Thought Box

The Children’s Day Special

“The boy asked, Where did I come from ma? Did you pick me up somewhere? Mother replied, tearfully laughing, And hugging the child to her bosom- You are the desire of my ...

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A Kid’s World

In the last few years, there has been an exponential increase in theatre for children. There are theatre workshops all over the city; schools stage lavish productions. Theatre...

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A Paradox

“Didi, you want to play a game?”“Of course, what do you want to play?”“We can play temple run or candy crush” “Um, do you want to go ...

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No Dark Sarcasm In The Classroom

“The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.” ― C.S. Lewis Finland’s education system indexes as one of...

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Do We Know What Our Children Want?

"There's always room for a story that can transport people to another place." J.K. Rowling   Over the last one century or so, ordinary people like myself and many mill...

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Tired Hands, Weary Feet

‘Slavery is legally banned. But millions of India’s children live and work in slave labour conditions — bonded labour, sex trafficking, child labour, do...

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Femme Very Fatale

There have been dangerous women in popular fiction, a few serial killers too, but Jodie Danforth is in a class apart. It is a generalisation, perhaps unfair, that women are af...

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Kaleidoscope - Maid For Mumbai

It may or may not be true of other cities, but Mumbai moves on tracks built partly by the bais, the domestic helpers, mostly from rural Maharashtra, who manage homes, so that ...

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Kaleidoscope - No Lese Majeste Intended

One of the most popular plays by the National Theatre, London is The Audience, which thank to the NT Live programme that allows audience around the world to watch th...

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Kaleidoscope - Rebellious Women

At a time in the past, when women were denied education or any kind of independent existence, the only ones to have some limited freedom were female performers - sin...

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SHAKUNTALA NAGARKAR: DEATH IN THE SADDLE

A tribute by Prof Dr Avinash Kolhe to legendary Lavani exponent Shakuntala Nagarkar, who...

September 28 2026

OF WOMEN, BY WOMEN….TWO BOOK REVIEWS

Sohaila Kapur reviews Avni Doshi’s First House and Andaleeb Wajid’s Have You...

September 27 2026

HAS BOLLYWOOD FORGOTTEN SCREEN LOVE

Today, with crime nationalism, and action calling the shots has love vanished from the s...

September 26 2026