M S Vaidyanathan

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A wrong that was right for the job

Sometimes being close to the right answer can open new opportunities

01 August 2023, 21:31 IST

A wrong that was right for the job

01 August 2023, 21:31 IST

Up, close and impersonal

When the post cards arrived, the postman undertook the job of delivering handwritten messages to our dear ones and exchanged pleasantries with them

24 September 2022, 00:58 IST

Up, close and impersonal

24 September 2022, 00:58 IST

An aspiring writer's dream break

From school through college, my passion for writing continued unabated

31 October 2021, 21:29 IST

An aspiring writer's dream break

31 October 2021, 21:29 IST

Learning to play the mridangam

Right In The Middle

14 July 2021, 22:18 IST

Learning to play the mridangam

14 July 2021, 22:18 IST

Contest crazy schools

16 May 2021, 22:39 IST

Contest crazy schools

16 May 2021, 22:39 IST

The worst of times

The hair on my chin, when I was a teenager, caused me great misery

21 July 2020, 08:04 IST

The worst of times

21 July 2020, 08:04 IST

Transfer: Much ado about nothing

RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE

11 February 2020, 19:31 IST

Transfer: Much ado about nothing

11 February 2020, 19:31 IST

It’s the age of influencers

The influencer narrative in day-to-day life is more pronounced today even though they have been there for ages playing a subtle but decisive role all along, writes M S Vaidyanathan

01 December 2019, 09:21 IST

It’s the age of influencers

01 December 2019, 09:21 IST

Air travels from another era

RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE

15 October 2019, 04:12 IST

Air travels from another era

15 October 2019, 04:12 IST

Tales that traits tell

The traits of an individual — from childhood through adolescence to adulthood — generally speak volumes of the person concerned. If a child habitually breaks or damages something -- pardon the slip, clinically dismantles a given thing, say a toy car -- elders at home and in society are inclined to predict a bright future for the child as a successful mechanical or instrumentation engineer.

27 July 2019, 03:01 IST

Tales that traits tell

27 July 2019, 03:01 IST