Radha is the supervisor of a nursery that sits on the slope of a tall cliff and a gently bubbling stream high up on the Himalayas. A quaint and charming outlet…

Kali lives at 7000 feet above the sea level in a village crowned by the silvery white ranges of the Himalayas.   I met her recently when I stayed in a…

I stood in a local market in a city in northern India. It was three days before Diwali – the biggest festival here. A festival that celebrates the victory of light…

My religious schooling was ambivalent. My mother didn’t care much about temples and ceremonies. She prayed at home to her Gods and Goddesses – lined up on an old credenza, encircled…