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MUHAMMED NOUSHAD reflects on his time at sea – and the quiet ache of missing tea, and the tea shops. Illustration by Annabel Fathima. Over the years, when you make multiple voyages, it’s highly likely that you develop a peculiar penchant for ships. They turn out to be something more than vehicles or modes of transportation. Every time I board
» Read moreLooking at the rain and fog beyond the river Chaliyar, sipping tea at SAFI canteen is quite an experience, remembers MUHAMMED NOUSHAD. Photographs by HARIKRISHNA Apart from the beautiful people I met and befriended at SAFI Institute of Advanced Study, one of the loveliest memories I cherish about this campus is its canteen. A small, banal structure that overlooks the
» Read moreWhich school to choose and why – the frustrations and confusions of a parent while enrolling the first child in a school; republishing an old note. I was seeing a Montessori classroom for the first time. The amazing range of materials my friend Azeez bhai showed and explained to me just won me over. A very unconventional hall with many study materials
» Read moreThe real magic was in store after the show. A blind boy’s joy. His poor nanny’s love and compassion. No magic wand has ever been as powerful as a loving hand. MUHAMMED NOUSHAD remembers a magic show he happened to see with a visually challenged child. There was a magic show going on in the children’s pavilion at the 30th edition of
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