A 62 year memory

A 62 year memory

July 03, 20213 mins

[Editor’s Note: My mother, a late adopter of the Internet, used to write the loveliest of letters to her children pre-Internet era. The letters stopped after I returned to India. In the past few years…

Subhadra is a horse

Subhadra is a horse

May 01, 20202 mins

[Editor’s Note: My mother, a late adopter of the Internet, used to write the loveliest of letters to her children pre-Internet era. The letters stopped after I returned to India. In the past few years…

A summer vacation in 1955

A summer vacation in 1955

March 31, 20189 mins

[Editor’s Note: My mother, a late adopter of the Internet, used to write the loveliest of letters to her children pre-Internet era. The letters stopped after I returned to India. In the past few years…

Anatomy of a pilgrimage (Sringeri edition)

Anatomy of a pilgrimage (Sringeri edition)

July 02, 20177 mins

[Editor’s Note: My mother is a late adopter of the Internet. In the pre-Internet era, she used to write the loveliest of letters to her children. The letters stopped after I returned to India. In the…

The Real Indistructibles

The Real Indistructibles

March 26, 20171 mins

Editor’s Note: There were middle class values in the 60’s/70’s/80’s and there are middle class values now. Big big difference. The old adage used to be “if it’s not broken, why fix it”. And if…

Ravi Varma in a Vijayawada home

Ravi Varma in a Vijayawada home

February 19, 20175 mins

{Editor’s Note: My mother is a late adopter of the Internet. In the pre-Internet era, she used to write the loveliest of long letters to her children. The letters stopped after I returned to India. In…

A marriage in the winter of 1962

A marriage in the winter of 1962

October 18, 20168 mins

[Editor’s Note: My mother is a late adopter of the Internet. In the pre-Internet era, she used to write the loveliest of long letters to her children. The letters stopped after I returned to India. In…

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