In an increasingly digital world, National Handwriting Day serves as a meaningful reminder that handwriting remains a vital form of communication, creativity, and self-expression. Whether jotting down ...

The Dispilio tablet is a wooden artefact bearing linear marks, unearthed in 1993 during George Hourmouziadis’s excavations of ...

For nearly twenty years I have been writing a column for the Sunday Island. It has been a joyous ride for someone who is not ...

Dating isn’t what it was a few decades ago. Now, with the flick of a finger, you can connect with a vast sea of potential partners. It’s normal for things to change (like how we meet or socialize), ...

The deaths of all those executed by the IRA on the watch of Freddie Scappaticci amount to a gross miscarriage of justice and ...

My journey in government service began early, at the tender age of 19. For a young man, the corridors of power were intimidating, but I was determined that my job would not mark the end of my ...

Among promising titles are a book about France’s dark side and Jon Ronson’s exploration of multimillionaires searching for ...

In our speed-obsessed world, the deliberate pace of older people—reading every document line by line, pausing before speaking ...

Goddess Saraswati, the divine embodiment of knowledge, wisdom, and learning, has inspired millions across generations. These ...

I’ve been a U2 fan from the age of 14. I thought Sunday Bloody Sunday was iconic and it was the first time I saw music as a ...

Excerpted with permission from Girls Who Said Nothing and Everything: Essays on Girlhood, Meera Vijayann, Penguin India.

The night of January 13-14, popularly known as Old New Year or Vasiliev Evening, has been considered a special time since ancient times when one life cycle ends and another begins. According to ...