Things you wish you’d asked about before banging the door shut
I guess you could say that I’m not a happy traveler. I much prefer staying at home where there are no surprises to horrify me, especially at the end […]
Author Archives: Radha Thomas
A hairy tale
Some time ago I read a really nice article by Saritha Rai in the global edition of the NYT called ‘Hairdressers Fight Caste Prejudice With Upscale Salons.’ It talked […]
Ten Tamil (Echo) Onomatopoeias Describing Noise
I have had to learn lessons on life and love at decibel levels that hovered around the 80 mark most of the time. It’s a miracle that I’m not stone cold deaf.
To Google, YouTube and The Orchard from lil’ ol’ me
Back in August of 2014, I received this frightening notice (below) from SoundCloud about a song that my ex-husband Suresh Shottam and I wrote in 1975, in India. We had […]
Are You Zeezex Enough For Him?
October 1, 2014, Explocity Guide It was pouring rain. The SO (Significant Other) and I found ourselves without our car. We tried Uber, Meru, Taxi For Sure and other […]
Adventures in sex & sinning
October 5, 2014, Rupa Gulab, Asian Age If I had to give a Twitter-sized review of this book, I’d say, think blasé Sex and the City instead of warm […]
Thair Saadam (Rice & Yogurt)
The comfort food of all a Tamilians (may be other South Indians too) is Thair Saadam, or simply, homemade yogurt with steaming white rice. The most basic form of this […]
Bisibelebath With Cauliflower
At least in South India, the possibilities with rice are limitless. As a people, we would shrivel up and die without rice. But it’s a bad, bad, bad thing as […]
My experiments with gobi
Tue, 9 Sep, 2014, Jayanthi Madhukar, Bangalore Mirror We have heard of mock meats (soya disguised as chicken and bacon) but this one surely takes the cake. Singer Radha Thomas, […]
Once again, on men
THE HINDU, Swati Daftuar, August 24, 2014, New Delhi Radha Thomas’s new book, “More Men on My Mind” continues to intrigue, entertain and, surprisingly, educate With her first book, “Men […]
