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Hemalatha Venkataraman

Hemalatha Venkataraman

I asked a 150 people across the world to recommend a book that they think everyone must read.

As a local artist at Columbus, Ohio, I am involved in different curated art projects in the city as and when I have time and the shows come…

May 14

I asked a 150 people across the world to recommend a book that they think everyone must read.

May 14

Hemalatha Venkataraman

Tell Me Your Story Series #1 | Happiest Memory Ever

The #TellMeYourStorySeries are a series of illustrations where I will ask people about their thoughts, ideas, memories…and stories dear to…

Feb 23, 2022

Tell Me Your Story Series #1 | Happiest Memory Ever

Feb 23, 2022

Hemalatha Venkataraman

Art as my Sadhana: What I learnt from drawing everyday for the first month of 2022 (Days 31/365)

I am an artist. I draw; it’s been one of my most fundamental and intrinsic identities from when I was two years old. I draw on any…

Feb 2, 2022

Art as my Sadhana: What I learnt from drawing everyday for the first month of 2022 (Days 31/365)

Feb 2, 2022

Hemalatha Venkataraman

2021 in Books

Books, I have found, are the easiest way for me to relax and escape, immerse myself into an alternate universe. From a very young age, I…

Jan 27, 2022

2021 in Books

Jan 27, 2022

Hemalatha Venkataraman

Sun(g) Oranges (Plateful of Memories #3)

Every day this past week, I throw two tiny mandarin oranges into my lunch bag as I head out to work. Usually, I forget about them until…

Aug 31, 2021

Sun(g) Oranges (Plateful of Memories #3)

Aug 31, 2021

Hemalatha Venkataraman

Rain, Bhajjis, Chai, and Illayaraja—a Yearning (Plateful of Memories #2)

Memories work in mysterious ways. You listen to a song, watch an old cartoon, hear a certain word, or sometimes simply ‘feel’ a moment —…

Aug 26, 2021

Rain, Bhajjis, Chai, and Illayaraja—a Yearning (Plateful of Memories #2)

Aug 26, 2021

Hemalatha Venkataraman

Mourning over Karacha Maavu Dosas—A Moment of Vulnerability

My mother is an excellent cook — she can look at ingredients and it would turn into simple comfort food and royal meals. She tastes…

Jul 23, 2021

Mourning over Karacha Maavu Dosas—A Moment of Vulnerability

Jul 23, 2021

Hemalatha Venkataraman

The Many Manifestations of Patriarchy in ‘The Great Indian Kitchen’ — The Social, the Religious…

This article is an in-depth analysis of the 2021 regional South-Indian Malayalam movie ‘The Great Indian Kitchen’ and examines the…

May 18, 2021

The Many Manifestations of Patriarchy in ‘The Great Indian Kitchen’ — The Social, the Religious…

May 18, 2021

Hemalatha Venkataraman

Books Tryst 2020

2020 has been an unforgiving year—an international pandemic, natural disasters, a tough socio-political situation, to name a few…

Jan 2, 2021

Books Tryst 2020

Jan 2, 2021

Hemalatha Venkataraman

Madharchod to Madam: Why Vijay Devarakonda’s Movies ‘Geetha Govindam’ and ‘Arjun Reddy’, and its…

This article is an examination of Devarakonda’s two movies, Geetha Govindam and Arjun Reddy, that which seems to have taken over South…

Jul 2, 2019

Madharchod to Madam: Why Vijay Devarakonda’s Movies ‘Geetha Govindam’ and ‘Arjun Reddy’, and its…

Jul 2, 2019

Hemalatha Venkataraman

Hemalatha Venkataraman

Artist, design researcher, architect, poet and writer, and everything at those intersections | Social innovation | Community building | Cash me outside w/ chai.

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