Nandini Karky's Musings

Japan is one of those nations that has always fascinated me, having heard stories of a conservative nature with extreme focus on collectivism, a history filled with twists and turns, and most of all, existing as the most eastern of the eastern cultures, an assorted collection of islands, strung together by the perfect balance of tradition and technology.

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What is knowledge? How is identity determined? Who does the land belong to? Sometimes our journeys bring forth momentous questions that we don't even know we were seeking answers to! Such was our travel to this remarkable island country continent in the Southern Hemisphere - Australia!

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In our second round of continents around the globe, the next stop happened to be Europe. I have often come across this argument in movies and books that Europe should not even be considered a...

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After two long years of being unable to travel, finally saw a sliver of light at the end of December 2021. With overseas options made improbable, owing to that cumbersome testing process to establish one...

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A reflection on David Reich's 'Who we are and how we got here' from an Indian perspective.

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கலைஞர் என்ற பெயர் கருவிலிருந்தே ஒலித்துக் கொண்டிருந்தது… என் தந்தையின் கரகர குரல்வழி… தமிழ்க் காதல்கொண்ட பொறியாளர் அவர். கலைஞர் தமிழால் தீட்டிய கதைகளை பகுத்தறிவு எண்ணங்களை என் தந்தை சொல்ல அதைக் கேட்ட இரட்டை பின்னல் நாட்கள்… மின்னலாய் கண்முன். என் வாழ்க்கையின் திருப்புமுனைகள் அவரால் அமையும்...

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On the shore of my life when time stood still, like a toddler crying for mom in the next room, I thought… that the wave would never return. That wave which had receded was gone...

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Have you ever wanted to precisely know why you love something? The first time one experiences Baahubali, it feels like a gigantic wave crashing on the shores of one’s mind. The end-result is an overwhelming feeling...

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