Musings of an Eccentric Mind

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There is a story behind everything we see and interact with.

People speak with the lines on their faces and the sparkle in their eyes. Cities tell their tales through the buildings, stones and rivers that flow through them. Ideas stay with us through symbols and memories. 

Hi, my name is Kasturika. And I tell stories—of people, places and ideas.

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Hobbies

Sambaar Podi: Our Family Recipe

I’ve not been very fond of sambaar, especially the ones served in restaurants, which seem to serve something quite ghastly. My husband, on the other hand, loves it. In traditional TamBrahm households, each meal typically consisted of three courses of rice. Course one, sambaar with rice, course two, rasam with rice, and course three, curd…

Musings

The Language Wars

There’s that Hindi vs Tamil debate again. As someone who hasn’t truly felt at home either in the north or the south, I may be in a unique position to offer an objective perspective.

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Let’s Connect

The Big Foot

We all leave footprints. What does your footprint look like?

The Big Foot is a channel focussing on the impact humans have had on the planet—from handing down colossal architectural feats to the state of the planet going forward.

Insta Stories

From my adventures in the kitchen and garden to ideas on sustainable living and snapshots of travels, catch my photo stories on Instagram.

Design Tuesdays

Design Tuesdays is an experiment in reverse social media—e-letters that are aimed at generating conversations the way letters were originally intended to. There’s no ‘read more’. Only a reply.

Psst: It’s free! Check out the archive here to see past letters.

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