It was the summer of 2030. The couple were staying in a small apartment they had purchased back in their working days. Radha was 72 now and her husband Sri was 81. They had seen it all in their lifetime, births and deaths, marriage and festivals, new persons in their family and their lovely grand kids.

They have a daughter and a younger son, both employed and well settled with their family and kids and way busy with their lives. The new members, their son-in-law and daughter-in-law...

The origins of the Evil Eye are Middle-Eastern and Mediterranean. The concept was introduced into the Americas, South Pacific Islands, Asia, Africa and Australia by European explorers.

The original belief is that any person can harm your children, livestock, fruit trees or any other evidence of prosperity just by looking at the spoils of all your good will and hard work with envy. Ironically, the curse of the evil eye is thought to be provoked by inappropriate displays of spiritual...

In a recent stay for 2 days at a friend's place for the Seemantham ( A function done before baby is born), there was a social gathering with many people meeting each other for the first time. It's sometimes easy to have a small talk about common problems or about some common work and start getting along.

There were times when I felt a bit out of place. There were men in a separate group talking about economy, stock markets and politics, quota system. I was initially sitting with women...