by Chandrika R Krishnan | Apr 11, 2025 | My Reviews, The world of printed words
I burnt the midnight oil for this book. This book isn’t a whodunit, nor is it a political thriller that spoke about espionage where I needed to know the culprit. Yet, this book of ordinary men and women kept me awake and I rested easy only once I...
by Chandrika R Krishnan | Mar 27, 2025 | A Slice of Life, Articles, Musings & Moments
“The nature of life is not permanence but flux,” says Mr. Carson in one of the episodes in Downton Abbey, and coming from him who tries to retain the old order was so refreshing. Closer home, I find many of us reliving the old times quite nostalgically, particularly...
by Chandrika R Krishnan | Mar 20, 2025 | A Slice of Life, Musings & Moments
Way back in school, I had a teacher who broke our knuckles if we didn’t get our sewing right. I grew up with a mother who believed that hands are given to keep working. She was a great one at embroidery, sewing, painting and all sort of craft- making. Her...
by Chandrika R Krishnan | Mar 4, 2025 | Fiction
It was the deaths that shook the neighbourhood. The cheer cast by the delayed onset of the southwest monsoon and the overnight downpour was overcast by the deaths in this otherwise serene community. The rain notwithstanding, the crowd assembled in sizable pockets...
by Chandrika R Krishnan | Feb 27, 2025 | Articles
I watched the recent movie, Mrs on Sony Liv. It is a remake of Malayalam movie, The Great Indian Kitchen. While I had already watched the original, I wasn’t planning to watch the remake till I heard a whole lot of hoopla on that. Trolls and Memes galore...
