Sahitya Poonacha

The mind works in mysterious ways and there is something destructive about it. There is a new phenomenon that takes mind games to a whole new level, one which goes beyond the fiction in movies and books. What would feel like it was taken directly from the pages of one of Stephen King’s novels is actually an underground activity in the horrifying realms of the internet, something that even firewalls cannot protect us from. This is neither something you’ll find easily if you type in the Google sea

‘The Scotland of India’, ‘The Land of Coffee’ – Coorg – is more than a great travel destination. For those who haven’t heard of it, it’s a small hill station in Karnataka, tucked away in the Western Ghats. While these titles definitely help get travellers and tourists to come to Coorg and also helps the layman identify it and place it on India’s map or should I say ‘Incredible’ India’s map, it also reduces the district’s identity to just that much. My identity as a Kodava has been a largely igno

It can be a big political event, a terror war, or even a life-changing calamity. As long as we aren’t involved, “ ” A few people will make a hue and cry and news will spread rapidly. Suddenly, once the ‘ ’ subsides, it’s all okay again. The fact that we weren’t directly affected makes it easier to put it aside as a little tit-bit of general knowledge. One day we will look back and remember the event in its most broken down form and pass it on in textbooks to children, it’s now very simply Histor

When I came across the news that India had been ranked the most dangerous country for women by a Thomson Reuters survey, why was I not filled with shock? Why was I not angry? In fact, I didn’t feel anything. I wasn’t disappointed or confused. It just goes to show how let-down one is with the state of things. After seeing so much regarding women’s rights and safety on every screen and newspaper, I am numb to the fact that things don’t look better over the horizon. As an Indian woman, I know I hav

I watched Hannah Gadsby’s ‘Nanette’ and my, what a show that was! I am not just going to write a long post on why one must watch her show if you haven’t watched it, please do. Watching her show got me thinking, in fact at certain points I had goosebumps. It’s not one of your run-of-the-mill comedy shows that end on a high note or indulges in slapstick humour and the most overused tool of comedy, i.e. sarcasm. I try to watch as many specials as I can, and comedians usually play on familiar tropes