Mantas, the boat people

Kalu Sarder does not exactly know which of his ancestors lived on land. Growing up, he learned from his parents that his forebears were terrestrial inhabitants in the dim and distant past. One of them started living on a boat after losing their house to riverbank erosion, and the descendants...

Small joys in small things no longer to be found

The world has transformed phenomenally over the past two decades, courtesy of digitisation of communication that has made life faster and easier. Saving money and time has been the primary objective. But do all people spend the time they save meaningfully? People are still in a mad rush for what...