In the mid-1990s, I was doing research for my first novel. I wanted to flesh out a nebulous idea of two sisters, one taking care of the other. The title, My Sister’s Keeper, had sprung like magic. It was a difficult theme and even after I had collected enough material, I was filled with doubtContinue reading “Artist A Ramachandran (1935 – 10 Feb. 2024)”
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The Boy and The Plastic Bottle
I saw the boy as soon as he turned the corner but he was too busy kicking an empty plastic bottle along the pathway to see anything else or anyone. Each time he ran towards it, the knapsack slipped from his shoulders. He hitched it back and sent the bottle flying. I wanted to catchContinue reading “The Boy and The Plastic Bottle”
We had a Zoo in Our Backyard
I grew up in a joint family with my parents, grandparents, two sisters and two brothers, and my father’s two youngest siblings. They called him respectfully as Anna or elder brother and our mother, Manni and so did we. Anna was in the Indian Forest Service in his home state, Kerala. He used to travelContinue reading “We had a Zoo in Our Backyard”
Mahakavi Bharati and Me
September 11th 2021 was the death centenary of Tamil poet laureate, C. Subramania Bharati. His poems have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember though not as verse but as songs. I melted in the magic even when I was too young to understand the lyrics. Age was notContinue reading “Mahakavi Bharati and Me”
Usha Rajagopalan "Lakeika" 