Anita R Ratnam
5,702 posts
Anita R Ratnam
@aratnam
- My sanctuary My ancestral village #Tirunelveli district Here I am in earnest conversation with Sundaravalli.
- Very soon I return to my ancestral roots. The magnificent Vainava Nambi temple in Tirukurungudi, near Tirunelveli. Urban pressures melt away,the air is clean and the Mahendragiri mountains bear witness. KAISIKA NATAKAM, the annual all night performance -DECEMBER 1 from 9 pm
- Vintage memory!! TV Sundaram Iyengar,my great grandfather with (from extreme right)- R Ratnam (my Appa),TS Srinivasan, and extreme left S Vijayaraghavan. 3 young men in suits leaving India for training overseas. They faced intense discrimination -called BLACKIE in the UK!
- Replying to @sumanthramanEven Captain Gopinathโs aviation story starring Suriya had the same twisted identity assignment The original Brahmin entrepreneur became a hero from the oppressed sector The villain- originally a Punjabi- became a Brahmin Goswami. And the worn out formula continuesโฆ
- As an artiste and a creative individual, I have visited, performed, interacted and taken courses at @ishafoundation. On more than one occasion, #Sadguru has requested me to amplify his humorous stories on Lord Siva through dance and movement. I have been stunned by the aesthetics
- On a flight from Coimbatore to Chennai and seated in rows near me are the Philistine supremo of @the_hindu who suddenly pretends to care about classical music and Tamilnadu BJP star @annamalai_k . Both ignoring the other!
- My ancestor. My heritage. My father Rajam Ratnam, the eldest grandson. My grandfather TS RAJAM, his eldest son. As the first born of the FOURTH GENERATION of a grand heritage, the spirit of adventure, courage, daring, independent thinking &community relations is THE inheritanceเฎเฎชเฏเฎฐเฎฒเฏ 28 - เฎชเฎฟเฎฐเฎชเฎฒ T.V.S. เฎเฏเฎดเฏเฎฎเฎคเฏเฎคเฎฟเฎฉเฏ เฎจเฎฟเฎฑเฏเฎตเฎฉเฎฐเฏ เฎเฎฟ. เฎตเฎฟ.เฎเฏเฎจเฏเฎคเฎฐเฎฎเฏ เฎจเฎฟเฎฉเฏเฎตเฏ เฎจเฎพเฎณเฏ เฎเฎฉเฏเฎฑเฏ (1955 ). เฎเฎจเฏเฎคเฎฟเฎฏ เฎเฎเฏเฎเฏเฎฎเฏเฎชเฏเฎฒเฏ เฎคเฏเฎฑเฏเฎฏเฎฟเฎฉเฏ เฎฎเฏเฎฉเฏเฎฉเฏเฎเฎฟเฎฏเฎพเฎฉ เฎเฎฟ.เฎตเฎฟ.เฎเฏเฎจเฏเฎคเฎฐเฎฎเฏ เฎเฎฏเฎเฏเฎเฎพเฎฐเฏ 1877เฎเฎฎเฏ เฎเฎฃเฏเฎเฏ เฎฎเฎพเฎฐเฏเฎเฏ 22เฎเฎฎเฏ เฎคเฏเฎคเฎฟ เฎคเฎฟเฎฐเฏเฎจเฏเฎฒเฏเฎตเฏเฎฒเฎฟ เฎฎเฎพเฎตเฎเฏเฎเฎฎเฏ เฎคเฎฟเฎฐเฏเฎเฏเฎเฏเฎฑเฏเฎเฏเฎเฏเฎเฎฟเฎฏเฎฟเฎฒเฏ เฎชเฎฟเฎฑเฎจเฏเฎคเฎพเฎฐเฏ. เฎเฎตเฎฐเฏ เฎตเฎดเฎเฏเฎเฎฑเฎฟเฎเฎฐเฏ เฎฐเฎฏเฎฟเฎฒเฏเฎตเฏ เฎเฏเฎฎเฎพเฎธเฏเฎคเฎพ เฎตเฎเฏเฎเฎฟ
- Replying to @will_seabornThank you for this statement. I lived in the US for 14 years and never felt any racism or discrimination as a Hindu student on campus and later, as a media professional in New York City. Todayโs America is very different from the country that played a crucial role in shaping my
- The Tamil media has reached out to me several times over the past two days for sound bites and comments on the #KALAKSHETRA issue and my answer has been the same โ The students have take centre stage. Listen to them. Their voices are important. Their fight is real and urgent.โ
- It took a 27 year old reporter in Delhi @shubhangi_misra to break a story about alllegations of ongoing sexual abuse on the campus of KALAKSHETRA in Chennai. @ThePrintIndia broke the story while @the_hindu @NewIndianXpress and @timesofindia have either ignored or have missed this
- Replying to @KarunaGopal1Thank you so much for sharing this. So inspiring. My great aunt SOUNDARAM RAMACHANDRAN has an equally inspiring story
- Watched a wonderful discussion between @jsaideepak and @svembu thanks to @krithikasivasw . So many takeaways about #dharma and the very idea of #IndiaAt75 . On You Tube #Coolture
