Aishwariyaa Ramakanthan
A Topsy Turvy World
This clip was captured by my friend Ragini Srinivasan during her stay in Chennai. Little green budgies are aplenty in Chennai and you can...
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Aishwariyaa Ramakanthan
- May 29, 2021
- 3 min
A Tribute to My Mother for Mother's Day
I am not a mother, perhaps by some divine design. While in the early days it bothered me, I have moved on, and am now quite attuned to...
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Aishwariyaa Ramakanthan
- Apr 21, 2021
- 1 min
“Friend or foe?”
When rumors of the Japanese invasion were rife, and the British administrators suspected that treachery was afoot, and that there were...
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Aishwariyaa Ramakanthan
- Apr 15, 2021
- 2 min
Quarantine Talking
While being strictly quarantined in a hotel room can be welcome as an opportunity to work on personal interests that you otherwise have...
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Aishwariyaa Ramakanthan
- Nov 4, 2020
- 6 min
MARCHING TO HER OWN BEAT -"keeping time" with Sukkanya Ramgopal, the Ghatam artiste.
Alexander Graham Bell was supposed to have said “When one door closes, another opens, but we often look so long and so regretfully upon...
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Aishwariyaa Ramakanthan
- Jul 24, 2020
- 2 min
An Angel on a Bicycle
A pit bull that leaped out from the dark depths of a parked truck through an open window, scared the daylights out of me a couple of days...
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Aishwariyaa Ramakanthan
- Jul 19, 2020
- 2 min
The Drum before the Whistle
The pressure cooker, or the “cooker”, as it is often referred to, is a must-have in any self-respecting South Indian kitchen. I don’t...
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Aishwariyaa Ramakanthan
- Mar 23, 2020
- 3 min
Dosa Anyone?
It was a place to make connections, a place to find familiar faces and a place for food that was reminiscent of family and home which was...
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Aishwariyaa Ramakanthan
- Dec 6, 2019
- 1 min
Fleeing to Uncertainty
“Fleeing To Uncertainty” was recently published in BiblioAsia, a National Library of Singapore publication. It is the true story of my...
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Aishwariyaa Ramakanthan
- Aug 11, 2019
- 1 min
Belur
The most beautiful legacy left by the Hoysalas who ruled Karnataka between the 10th and 14th centuries was exquisite architecture. So a...
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Aishwariyaa Ramakanthan
- May 26, 2019
- 3 min
Cruising through Karaikudi
The two days that I spent in Karaikudi were mostly awe inspiring, but there definitely was some languor tinged with a bit of nostalgia,...
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