Posts by Mahak Singhal

When Rajesh Kumar boarded his weekly flight from Mumbai to Bangalore last month, he had no idea he was witnessing history in the making. The cramped 70-seat regional jet barely…

Maria's grandmother used to start her tomato sowing on the feast of Saint Joseph every year, exactly nineteen days after her birthday. As a child, Maria thought it was just…

I was staring at an empty tomato can, sticky label half-peeled, wondering if I should rinse it again before tossing it in the recycling. My basil plants had died the…

Last Tuesday morning, I watched my neighbor Sarah shake her head in frustration as she refilled her expensive bird feeder for the third time that week. "Those greedy little finches…

Sarah Martinez had been planning her backpacking trip through South Asia for months. The 28-year-old teacher from Denver had her route mapped out perfectly – India, Nepal, and then Pakistan…

Last Sunday morning, I stood in my kitchen staring at an empty milk carton, two lonely eggs rattling in the fridge, and a stick of butter that had somehow vanished…

Sarah stared at her wood-burning stove last Tuesday evening, watching the flames sputter weakly despite feeding it another expensive log. The living room felt chilly, her heating bills were climbing,…

Last Tuesday evening, Marie walked into her local butcher shop in Lyon with a simple mission: find something special for dinner without breaking the bank. The usual suspects lined the…

Sarah yanked open her car door at 7:15 AM, already five minutes behind schedule for her morning meeting. The November air bit at her cheeks as she slid into the…

Sarah stares at the rain streaking down her kitchen window, her morning coffee growing cold in her hands. The grey December morning feels endless, and she's already dreading the long…