“Trick-or-Treat?” Most of you are probably familiar with this saying and now that Halloween is here, it’s going to be flying all around on its magical broom. And that’s not all. From Snapchat filters to social media to events, the Halloween vibe is here to knock at our doors and yesterday, it arrived at mine. “Hey, you know what you can be? An evil queen!”, my friend said. We were speaking of all the things I could be for an upcoming Halloween party and then we started search

“Ma’am, please help me with your documents to proceed with your ICICI credit card application.” Navya from ICICI Bank messaged me on the morning of 22 January, 2022. A few days ago, I’d received a call from her offering me an ICICI Bank Credit Card and I’d agreed because I’d been missing out on ICICI Bank Credit Card offers while shopping The credit card benefits such as Reward Points seemed interesting But here’s the thing. The enthusiasm with which I’d agreed to apply for t

With a spark of hope in her eyes sits a middle-aged woman selling Diwali lamps that she’s handcrafted with love, just outside a mall. Her spark soon starts to seem dull in front of the shine of shops inside the mall, as everyone walks past her lamp collection. But then her eyes light up again with hope as a little boy stops by and asks his mother, “Mom, lamps?”. His mom shakes her head with a no and the woman sees them walk away only to see the boy come back again later to bu

It was Navratri time of the year 2007 and the Durga Puja committee of Air Force Station, Bidar, Karnataka had organised an orchestra evening. As I was the first in my family to get ready, my mother had asked me to go to the auditorium and save a seat for everyone else. Happily, I was about to go sit on one of the finest looking chairs in the front row and that’s when I heard a guard’s voice from behind. “No kid, you can’t sit there. It’s a reserved spot” and I went like - I f