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We teach children to calculate interest. We don't teach them what it means to guarantee someone else's debt.

I remember muddy water filling the canal when I was about nine. I want Bengaluru to have its river back. These are my hopes, and questions we should take seriously.

We pay for collection and separate our waste. Then the collection process undoes that effort.

I want a cleaner Bengaluru and a cleaner India. I want us to care about what happens to our waste after it leaves our hands.

Best Student twice inside my own school. A 'B' grade, a 4th prize, a 2nd prize outside it.

Two answers from my 2007 college notebook, on creativity and on a poem about women.

A warning about television and a letter-writing exercise, from a 2004 notebook.

Most of my school essays came from guide books. You can find me in the grammar.

An essay on education, teachers and school management, written when I was in 9th standard.

Two pages from a 2003 school notebook. A request for two days' leave, and a letter to a friend about Dasara.

An essay I wrote on my first day in 9th standard. I was so innocent that I didn't even copy.

Two young monks facing sacrifice, a cockerel made of dough, and Karna and Ravana as tragic heroes. What Hampana’s explanations helped me understand.

A birthday letter to a friend I should have held on to.

The longest letter I ever wrote, and the most honest.

A few lines from a friend's reply, which I still carry with me.

I had never thought that I, or my writing, would be so welcome.

Seven months later, writing back to say I hadn't done it yet.

Great screens and small, affordable theatres. My hope for more people in India to enjoy going to the cinema.