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Pratika Yashaswi

Pratika Yashaswi

Nonsense or Verse? The Origin Story of the Limerick

Believed to have originated in France, the earliest recorded limerick is said to have been written in the 11th century. In 1610–1611 it…

Sep 6, 2019

Nonsense or Verse? The Origin Story of the Limerick

Sep 6, 2019

Pratika Yashaswi

Nafisa Crishna’s Sketchbooks.

Nafisa Crishna is a professional graphic designer and an illustrator based out of Bangalore, India. After five years of working…

Sep 6, 2019

Nafisa Crishna’s Sketchbooks.

Sep 6, 2019

Pratika Yashaswi

Sylvia Plath: The Lotus in the Flames

Sylvia Plath was at the prime of her life in an age when women were either virgins or whores, taffeta skirts were the fashion, feminism…

Sep 5, 2019

Sep 5, 2019

Pratika Yashaswi

An interview with the duo behind RocketscienceLab.

We caught up with Rajesh and Vidya Thomas of RocketscienceLab films at Melt last week, right after they delivered a talk about what they…

Aug 19, 2019

An interview with the duo behind RocketscienceLab.

Aug 19, 2019

Pratika Yashaswi

Book Review: The Course of Love by Alain de Botton

Cliffsnotes: Love as skill. Love as work. Love as disenchantment. Love in the time of averageness and adulthood. “We all know the…

Aug 19, 2019

Book Review: The Course of Love by Alain de Botton

Aug 19, 2019

Pratika Yashaswi

A visit to Mumbai’s BEST Museum.

It is said that a good museum is where one loses all sense of time. The BEST Museum, comprised of lovingly assembled objects from the past…

Aug 19, 2019

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Aug 19, 2019

Pratika Yashaswi

How to save a life: DATRI is bringing new hope to sufferers of blood disorders in

The birth of a long-awaited firstborn is a joy as profound as it is terrifying. As the parents-to-be brave a nine month period (and…

Aug 19, 2019

Aug 19, 2019

Pratika Yashaswi

The Ska Vengers Share the Stories Behind their Songs

Few bands in the independent music scene are as resolutely political — and as popular — as The Ska Vengers. The eight-piece band from…

Aug 19, 2019

The Ska Vengers Share the Stories Behind their Songs

Aug 19, 2019

Pratika Yashaswi

An Afternoon With Abdul Razzak, Mumbai’s Vinyl Street Vendor

His all-time favourite is Sholay. The record was the first he ever owned, and he bought it from his friend when he was 16. He didn’t own a…

Aug 19, 2019

An Afternoon With Abdul Razzak, Mumbai’s Vinyl Street Vendor

Aug 19, 2019

Pratika Yashaswi

Don’t be a Drag just be a Queen: Behind the Scenes with Maya the Drag Queen (A Photo Essay)

This story was originally published by Gaysifamily.com on

Aug 19, 2019

Don’t be a Drag just be a Queen: Behind the Scenes with Maya the Drag Queen (A Photo Essay)

Aug 19, 2019

Pratika Yashaswi

Pratika Yashaswi

I’m an independent journalist based in Hyderabad. I write about all things culture. This is an online portfolio of my published work.

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