It was the year 1982; I was a fresh graduate in Chemistry from Bombay University- a slightly confused young lady, on the threshold of several avenues which beckoned me. Should I pursue a course as a research scholar in Organic Chemistry- my first love? Or should I throw myself into...
It was our first winter in Amsterdam. Having arrived in late August, we were in time to see the last lap of the summer. Balmy evenings, leafy pathways and lingering sunsets. As autumn set in, we began revelling in the beauties of the season, the days growing shorter, the changing...
IINSPIRED BY AN EARLY MORNING CALL TODAY: MAA The phone rings, shrill and strident, Out of pitch and discordant, With the tanpura, that I am strumming, Poignant 'Todi' that I am humming Who is this, disturbing me so! "Go away" - I don't want to know. In this world of...
Integrating music therapy into daily life for the well being of the family: What makes up the well being of a family? This is a complex equation involving the interplay of several factors which makes up the mosaic of what one would call ‘well being’. A family is a happy...
What images does the mind conjure up when it hears the word ‘Beauty’? We think of rolling meadows, colourful flowers, waterfalls, and lush forests. Of course, Beauty is not always about Nature, there is a world of beauty in the innocence that we see in a child’s smile, its tender...