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    An Ode to a Mother – poem

    by Chandrika R Krishnan May 8, 2022
    by Chandrika R Krishnan May 8, 2022

      A man went to the king of gods and said: I want someone soft yet tough, I want someone who has fathomless…

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    Who Am I?

    by Chandrika R Krishnan August 12, 2021
    by Chandrika R Krishnan August 12, 2021

    That question never troubled my grandmother, a mother of six Caught between children and chores; Her time in between Was to breathe!  …

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    Left with Questions

    by Chandrika R Krishnan May 27, 2021
    by Chandrika R Krishnan May 27, 2021

    The police came The postmortem done, pregnancy confirmed Relatives poured in Neighbours gawked Leaving us wounded with multiple Whys.   Visions of….. You…

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    The Cross that I Bear

    by Chandrika R Krishnan April 6, 2021
    by Chandrika R Krishnan April 6, 2021

    Why can’t I let go; The feeling of inferiority that I carried through my school days to now ? Why can’t I let…

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    Fortuitous Escape

    by Chandrika R Krishnan April 5, 2021
    by Chandrika R Krishnan April 5, 2021

    The blue of the sky boggled me, The green of the grass eluded me. I wanted to do many more things, But I…

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    Facets of Beauty

    by Chandrika R Krishnan April 5, 2021
    by Chandrika R Krishnan April 5, 2021

    Beauty is evident in… A rose in the garden, A lily in the pond, Snow in the mountain, Pearls in the ocean, Colours…

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    Lament of a Mother

    by Chandrika R Krishnan March 16, 2021
    by Chandrika R Krishnan March 16, 2021

      People said that you were a bully, But that I did not believe. They said that you made girls cry, I said…

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    If Only, Son

    by Chandrika R Krishnan March 16, 2021
    by Chandrika R Krishnan March 16, 2021

    If only I had changed your nappy Instead of your nanny; If only I had been at your teething Instead of your granny;…

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    Flightless Birds

    by Chandrika R Krishnan March 16, 2021
    by Chandrika R Krishnan March 16, 2021

    Sleepless nights and colic pains, Nappy wash and Nappy rash; Wailing and crying, teething and tripping, Oh! When will it be before they…

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Chandrika R Krishnan

I am a Bengaluru-based writer and educationist and like all things beginning with a ‘T’ - talking, teaching, tales and tea. I consider myself a late bloomer ..so late that even to date I can say I am only partially unfurled. My articles are mostly on what I want to tell my adult children but don’t dare! On a serious note, I like learning and I do most of them through observation. I also feel that we all are better equipped to handle other people’s problems than our own so I am able to write about varied happenings around me.

I also volunteer at a local hospital and also at a Seva centre that feeds the poor. I take storytelling sessions for underprivileged and try to help them with academics. You can connect me at

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