Rosalyn dmello

Articles|Photos|Videos|Live Blogs

A gratitude-filled farewell

As I bid goodbye to you, dear reader, I joyfully surrender a textual body that thrived over nearly 10 years to the dictates of fate in the hope that it may either ferment or take root

05 December, 2025 07:42 AM IST | Rosalyn D`mello

A still from the critically acclaimed comedy-drama series ‘The Bear’

The grim reality of motherhood

It is challenging to stay visible as a mother in the 21st century, when the world insists on shackling you, throttling your voice by making it impossible for you to find the time to sit still and think

28 November, 2025 08:08 AM IST | Rosalyn D`mello

A still from the critically acclaimed comedy-drama series ‘The Bear’

Practising in imperfect conditions

21 November, 2025 06:55 AM IST| Rosalyn D`mello

I knew I wanted to be a writer since I was 10 years old. In every school ‘autograph book’ I signed, I would list my dream as wanting to be a ‘poetess’. Representation Pic/istock

Why we must learn to rest in peace

14 November, 2025 06:31 AM IST| Rosalyn D`mello

As I balance the intense demands of full-time mothering with full-time work, in my moments of complete exhaustion, I remind myself that the capacity to rest both acknowledges and sustains my alive-ness. Representation Pic/iStock

Hand-to-mouth resistance

07 November, 2025 06:37 AM IST| Rosalyn D`mello

I have had to re-negotiate my relationship to the inherited gesture of eating with my fingers, besides re-navigating the realms of my kitchen pantry and re-orienting my culinary proclivities. Representation Pic/iStock

Celebrating a sacred union

31 October, 2025 07:35 AM IST| Rosalyn D`mello

Everything I had done for myself before I met my partner somehow played a role in bringing me closer to that moment when we found each other. Representation Pic/istock

ADVERTISEMENT

The wonder that is chakki atta

24 October, 2025 09:38 AM IST| Rosalyn D`mello

I missed the belan I had in Delhi, and it was obvious I was making do with a pastry roller, but I could argue that my chapatis tasted even better than what either of my parents makes. Representation pic/iStock

The renunciation of perfectionism

17 October, 2025 10:24 AM IST| Rosalyn D`mello

Cacio e pepe, a pasta dish that contains sheep milk cheese and pepper. Pic/istock

Displaced, but not uprooted

10 October, 2025 09:05 AM IST | Rosalyn D`mello

In my memories, kites in the Mumbai of my childhood cost R2 and were made of butter paper and the kind of sticks you find in brooms. Representation pic/Ashish Raje

Living on a prayer

03 October, 2025 08:21 AM IST | Rosalyn D`mello

Greta Thunberg, Thiago Avila, and others after Israeli navy intercepted Gaza aid flotilla on October 1. PIC/ AFP

ADVERTISEMENT

ADVERTISEMENT