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writers on reading. Part twenty one, tejaswini apte-rahm

 
 
 

If a tree falls in a city

How do trees survive in cities, and what do they dream of?

Sananda Mukhopadhyaya imagines what it feels like to be a tree in a city overwhelmed by people and concrete. 

 

The Ceremony

“I was twelve years old and had no desire to tell anyone that I’d got my period.”

Meera Vijayann looks back on being a reluctant participant in a coming-of-age ceremony to celebrate her first period.

 
 

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Wild in the City
Wild in the City
Eight Days Alone With My Body
Eight Days Alone With My Body
So what happens to love?
So what happens to love?
On my own- stories of moving out
On my own- stories of moving out
Fight like a girl
Fight like a girl
Mothers and their treasured romantic novels
Mothers and their treasured romantic novels
Culture
The languages of linking
The languages of linking
The lives of strangers
The lives of strangers
The Ceremony
The Ceremony
Girlfriends
Girlfriends
Labour of Love
Labour of Love
How does a woman exercise in India?
How does a woman exercise in India?
When you miss a flight
When you miss a flight
The Newly Vulnerable
The Newly Vulnerable
The closeness of isolation
The closeness of isolation
A window into isolation
A window into isolation
Family Politics: how my protest began at home
Family Politics: how my protest began at home
Food
Irani tikkas and the taste of a distant home
Irani tikkas and the taste of a distant home
How ice cream changed the way I view myself
How ice cream changed the way I view myself
Food that healed me
Food that healed me
Interviews
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The Life Desk
If a tree falls in a city
If a tree falls in a city
This book is dedicated to…
This book is dedicated to…
Please don't ask me to love myself
Please don't ask me to love myself
These Good Nights
These Good Nights
The Inheritance of Humming
The Inheritance of Humming
Things
Things
Creature Comforts
Creature Comforts
The Strange Things We Come Across in Second-Hand Books
The Strange Things We Come Across in Second-Hand Books
Art Pills for Six Peculiar Feelings
Art Pills for Six Peculiar Feelings
When I stepped out
When I stepped out
My secret life with crows
My secret life with crows
An old quarantine
An old quarantine
To Aunty, With Love
To Aunty, With Love
The Purpose of Plants
The Purpose of Plants
The Bomoicar Life
The Bomoicar Life
The gentle poetry of houseplants and familiar spaces
The gentle poetry of houseplants and familiar spaces
Mindful Living
Instagram's last great hope
Instagram's last great hope
My Greatest Bully
My Greatest Bully
Maybe she's made it at home
Maybe she's made it at home
Can I give up plastic?
Can I give up plastic?
There's gold in your dustbin
There's gold in your dustbin
The growing pains of city folk
The growing pains of city folk
Journal
Tracing history through fragrance
Tracing history through fragrance
Finding my Father
Finding my Father
Here's how you can protect a little blue bird and a dwindling tribe
Here's how you can protect a little blue bird and a dwindling tribe
They Wrote Back
They Wrote Back
Recipes of Resilience
Recipes of Resilience
Portrait of a Woman and Her Camera
Portrait of a Woman and Her Camera
Grief in Six Acts 
Grief in Six Acts 
A flute without bamboo
A flute without bamboo
Songs for Rainy Days
Songs for Rainy Days
A White Knight in Green Humour
A White Knight in Green Humour
Man Enough To Dance?
Man Enough To Dance?
The Police Didis Of Mumbai
The Police Didis Of Mumbai
Features
A reflection of you
A reflection of you
The Keepers of Time
The Keepers of Time
Shocking confessions by guilty siblings
Shocking confessions by guilty siblings
'But will it look good on me?'
'But will it look good on me?'
Click Here For Good Karma
Click Here For Good Karma
Living in my sari
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