life we live today has an uncanny resemblance to the life that monks, more commonly the Buddha...

Lockdown Diary Of A Teenager: We are together in the mental-health battle

If we feel like we experience an overwhelming amount of it on any ordinary day, the lockdown period brought about by the coronavirus certainly puts that assumption to fail...

Lockdown Diary Of A Teenager: How to reclaim weekends in corona times

This might be hard to digest but the absence of our beloved Saturday and Sunday is an outcome of the seemingly endless days of lockdown. Ask yourselves this...

Lockdown Diary Of A Teenager: Mom is the superhero in every home

In the past few weeks, the country has stood together in solidarity to show our respect and admiration for the ‘Corona Warriors’, which include healthcare workers...

Lockdown Diary Of A Teenager: Learning the value of simple joys

Ever thought that getting groceries and a few treats of your choice in the market would be a blessing? Well, I’m sure we all have noticed that the lockdown situation...

Lockdown Diary Of A Teenager: India goes TikTok in quarantine

I wish I could say that everyone and everything is facing the wrath of the coronavirus equally. But alas! There still remains a tyrant that stands untouched. It is of course...

Lockdown Diary Of A Teenager: What PM Modi's Lockdown 2.0 speech meant to different people

The past 20 days of this lockdown have tested our emotional, mental and physical capacities in the hardest way possible. With children actively reminding their parents of the common...

Lockdown Diary Of A Teenager: The compulsive need to be 'on' all the time

It is officially the 20th day of the nationwide lockdown. It is fair to say on behalf of everybody that our condition is as uncertain as to the answer to the question...

Lockdown Diary Of A Teenager: Give phubbing a break and reach out for a book

The novel coronavirus has brought about sweeping changes in many activities and dimensions of our lives. From behaviour to routines, it has...

Lockdown Diary Of A Teenager: Exercise your way through this lockdown

It is said that in order for us to be the best possible version of ourselves, we must be physically, emotionally and mentally healthy. While mental health can be ensured...

Lockdown Diary Of A Teenager: How coronavirus is making us appreciate...

The senior citizens, inarguably, are one of the most influential people in society and significantly important in forming the moral backbone of the country...

Lockdown Diary Of A Teenager: #9Baje9Mintues was a spectacle India...

On April 5 at 9 pm, amid the dark sky and solemn spirits, came a sight that India will cherish for years to come. Following our Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call...

Lockdown Diary Of A Teenager: What young India thinks of PM Modi's speech...

These days, most of the conversations in families are related to the pandemic that no one ever saw coming. After World War II, coronavirus has proved to have deleterious...

Lockdown Diary Of A Teenager: Who does your home have, The Grinch...

We all are aware of the fact that teenage is a defining period of a person’s life. It is when they find their own niche, develop their personality and discover...

Lockdown Diary Of A Teenager: Screens are fine, but when can we go back to...

The big question in the minds of teenagers today revolves around the topic of our education. Though we wouldn't give up on any opportunity to relax...

Lockdown Diary Of A Teenager: What's worse than staying home?

It is fair to say that the only thing as uncertain as the coronavirus is the ‘routine’ of a teenager in lockdown. The quarantine situation has turned out to be a bane for teenagers...

After board exam ordeal, what coronavirus taught me about life.

Lazying around in the living room through the day, binge-watching our favourite Netflix shows through the night like nocturnal beings, and carelessly...