Is Flights about external journeys we make to find ourselves?
"I have never been a big fan of art museums, which I would happily exchange, for cabinets of curiosities where collections are comprised of the rare, the unique, the bizarre...
How to Boil an Egg
I don’t remember the exact moment at which I fell in love with the boiled egg but there was a transition that occurred, like with school. When I was 10-years...
EPISODE-1 Bon Voyage
The Open Dosa's maiden podcast with Prof. Etienne Rassendren To catch the full episode, follow Open Dosa on soundcloud. Click on the link given below. https://soundcloud.com/opendosa
Pompeii before the ashes
The Secrets of Vesuvius transports the reader to the year AD 79, when Mount Vesuvius was thought to be a mere harmless article in the landscape of Italy.
Father, Son and the Holy Patriotism
As I ramble through old photos, I make my 2nd phone call in 10 minutes to my now annoyed achacha asking about his life a few decades ago. My ever...
My Grandmother has more style than yours. She also has more boothas
This photo reminds Ammamma of the few good days she had as an unmarried woman. It was taken at Vishnu photo studio near Magadi road on 7th January 1969. Everything she is wearing in this picture was bought with her own money.
Telltale metallic wardrobes and other family heirlooms
“I think this ritual of jewellery giving from a mother to her daughter before her marriage is a silent act of empowerment. It’s like a tradition among women to give each other jewellery in case something happens later on in her new family life”
When I was four, I ran away from a museum
All they saw was a kid who ran happily towards a door and returned screaming and frightened. I thought those machines were large demons with broken tooth.