Many years ago, as the final capstone project for a learning journey at my alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania, I wrote something best described as “creative non-fiction”. It combined elements of autobiography with some ruminations on cricket and Indian identity. That project is presented below, unchanged.

OddmentsRamanan RaghavendranJuly 15, 2022BioComment

LinkedIn Bios Are Not The Whole Story

Public domain bios, such as on LinkedIn or a company web site, hide many stories. Here I want to drill into one of my personal transitions that reads a certain way, but hides a much more complicated reality.

Oddments, PennRamanan RaghavendranDecember 31, 2021BioComment

An Obituary For My Father

My father died on June 16 at the age of 90. I have relied on his memoirs — the first, which covers the first half of his life, is a wonderfully evocative chronicle of a very different time and place — for some of what I write here.

OddmentsRamanan RaghavendranJuly 2, 2020Obituary, Bio Comments

Fannie's Oyster Bar

This is my homage to New York City and to the blues. I lived in the city for more than two decades, and it didn’t feel right to let it go without continuing the long tradition of a goodbye essay -- in this case both written and sung.

Books and MusicRamanan RaghavendranMarch 26, 2015Music, Bio Comment