Madhu, a teenaged wise owl, played an important role in altering the course of her sister’s life (for the better, of course) – or so she claims. Vani Viswanathan pens a story based on what happened, as narrated by smart alec Madhu, ridden with her parallels to Mani Ratnam movies.
What does it mean to watch a different, beautiful take on your favourite movie? Vani Viswanathan had one such experience recently watching The Lion King’s musical adaptation and tells you how it felt.
Big Cities fascinate her for various reasons, says Vani Viswanathan. Despite all the flaws that they may have, they are magical. In a special photo essay, she presents to you the soul of two of her favourite cities that she recently visited—Athens and Istanbul. While you get ready to be transported, here’s also a small prelude that will sure be the perfect launch pad. Text and pictures by Vani Viswanathan.
A woman is many things: understanding, frivolous, balanced, caring, confused, patient, brave. These five little monologues by Vani Viswanathan, capture the different facets of being a woman.
In an interview to Spark’s Vani Viswanathan, Mallika Dutt, CEO of Breakthrough, talks about her journey with Breakthrough and one of their most successful campaigns, the Bell Bajao campaign.
In her interview to Spark, popular blogger Indian Homemaker speaks on issues that she deals with on her blog, her views on feminism in India and the state of women in urban India today. Vani Viswanathan listens in.
Bonding over food, living together and the entry of orthodox parents. Here’s a tale that is sure to make you smile. Story by Vani Viswanathan.
A few bloggers are quietly taking the internet by storm – and they are doing it anonymously. The first in a series of interviews with anon bloggers, Vani Viswanathan introduces The Cowgirl.
A recent, sudden revelation on judging creativity inspired this article. Fine, we all have different tastes on what’s good and what’s bad, but how right are we in putting down someone’s work just because it doesn’t fit into our definitions of brilliance and creativity? After all, pop fiction is read by a massive number of people too – in fact, it is read more than what the ‘elitists’ would consider good literature. And so began an internal debate… one that ended on a diplomatic note that is typical of the author!