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This clip was captured by my friend Ragini Srinivasan during her stay in Chennai. Little green budgies are aplenty in Chennai and you can...

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...

When rumors of the Japanese invasion were rife, and the British administrators suspected that treachery was afoot, and that there were...

While being strictly quarantined in a hotel room can be welcome as an opportunity to work on personal interests that you otherwise have...

Alexander Graham Bell was supposed to have said “When one door closes, another opens, but we often look so long and so regretfully upon...

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...

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...

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...

“Fleeing To Uncertainty” was recently published in BiblioAsia, a National Library of Singapore publication. It is the true story of my...

The most beautiful legacy left by the Hoysalas who ruled Karnataka between the 10th and 14th centuries was exquisite architecture. So a...

The two days that I spent in Karaikudi were mostly awe inspiring, but there definitely was some languor tinged with a bit of nostalgia,...