Amma learned Hindi and Tamil in Bombay (Mumbai happened much later). Sounds not much of an achievement, right? But…
Growing up, the Tamil language had a great influence on life in general. It helped to grow-up in a locality which is…
Growing up in Trombay was an experience. My neighbour and friend Kasim’s father had two…
“Sitamarhi,” he said.
“Oh, Bihar.”
Pat came a reply from Shahid: “Yes, where Sita was born apparently.”
Shahid was a recluse. True to his name, which meant ‘witness’ in Urdu, he saw more and spoke less. To add to his…
I’ll begin with say that there is a lot to learn from Malaysia. It might be a relatively tiny country but there are always…
The design is omnipresent, in matters and in our life which by the way matters too. As the identity of people…
It was almost the end of May 2008 and I appeared for the last paper of my bachelor’s degree. Those were interesting times. I was about to complete my graduation and I wasn’t sure about where my future (career?) lay. Very typical, isn’t it?
There are quite a few things which I don’t agree with but there is one thing mentioned in public discourse which…
The Maratha Confederacy in its heydays was known for patronising temples across the Indian subcontinent. So it wasn’t a surprise…
Tallapaka Annamacharaya was a 15th-century philosopher-musician. Known to have composed 32000 sankirtanas in Telugu, out of which…
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