by Chandrika R Krishnan | Feb 25, 2026 | Some Learnings, Some Teachings
When I learned that the word rife had appeared in 276 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, I did a deep dive into its use. That is when I came across the sentence: English is rife with words that have been handed down to us from Old...
by Chandrika R Krishnan | Feb 18, 2026 | Some Learnings, Some Teachings
The metro zipped over the familiar names and not-so-familiar names. When my father and his colleagues from AG’s office built his house in Yousufguda, Hyderabad way back in the 70s and for the next decade or so, we shared space with some goats and cows...
by Chandrika R Krishnan | Feb 5, 2026 | Some Learnings, Some Teachings
I recently watched the latest Harlen Coben series, Run Away, on Netflix. In the series, the father, while searching for his young runaway daughter, accidentally meets her in a park. While he is chasing her to get her back and see sense, her boyfriend stops him, and...
by Chandrika R Krishnan | Jan 21, 2026 | Fiction
“Just stop this and get working!” The static air buzzed next to her ear! Caught in the Act, Shilpa’s heart leapt up to be enmeshed somewhere near her oesophagus. Her heart pounding, she guiltily closed her tab on Kunal’s Instagram page. The familiar flush started at...
by Chandrika R Krishnan | Dec 5, 2025 | Some Learnings, Some Teachings, The World of Printed Words
Once a little boy went to school. One morning The teacher said: “Today we are going to make a picture.” “Good!” thought the little boy. He liked to make all kinds; Lions and tigers, Chickens and cows, Trains and boats; And he took out his box...
