A sentimentalist may like to quote author Alex Haley when he said grandparents sprinkle stardust over the lives of little….

My Nani Kamla received these jhumka and maang-tikka from her husband as a symbol of love and devotion. My Nana….

My granny Christa Manjrekar is a fiercely independent and determined person—she developed this three-acre farm in Srirangapatna, near Mysuru, and….

My late grandfather Bhimsen Sharma, or Dadu as I would fondly call him, was a man of few words; he….

My Dadi Meenakshi Banerji was a short and tubby woman with great gumption who raised 10 citizens of the world…..

A storehouse of wisdom, folk stories, riddles and traditional songs, my Aita Mariam Begum was the centre of attraction for….