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Diksha Basu

ARTICLES BY DIKSHA BASU

Mr. Gupta was looking out of Mr. Das’s window towards Mrs. Ray’s balcony. She hadn’t been lying (Illustration by Nithya Subramanian)

Lounge Fiction Special: The Case of the Completed Crossword Puzzle

14 min read . 07 Jan 2024

There are no longer any edges between myself as mother and myself as everything else. Photo: iSTOCKPHOTO

So long, farewell

2 min read . 30 Jan 2021

The author can tell how severe her children’s meltdowns are going to be by counting the seconds between the point at which they open their mouths and the point at which they let out their first cry. (Photo: Getty Images)

The loudest silence of them all

3 min read . 16 Jan 2021

It feels nice to mark the changing of the year and to allow ourselves to hope, quietly, that better days await us all. The author, for one, is ready for her children to find more things to fuel their imaginations. Photo: iSTOCKPHOTO

Finding newer ways to imagine in 2021

3 min read . 01 Jan 2021

The author puts words to her concern, and hopes that by acknowledging it, she can change it. She hopes that awareness will give her control. And she accepts that she will not parent flawlessly. Photo: iSTOCKPHOTO

Turning to Philip Larkin's poetry for parenting guidance

3 min read . 19 Dec 2020

Honesty is the best policy when it comes to speaking with children about a death in the family. Photo: Getty Images

Children in the vicinity of death

3 min read . 05 Dec 2020

Don't let the discourse around motherhood limit you. Credit: ISTOCKPHOTO

Mother, writer, teacher, human: why motherhood need not subsume other identities

3 min read . 21 Nov 2020

For young children, objects hold no inherent value. Photo: ISTOCKPHOTO

Forget sentimentality, toss out your child’s art

3 min read . 07 Nov 2020

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Photo: iSTOCKPHOTO

Home for the pandemic

3 min read . 25 Oct 2020

The author feels that daughters are not valuable simply because they are her daughters or each other’s sisters. They have value because they are human. Photo: painting by Maya Burman/ Chawla Art Gallery's Instagram page

How to raise a daughter

3 min read . 09 Oct 2020

Opinion | No sleep for the tired

3 min read . 26 Sept 2020

Opinion | No sleep for the tired

3 min read . 26 Sept 2020

I feel gratitude for this horrid virus—without it, we would never have slowed down

Opinion I Staying present in a pandemic

3 min read . 12 Sept 2020

I feel gratitude for this horrid virus—without it, we would never have slowed down

Opinion I Staying present in a pandemic

3 min read . 12 Sept 2020

Most of my writing draws inspiration from my grandmother’s world. (Courtesy Diksha Basu)

Opinion I From my grandmother’s feminism to mine

3 min read . 05 Sept 2020

Most of my writing draws inspiration from my grandmother’s world. (Courtesy Diksha Basu)

Opinion I From my grandmother’s feminism to mine

3 min read . 05 Sept 2020

Part of me wants my children to never play by any societal rules. (Istockphoto)

Opinion l From the mouth of babes

3 min read . 22 Aug 2020

Part of me wants my children to never play by any societal rules. (Istockphoto)

Opinion l From the mouth of babes

3 min read . 22 Aug 2020

Every little thing we do to try and establish a sense of control is an elaborate display of smoke and mirrors. (Istockphoto)

Opinion | The parenthood version of gambling

3 min read . 01 Aug 2020

Every little thing we do to try and establish a sense of control is an elaborate display of smoke and mirrors. (Istockphoto)

Opinion | The parenthood version of gambling

3 min read . 01 Aug 2020