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Aruna’s work lives not just in words, but in the change they spark. Discover her books, columns, films, and the stories behind every pursuit that challenges the ordinary.
“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise so I am changing myself” -Rumi, the 13th century Sufi poet, storyteller and mystic had a way of articulating human thought in...
29 May 2020
Addicts of yester year had an anthem song which they sang (Jhoom (sway) baraabar (Unabashedly) Jhoom (sway) sharaabi (those satiated by alcohol) once the heady liquid of the gods (soma) unlocked all i...
10 May 2020
She gave’ missed calls’, her way of asking me to call her and I responded each time. Having never gone to school she had no knowledge of alphabets and saved my number with a ‘star’ symbol to which she...
23 Apr 2020
“Never say Never’ tops the list of important learning for most people confined to their living spaces, huffing and puffing and going nowhere like gym rats on a tread mill. As the world is gripped by a...
13 Apr 2020
A conversation about COVID-19 with Dr. Rakesh Kumar Mishra, Director(CCMB). Dr. Rakesh Kumar Mishra, Director(CCMB) in conversation with Aruna Ravikumar It wasn’t military power, economic clout...
19 Mar 2020
The inner conflict I experience before taking the simplest of decisions is a cause of exasperation for ‘the family’. “Why the dilly- dallying?” “Why are you are so indecisive?” “Is this the end of the...
31 Dec 2019