The lean girl diaries.....

                     Valentine's! Love is in the air. A lot of us (especially single people) don't believe in the practice of celebrating Valentine's Day; but then a lot of us do like to have a day to celebrate love. So as an average Indian teenager,  you must have read a hundred posts on love and the lot.                     But is love the actual thing in the air in India? I had the wonderful opportunity to be present at the book launch and panel discussion on 'The Partition of Hearts - Unmaking the idea of India by Harsh Mander,  which had eminent panelists Ms.Pamela Philipose and Mr. Apoorvanand, moderated by Ms. Natasha Badhwar. The book was introduced by Mr. Hamid Ansari who quoted the author, "India is being unmade - one lynching at a time".                      The book throws light on various hate crimes a...

I was privileged to receive an invitation to witness Republic Day Parade from Prime Minister's box along with 99 other brilliant minds from across the country selected on account of their academic proficiency. I was humbled and honoured to be a part of perhaps the greatest annual display of our Country and it's vibrancy. This year, being Gandhiji's 150 birth anniversary , witnessed a tribute being paid to the father of our nation in various tablos by different states. It is a colourful event, it's the exact place to go to see our armed force's strength which will fill most of the Indians with a  sense of pride; to see an array of colourful dance performances; and of course, the country's diversity in full display. I would recommend the parade to everyone irrespective of their differing political and regional views. True, what I mentioned above - all of them, are indeed the highlights of the event and rightly so. But what caught my eyes the most and what...