It’s an interesting journey that anyone initiated into reading as a child, goes through. We start off with nursery rhymes and pictorial books on the alphabet and then move on to fairy tales and Aesop’s fables. Bang next is the Enid Blyton series of books. Then, comes teenage fiction. Swetha Ramachandran traces the journey that the reading interests of most of us have been through as children and teenagers before finding out what we truly love to read.
Dwarfs, elves, fairy Godmothers and many more. Join Swetha Ramachandran as she takes you on a journey to lands of magic and fantasy that have found their celebrated beginnings in the unforgettable pages of some of the most enthralling works of English fiction.
Little games, some books, writing and melons – these were only some of the reasons why Swetha Ramachandran looked forward to her summer vacations as a school-goer. Read on to find out the joys of summer in her words.
‘Appalam’, ‘Vadaam’, ‘Thogayal’ and Pickles – they are an indispensable part of a South Indian’s meal. Swetha Ramachandran tells you more about these yummy sidekicks.
Join Swetha Ramachandran as she takes a trip down memory lane to Cumbum – a little town nestled between hills in South India – where she spent many a vacation as a child.
Who among us hasn’t been captivated by tales on silver screen? And more so, by romance that transports you to a different world altogether! Swetha Ramachandran pays a perfect tribute to movies in this genre – the ‘happily-ever-after’s and the ‘jilted-at-the-altar’s that many of us have fun watching!
There’s some place that is dear and special to each one of us. For Swetha Ramachandran, it is Chennai. Catch her celebrating the city’s blend of tradition and modernity.