Aishwariyaa Ramakanthan
A Glimpse of A Truth
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...
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Aishwariyaa Ramakanthan
Jun 161 min
Why Live
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?...
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Aishwariyaa Ramakanthan
Jun 161 min
One Less Day But One More Day
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...
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Aishwariyaa Ramakanthan
Jun 161 min
Still Twelve And Still Only One
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...
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Aishwariyaa Ramakanthan
Jun 112 min
Just Faces
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...
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Aishwariyaa Ramakanthan
Jun 111 min
Sit with me and listen...
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...
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Aishwariyaa Ramakanthan
Jan 24, 20231 min
Arrived!
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...
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Aishwariyaa Ramakanthan
Mar 19, 20221 min
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, 20213 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, 20211 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, 20212 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, 20206 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, 20202 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, 20202 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, 20203 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, 20191 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, 20191 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, 20193 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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