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Apr 12, 2023 •

Ramanan Raghavendran

July 2022

Deep Cover: Cricket and Indian Identity

I’ve realized over time that this blog, while implicitly autobiographical, has a small set of essays that are explicitly so. I’ve decided to make this a…

Jul 15, 2022 •

Ramanan Raghavendran

December 2021

LinkedIn Bios Are Not The Whole Story

Public domain bios, such as on LinkedIn or a company web site, can be very misleading. If you looked at my LinkedIn bio, for example, you might come…

Dec 31, 2021 •

Ramanan Raghavendran

September 2020

My Father’s Passing

Sep 12, 2020 •

Ramanan Raghavendran

July 2020

An Obituary For My Father

My father died on June 16 at the age of 90.

Jul 2, 2020 •

Ramanan Raghavendran

September 2019

On Identity, via Kwame Appiah

Issues of identity are front and center in our time.

Sep 19, 2019 •

Ramanan Raghavendran

March 2017

Three Reasons I Took The GRE This Week

Earlier this week I took the GRE.

Mar 31, 2017 •

Ramanan Raghavendran

March 2015

Fannie's Oyster Bar

“There are roughly three New Yorks.

Mar 26, 2015 •

Ramanan Raghavendran

January 2014

Roebuck, Ponting, Clarke and the Fall and Rise of Australian Cricket

Michael Clarke and his merry unchanged-throughout-the-series men have crushed England -- 5-0 in the Tests and up 3-1 in the one-dayers as of this…

Jan 25, 2014 •

Ramanan Raghavendran

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