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Karthik Varma

Karthik Varma
Karthik Varma

have been a journalist since 1980. (Studied at St. Anthony\'s, Egmore - 1965 - \'77 - and at Loyola, Madras - 1977 - \'81) I reported for The Week magazine of the Malayala Manorama and was a stringer for BBC Radio.

Madras for our kids part 3

A slow early evening walk on the promenade of Marina Beach can be an interesting exercise in ‘man watching’. If you have the time to slow down and see. On Sunday evening last, at about 4.30 p.m. I was opposite the Presidency College, keen to observe one of many Madras Week events. Revathi R. who is the person behind the Yocee website for children had promoted this event which would end with children participants creating a scrapbook. Even at that early evening hour, there were thousands of people on the Marina’s sands and hundreds kept pouring in, from the subway,...

Madras for our kids part 2

A slow early evening walk on the promenade of Marina Beach can be an interesting exercise in ‘man watching’. If you have the time to slow down and see. On Sunday evening last, at about 4.30 p.m. I was opposite the Presidency College, keen to observe one of many Madras Week events. Revathi R. who is the person behind the Yocee website for children had promoted this event which would end with children participants creating a scrapbook. Even at that early evening hour, there were thousands of people on the Marina’s sands and hundreds kept pouring in, from the subway,...

Madras for our kids

A slow early evening walk on the promenade of Marina Beach can be an interesting exercise in ‘man watching’. If you have the time to slow down and see. On Sunday evening last, at about 4.30 p.m. I was opposite the Presidency College, keen to observe one of many Madras Week events. Revathi R. who is the person behind the Yocee website for children had promoted this event which would end with children participants creating a scrapbook. Even at that early evening hour, there were thousands of people on the Marina’s sands and hundreds kept pouring in, from the...