While writing, I have always taken more time thinking than putting words on paper. When I used to write a weekly column of 600–700 words, I would begin with 3,000–4,000 words and then cut it down to size. With time, the first drafts grew shorter. Now, when I revisit those old pieces, I feel they can still be reduced. The same happened with reading. I once read a lot, but now I read less and think more. What I could not understand then, I often understand now. I buy fewer book

A professor writes a book for schools on scientific attitude. He believes that science refines everyday thinking, and therefore, scientific temperament is essential even for non-scientists. This professor is also a schoolmaster, having managed a school for two decades. That experience has allowed him to look deeply into school education, not only its curriculum but also its administration in this age of competition and intelligence. He feels that school education has changed

A man returned to his country after thirty years. In all those years away, he carried his homeland in his heart. He remembered only the...

I was ten years old. During Durga Puja, we used to get two rupees to spend in our own way for four days. There weren’t many shops then,...