by Ranjani Rao | Oct 7, 2021 | In the moment
My book launch is exactly one week away! Can’t believe that the day is so close. The final lap of the race. The last few steps to the summit. As I take a deep breath and look back the road thus far, I see a common theme. As far as my eye can see, I see a...
by Ranjani Rao | Sep 29, 2021 | In words
When I began writing the book, I was worried that I was shooting in the dark or rather climbing a mountain blindfolded. Although I have been writing for years, most of my writing takes the form of personal essays, short subjective takes on life, my life....
by Ranjani Rao | Aug 18, 2021 | In words
What’s a Lemon Squeezer Doing in My Vagina – A Memoir of Infertility by Rohini S Rajagopal The book: “When you are denied something, its value is grossly overestimated in your mind. I rejected all the gifts in our life and dwelled on its single deficiency. Pregnancy...
by Ranjani Rao | Jul 17, 2021 | In words
Purpose is a thing you build, not a thing you find ~ John Coleman In my recent op-ed for the Straits Times, I wrote about the value of work and the worth of an individual. In it I recalled an interaction that happened over twenty years ago in California. When I took...
by Ranjani Rao | Jul 9, 2021 | In words
Lost at 15, Found at 50: Travels, Trials and Tribulations in Foreign Lands by Ashwini Devare The book: From the Soviet Union’s lron Curtain to Burma’s Bamboo Curtain and Sikkim to Seoul, this memoir follows the journey of a young girl whose life was a...
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