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Aruna Raghuram

Memories of Ms Janaki

Janaki Iyer taught history at my school Greenlawns off Bhulabhai Desai Road (formerly, Warden Road), Mumbai. I was in class IX and facing…

3 min readMay 20, 2022

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Aruna Raghuram

The Loss of Bliss

Aruna Raghuram

2 min readApr 3, 2022

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The Loss of Bliss

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Aruna Raghuram

And we grow along with our plants…

I am a late bloomer as a gardener. It is one of the few positive effects of the pandemic for me. Realising how uncertain the future is…

3 min readApr 3, 2022

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And we grow along with our plants…

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Aruna Raghuram

When a bus ride is a nightmare…

I saw the 2010 Egyptian movie 678, written and directed by Mohamed Diab, recently on Netflix. It was a throwback to my college years in…

3 min readJun 7, 2021

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Aruna Raghuram

Child sex abuse victims may carry the trauma to their grave…

I knew a person who was sexually abused when she was six years old and carried the trauma to her grave. She passed away when she was 66…

3 min readNov 21, 2020

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Aruna Raghuram

Loss of a childhood in pursuing a livelihood

Another Children’s Day will be celebrated in India on November 14, 2020. It is heartbreaking that so many children in India, and across…

2 min readNov 8, 2020

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Aruna Raghuram

When menstruation is an ugly word

When I got married into a conservative family, I was in for more than one shock. But the biggest one was being ostracized whenever I got…

2 min readOct 22, 2020

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Aruna Raghuram

Once upon a palace…

The 55-acre campus of the National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR) in Vadodara is indeed green, wooded and beautiful. But the crowning…

2 min readOct 9, 2020

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Once upon a palace…

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Aruna Raghuram

It’s easier to forget than forgive

The 2017 film ‘The Shack’ is about forgiveness — how one of the most difficult things to do is to forgive someone who has wronged us. And…

2 min readOct 7, 2020

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Aruna Raghuram

Something’s brewing!

There is something about tea. The beverage lifts the spirits, and is rightly called the ‘cup that cheers’. An apology to coffee lovers…

2 min readOct 5, 2020

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Something’s brewing!

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Aruna Raghuram

Aruna Raghuram

Independent journalist who writes on women’s issues, mental health, environment, DEI issues, parenting, people and social/development enterprises

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