vaisrinivasan
Bio
Writer of musings. Occasional traveller.
https://ko-fi.com/vaishnavi_scribbles
Stories (23/0)
Teletubbies - The Bumbling Bubbly Chubbies
I have given it way too much thought to pen it down. Yes. It is a guilty pleasure show of mine, and it is embarrassing(Well, I'm an adult watching Teletubbies). I don't binge on it at this phase of my life. But I keep coming back to it. Why? Because it makes me feel good. I get all nostalgic watching it time and again. This show is my earliest memory of watching any tv show ever. I used to binge on it back when I was five years old. So here I am, nominating the hell out of it.
By vaisrinivasan3 years ago in Geeks
Gandhi - The Mahatma
7 June 1893. It was a cold night. A man sat shivering on the Pietermaritzburg train platform. He was just thrown out of the first-class compartment of the departed train, even though he had the first-class ticket. Reason? He was a man of color. This singular event would turn out to make the man question his beliefs and faith. It would make him rethink the hopeless hardships of Indians and people of color. It would lead to a spark in his mind, which would turn into a fire engulfing him and a whole nation into the principles of Ahimsa and Satyagraha. It would later turn him into a Mahatma.
By vaisrinivasan3 years ago in The Swamp
The Missing Case of Jingle Bells on Diwali Night
Diwali is a time for families to come together, spread love, and eat sweets. A lot of sweets!! And of course, fireworks play a major part in making the festival more fun. It is the usual kind of Diwali I've celebrated every year. But Diwali 2020 was a little bit different. We had the fortune of hearing Jingle Bells too. You're asking, how so? Come with me.
By vaisrinivasan3 years ago in Petlife
- Top Story - January 2021
7 Things You Find in Vocal That You Won't Find Anywhere ElseTop Story - January 2021
I'm a newbie writer. Sure, in the past I've written some short stories and kept them to myself. Initially, it changed from personal files on my hard disk to Blogger.com, where I kept my writings in private mode since I'm not the kind of person who shares my thoughts in public. Last year, I joined Medium during the lockdown, but my writing there was short-lived because it was not clear to me, the list of features that Medium supports, especially as an Indian writer (Medium Partner Program made too many changes for writers from India, Brazil, etc.). So, I was mostly writing on Medium to keep up with my passion for writing and not for audience or rewards.
By vaisrinivasan3 years ago in Journal
Where Did Everyone Go? - A Short Story
Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. I live near the ocean. I’m half-brown and half-black in color. Both my ears are black; my tail is all brown. We are a group of four who own this area. We don’t allow other dogs to enter our territory. We usually get scraps of meat from the nearby butcher shop. We have to fight with the rowdy cats who roam around in the same area for a meager piece of meat. There’s also a food cart nearby; we lick the leftover food from the discarded plates. Also, there’s an overflowing dustbin near the statue where the cows usually go. We get plenty there. So overall, life was good.
By vaisrinivasan3 years ago in Petlife
My Preparation for Software Developer Interview for a Technology Switch (Level - SDE 2)
I did my undergraduate course in Computer Science, so I have previous knowledge of Data Structures, Algorithms, Databases, and Operating Systems. After finishing my undergraduate, I joined a good company. My team was using Pega for development. My team members were all starters in Pega but had previous industry experience with other technologies. On the contrary, I didn't have any industry experience and started with the skills I learned in college and competitive programming. I was newly introduced to Pega.
By vaisrinivasan3 years ago in Journal
What Did Old Cartoons Teach Us?
Cartoon Network telecast a lot of great cartoons back when I was young, in the late 90s and early 2000s. I used to eat breakfast watching these cartoons before school and later once the school bell rang, would rush home in the evening. Each show had a different emotion and a different set of values to teach. Now that I'm a grown-up, I enjoy the music too and appreciate the amount of effort put into the background themes of these children's shows.
By vaisrinivasan3 years ago in Geeks
Oh Butterfly - A Short Story
If not for friends and playing games, I don't know the point of going to school. As I was saying, I came home and tossed my shoes in a corner and my school bag in another corner. Owing to my patti's insistence, I developed the habit of going straight to the backyard to place the lunch bag in the common area for our servant maid Akka to wash them for the next day.
By vaisrinivasan3 years ago in Families
Contrast - Short Story #1
The sun was scorching, people were honking in traffic mindlessly somehow believing that that will help in clearing the traffic and roadside vendors were occupying half the street with a constant lookout for police. This was the normal city life and this happened on almost all of the major roads. One such is Grand Southern Trunk road. Popularly known as GST road or NH-45. Even though it connects Chennai, Trichy, Dindigul, and other areas, we are going to look only at Chennai and more specifically the route from Tambaram to Guindy.
By vaisrinivasan3 years ago in Humans