by Chandrika R Krishnan | Sep 17, 2026 | My Reviews, The world of printed words
Virginia Lane is NOT a Hero by Rosalind Stopps. I came across this book at a book café in the UK. I liked the image on the orange cover with a pram, a dog, and a caption: But sometimes ordinary people do extraordinary things. It had me hooked. More so, as I didn’t...
by Chandrika R Krishnan | Sep 17, 2026 | A Slice of Life, Articles, Musings & Moments
I looked at the colourful lump oozing sticky tears from within a tiny plastic cover. With suspicious trepidation, I prodded it with a ruler–the fourth one I found in a matter of four minutes, some fourteen years after my children passed out of school! I heaved a sigh...
by Chandrika R Krishnan | Sep 7, 2026 | Articles, Some Learnings, Some Teachings
“Hey Pushpa, I hate tears,” said Rajesh Khanna, and the hearts and knees of girls and women aged between 8 and 80 turned mushy. I really don’t know what Rajesh Khanna would have said to me if he’d known me. Still, my sisters swore they would never, ever come...
by Chandrika R Krishnan | Aug 20, 2026 | My Reviews, The World of visual delight
I am a bit partial to K-dramas. My first foray into them was Extraordinary Attorney Woo. I then watched The Glory, and ever since, I have been hooked. The list is now far too long to write here. Yet, strangely, I have never written a review of any of them. I have been...
by Chandrika R Krishnan | Aug 13, 2026 | My Reviews, The world of printed words
I am late to this review party. I read the book quite a while ago, but I struggled to gather my thoughts about it. None of my earlier attempts seemed to encapsulate all that I felt about the book. To put my response into perspective, I still remember passages from it...
