Step inside the lost world of Kashmiri cinema, where childhood memories, bustling theatres, and savoury snack intervals shaped a vibrant community spirit. From army-run halls to city icons, these silver screens offered more than films—they brought together families, friends and neighbours for an experience that lingered long after the credits rolled.

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For Indian women building scientific careers far from home, motherhood and research aren't separate worlds, they're woven together into one demanding, grace-filled life. Postdoctoral researcher Moksha Laxmi writes from inside that balance: lab notes and lunchboxes, data analysis and bedtime stories, all in a single day. Without the extended family network that anchors Indian households, she finds unexpected resilience, leans on a partner who shares every late-night worry, and watches institutions slowly make room for academic parents. And with twins, every joy and challenge simply arrives doubled.

3min reading
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A wedding, a borrowed bicycle ride, ten rupees spent on gol gappas, and a secret kept between cousins. In this memoir, Sheetal Raina remembers the cousins who were her first accomplices: the fights, the fierce loyalty, the pickle raided from under a grandmother's bed, and the world that vanished when the family left the valley. Then, decades later, she watches one grieving child comfort another, and sees the whole inheritance arrive again, unannounced, in the next generation.

17min reading

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