Rukmini Ravishankar
Could We Survive
It has been an embarrassingly long time since I last wrote something here. I have been preoccupied with a bunch of things – research for...
Rookie Mistake
I'm a rookie at life. But who isn't? These are stories of my personal life - the shenanigans, the rants, the random idiosyncrasies. This content is meant to be relatable, so I genuinely hope you enjoy reading it. Don't forget to leave comments! They really help me grow.
Rukmini Ravishankar
- Jul 5, 2020
- 4 min
Through the Dark
Okay, I’m going to live up to rookiemistake1204, write some personal trash on this post, give it a name that’s actually a song, then pass...
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Rukmini Ravishankar
- Jun 19, 2019
- 3 min
Lost
In the mind of a 14 year old who was just starting to have a positive outlook on life, boron was a liquid.
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Rukmini Ravishankar
- Nov 12, 2018
- 2 min
Ain't No Reason
All the different -ollywoods of the world make life seem appallingly straightforward. A woman locks herself in one single room for eighteen
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Rukmini Ravishankar
- Oct 12, 2018
- 2 min
This One's Gone All Cattywampus
When the poll option on Instagram was just introduced, I was quite apprehensive. Swiping through stories, reading all of these questions abo
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Rukmini Ravishankar
- Sep 10, 2018
- 2 min
From a Distance
From the basement, to the 16th floor of a shopping mall. Don’t take the lift, take the stairs.
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Rukmini Ravishankar
- Aug 28, 2018
- 2 min
The End of August
There is a theory that I make up right this second as I write this piece. It states that when 2 people are compatible with one another an ou
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Rukmini Ravishankar
- Aug 6, 2018
- 2 min
Don't Blog About It
However much technology advances, one of the things I’d say is the greatest gift received by humankind, is our ability to communicate verbal
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Rukmini Ravishankar
- Jul 20, 2018
- 4 min
Are You Alright?
79******** gives me a call at 6.30 in the morning when I’ve just woken up to the terrible panic of ‘how am I going to get to college?!’.
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Rukmini Ravishankar
- Jul 9, 2018
- 3 min
Can't Help Falling in Love
Heavy headed and sleepy, I sit here today listening to a song for the first time. You set your cameras and lenses in aesthetically pleasing
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Rukmini Ravishankar
- Jun 16, 2018
- 3 min
Brand New Day
Imagine a singer who doesn’t listen to music, and an artist who doesn’t have a favorite painter. An introverted public relations officer...
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Rukmini Ravishankar
- May 29, 2018
- 4 min
A Little Perspective
'Oh, the heartthrob that is Virat Kohli. You want to know anything about him? Ask the girls. They’d know nothing about his game, but...
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Rukmini Ravishankar
- May 6, 2018
- 3 min
See the World
I usually don’t talk Philosophy, and something tells me the reason I don’t is because I’m hardly good at following my own advice. But I am..
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Rukmini Ravishankar
- Mar 20, 2018
- 3 min
To Learn is to Teach Twice
I face the whiteboard in my room and write ‘Ceteris Paribus’. My students wonder what it means...
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Rukmini Ravishankar
- Jan 24, 2018
- 2 min
Thank You for the Music
The evolution of mankind has witnessed thousands of milestones.
Sure enough, even...
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Rukmini Ravishankar
- Dec 10, 2017
- 3 min
To the One Who Knows
Sitting in a class among 99 other students, my first day at Mount Carmel College was a memorable one. I remember...
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Rukmini Ravishankar
- Dec 2, 2017
- 2 min
Trains of Thought
My first attempt at a blog was when I was 11, about a TamBrahm festival of lights. The topic was my father’s suggestion, and although...
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