Aadi perukku by the river, once upon a time in Nagercoil

Ramu could still hear the river Pazhayar burbling its way through this small settlement near its bank in Nagercoil, where he grew up. Nagercoil is a small town in the Southern tip of India, Kanyakumari. Few feet from the river bank is a Shiva temple that he frequented after bathing in the river. A little…

Mookuthi Amman movie: A movie for laughs, Urvashi’s acting and its picturesque setting, Nagercoil

I was not sure if I wanted to watch the Amman movie Mookuthi Amman. I have grown up watching Amman movies and honestly was tired of the run of the mill good-trumps-evil-to-save-the-pious heroine stories.  I ended up watching it anyway at my cousin’s insistence. According to my cousin, the movie was unlike any other Amman…

No Filter: The inside story of Instagram by Sarah Frier is a page turner

Really late to this Instagram book party, but I finally completed Sarah Frier’s brilliant book on Instagram, ‘No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram’.  I loved it, like I would love any book that is pacy and addictive. And No filter totally was.  For, I did not enjoy it as a mere reader but as…