On a day like this, I mused aloud, one could fall in love. It was a chirpy spring morning, and I was deep in conversation with a pretty young thing at her studio apartment, before COVID-19 hit the global ceiling. “Yes, one could,” she said,...
What made you choose a career in speaking/training? It all started 16 years ago when I started my career selling loans for Citibank. I was overjoyed with that opportunity, spinning success dreams by the minute, imagining myself in a black business suit, high heels and...
We cry out in glee and take pride when we come to know that the t-shirts worn at the recently concluded Australian Open by the tennis players are manufactured in India and specifically from Tirupur in Tamil Nadu. India stands as one among the world’s...
When you take a stroll down to your local library, you’ll find books of strong character, with out-of-the-world protagonists who one can only fantasize about being. It’s always the hero, the heroine, and sometimes even the villain; it’s always a story of someone distinct from...
Raised by a single mother who was widowed rather early in life, Ragini Muralidharan didn’t have to look too far for inspiration. “My mother was my biggest role model who raised my two sisters and me single handedly and put us through schools and college...
I have read poetry and prose on diaspora, and the longing of home. I have felt my stomach churn as songs of the inability to return played over and over again. But never have I ever read a book, and felt like a seven-year-old running...
Dance and you have a long story together – when did this journey start? My mother used to dance, and I used to watch her, sometimes accompanying her to dance classes, standing on the sidelines, very enamoured by the whole thing. I desperately wanted to...
PROUDLY TAMIL IN THE NORTH OF INDIA SUMUKHI SURESH IS ONE OF SOUTH INDIA’S MOST WELL-KNOWN, LOVED AND APPRECIATED COMEDIENNES. THIS MULTILINGUAL PERFORMER HOWEVER DOES NOT SHY AWAY FROM USING HER MOTHER TONGUE LIBERALLY WITH AN AUDIENCE THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN EXPOSED TO CONTENT IN...
When we walk into posh branded stores or super/hypermarkets, in malls or the vendor stores in open street corners and pick a garment, pair of shoes or a rice bag exclaiming “Wow! Great Price” or “cheap”, have you ever asked yourself, “I wonder how they...
Anyone of you ever feel that you are in a constant ‘crossover’ situation? To me, it seems eternal. I was born in a year ending with ‘9’ on a date ‘11’. I am, like many of us, a part of the switch from one century...
