Author: Nickunj Malik

My grandfather, on my mum’s side, did not like children and I am told that when we were small, we were kept at a safe distance from him. So safe

The first tongue twister word that one comes across while learning Portuguese is ‘sobrancelhas’, the term used to describe one’s eyebrows. It does not have much in common with eyes

A familiar tableau that most of us have witnessed is when we see two women friends meeting after a gap of few months – they squeal in delight, hug each

I do not like to be hypnotized and that is the truth. The reason for it is that I don’t like being told what to do. There, you have it.

Of late, I have been trying to practice the art of doing nothing, and I must admit that it is a far more challenging task than I imagined it to

For no particular reason, I sneezed 10 times nonstop the moment I woke up this morning. The first couple of sneezes were accompanied by sympathetic sounds of ‘Bless You’ and

Stepping into Saint-Émilion, a charming medieval town in the heart of Bordeaux wine country in France, is like turning back the clock.   Legend says a monk, whose name was

When I was little, I was told to go and play outside till dinnertime. By my parents, that is. This confession itself should be enough to give away my age.

“April is the cruellest month, breeding lilacs out of dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain” – said T.S. Eliot in the opening lines of

I do not like sending ‘good morning’ messages to anyone. Not at all. Despite that, I find myself at the receiving end because there are at least two-dozen people who