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Just musing about the people I’ve seen again and again but never really known over the 30 years that I’ve been visiting Chennai. Smiles,...

The loss of a friend or even an acquaintance is an odd happening It’s a hollow, dull ache that comes and goes every now and then Five...

Do the faults of others make our own seem faint Do the flaws of others wash away ours Do the errors of others make ours less obvious And...

What can be more engaging than the curiosity of a child About a little sound, a quivering leaf, the flight of a bird, or a flitting...

Why live if not for the colors of a rainbow? Why live if not for the green of a leaf? Why live if not for the splendor of the mountains?...

With every sunset I realize I have one day less To write the books that I wish to write, To sing the songs I wish to sing and To see the...

This is definitely not a judgment. But I can’t help reflecting on how we always assume that someone else’s situation can never be ours...

Just musing about the people I’ve seen again and again but never really known over the 30 years that I’ve been visiting Chennai. I’m...

I have these stories to tell Secrets to whisper And thoughts to share Sit with me and listen Voices from my past have faded Moved on or...

The compelling story of a woman who could be you or me or any woman who strives to be the best. Her challenges could be yours or mine, a...

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...