Apr 10, 2021
Historians say storytelling was one of the prime reasons human civilisation advanced! Well, who are we to break the tradition?! COVID has impacted our travel plans, but we won’t give up either – we’ll travel through words! Keeping up with…
Mar 25, 2021
Colours of Women If you could bathe your soul in colours, taste the sunset and sip the rainbow…If the word ‘Woman’ had a colour in your life, what colour would it be? Pine green? Elegant grey? Purples of spring? Powder-puff…
Mar 13, 2021
Commune Stories Open Mic WE ARE BACK!!! Almost a year passed without an Open Mic Event but we are coming again with the same energy as ever before. Keeping in mind all the protocols we are ready to have a…
Feb 13, 2021
Commune Stories Open Mic WE ARE BACK!!! Almost a year passed without an Open Mic Event but we are coming again with the same energy as ever before. Keeping in mind all the protocols we are ready to have a…
How Tulika Books is creating impact in children’s lives through picture books
Nandini Varma
Aug 20, 2019
A children’s book about a boy who feels like a girl. And about a child brought up by grandfathers. These are some of the stories published by Tulika Books, who have been making children’s picture books since 23 years. Little…
Of youthful passion and star-crossed lovers on Shakespeare’s birthday
Dr. S. D. Desai
Apr 22, 2020
While the Globe is streaming free its second dramatic production Romeo and Juliet, today is 23rd April, the day William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is believed to have been born and died. One would seldom find a more spontaneous and intense expression…
Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and Donatello—Artists or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters?
Harshil Shah
Nov 4, 2019
Did you ever wonder where the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ characters got their names from? Well, your search is complete. Here is a brief introduction of the artists from whom the creators of TMNT took inspiration. Teenage mutant ninja turtles,…
The call of the mountains: orthopaedic Dr Yatin Desai’s advice on trekking
Himanshu Nainani
May 23, 2019
In this piece 64 year old Dr Yatin Desai, shares with CY his inspiring story of how to scale towering mountains with utmost ease and how this life adventure activity can shape human character and health. Chances are high that…
