City Hangout - Buddha's Pond, Buddha Garden

City Hangout – Buddha’s Pond, Buddha Garden

The path of utmost happiness. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] All pathways, it seems, lead to Buddha. Which is a trifle ironic, since Buddha once suggested there is no path to happiness. “Happiness is the way,” he declared,…

Our Self-Written Obituaries – Sameen, Bangalore

Our Self-Written Obituaries – Sameen, Bangalore

The 198th death. [Text and photos sent by Sameen] Her name was Sameen, “precious” in Arabic. All her life she felt anything but that. If the legend about praying in front of the Kaaba is true she wished to ask…