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Girl, Decoded

As she sat in a taxi headed to Cairo International Airport in September 2001, Rana el Kaliouby remembers thinking, “Am I really going through with this?” A married woman and hijab-wearing Muslim, she would be on her own for the next 3 years, pursuing her doctorate in computer...

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I am a graduate of the Science Journalism program at Boston University.

I chase stories on all topics of interest. I go where the reporting takes me. This website is a digital portfolio of my articles and essays. I also translate short stories from Tamil, which is my first language or mother tongue.

FOOD & TRAVEL

Martyr’s Corner by RKN

An RKN story which was part of the English syllabus in my BSc days. Just being in a textbook took away all the sheen from this brilliant story. So here it is in full glory -- after decades. A fine example of a master's work....

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SCIENCE & TECH

Elements of Marie Curie

When pressed to write a memoir, Marie Curie—two-time Nobel Prize winner and the only person to win for two different fields of science— said that her life could be summed up in three sentences: “I was born in Warsaw of a family of teachers. I...

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MISCELLANEOUS

The Athai who Turned into an Ayah

In a 1977 black-and-white film set in Madras, a rich widow sets out to work as the ayah of her grandson – a bit like Avvai Shanmugi, except there is no big disguise involved. The middle-aged woman trades her diamonds and silks for a maid’s...

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