AARTI DAVID

All stories by AARTI DAVID

The Quiet Courage of Walking Away
Rediff.com13 Nov 2025

Walking away is easier when nothing is at stake. It is far harder when you must break...

Why We Hurt Those We Love Is A Mystery
Rediff.com21 Aug 2025

'We may rationalise that we say or do things to get those close to us on the right...

War Doesn't End After A Ceasefire
Rediff.com3 Jun 2025

Because the aftermath of what happened before continues long after. War breeds...

What Is Love?
Rediff.com2 Apr 2025

Love isn't what has been marketed to us all through our lives. It is not grand gestures...

Unless I Take Care Of 'Me', I Can't Help Anyone
Rediff.com25 Feb 2025

Life will continue to throw curve balls at me and I will have to keep evolving my...

Can We Wish Away Any Part Of Our Life?
Rediff.com30 Nov 2024

'What would it be like if one had the power to transcend the universe like the...

Do You Also Feel Lonely In A Crowd?
Rediff.com2 Oct 2024

One has to accept the reality, that to exist in society one can't live, like an island,...

Life Is Strange!
Rediff.com31 Jul 2024

When we have people around us, we shirk from telling them how we truly feel, and once...

Letting Go And Moving On Is Never Easy...
Rediff.com21 Mar 2024

Would there be such a day when I could feel free from this emptiness, this vacuum that...

Is Happiness A Pipe Dream?
Rediff.com29 Feb 2024

We are spoilt for choice with the buffet of options available to us, notes Aarti David.

No One Hears A Woman's Silent Screams
Rediff.com15 Dec 2023

The most common abuse happens in marriages in the confines of one's own home. Be it...

It's Absolutely Fine Being Single
Rediff.com27 Sep 2023

It's foolish to believe that someone else completes you. It is you alone who are whole...

Shouldn't we have the freedom to leave earth with dignity?
Rediff.com27 Jul 2023

Death is a reality of life and yet we shy away from talking about it openly, observes...

Home Is Where We Can Begin To Be Kind
Rediff.com1 Jun 2023

Parents, relatives, friends need to accept that things said in jest can deeply scar...

How Safe Are Our Children?
Rediff.com26 Apr 2023

While we sensitise our children about good touch and bad touch and tell them to watch...

A Little Kindness Is All We Need...
Rediff.com27 Mar 2023

The beauty of kindness is that it can only be repaid with more kindness, notes Aarti...

Does she miss me as much as I miss her?
Rediff.com10 Feb 2023

'I know my baby will be fine as she finds her way to make a new life for herself,'...

Workplace Safety: Is It All Talk?
Rediff.com3 Jan 2023

When I was very new at my job I recall a colleague who felt it was ok to get too close...

Of Loving, Losing and Living...
Rediff.com1 Dec 2022

We actually have no control on what the future holds. All we have is the moment. The...

Celebrating womanhood?
Rediff.com9 Mar 2020

'Should we need just one day in a year to talk about their achievements?', asks Aarti...