16 truths, 1 lie: I have built
20 apps.
My Games
Challenge yourself...
These are simple games that I've built.
Click on the game titles to play them. Have fun!
iGuess
You have to think of a number and the computer has to guess it!
Cows&Bulls
I pick a secret number and you have to guess it!
MysteryWord
You have to guess a word in 8 tries.
MathwithMe!
Work on sets of linear equations and inequalities with me.
Math4U
Use my calculator to do your simple math!
More coming soon!
Learn with me!
Click on the titles to go to the post. Have fun!
Pytest-Selenium
Learn to write tests with the Python-Selenium plugin for a website's User Interface
jQuery-Leaflet.js
Write an app with a jQuery backend and a Leaflet.js frontend
Elementary Machine Learning
What I learnt about machine learning from a single day bootcamp.
hi!
My resume [How I jumped into Python and JS]It has been a long, strange journey of a dancer, theatreperson, wannabe-cricketer, some-time singer, hiker, typist, film technician, radio announcer, TV actress, journalist, mother, knitter, writer and now, software developer.
It has been fantastic so far, wending through the many curves, catching the curveballs A lot of it has been fun, some, formidable.
The latest twist in this roller-coaster ride is the one from journalist to developer. I loved being a journalist and I still am one, occasionally. Change has come, though and it is time to apply my thirst for knowledge and challenges to another sector.
Technology has always puzzled me the most. And scared me, witless. I felt I was getting out-of-sync with the world and I had to conquer this tech-fear. Then, I wondered. What is the magic behind the screen on my laptop and phone?The minute I got curious, I knew my next step: software.
Momentum Learning gave me the break I needed. Clinton Dreisbach, assisted by Rebecca Conley put us through the paces for three endless months and ensured that I, along with 15 of my classmates, learnt to program apps.
They and Jessica Mitsch taught us the ropes of learning on the go, as technology changes every day. And to love it. Software, you have arrived in my life!
More on that coding journey here. I will, of course, keep adding to this tale. Do come back and keep in touch!
Interested in: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Drones, API design
● Have built 16 responsive and stylish apps for the web and the mobile using Python, Django, Javascript, Angular, React JS, Laravel, CSS and HTML.
● Currently working on: telling stories through data visualization using Tableau, Folium, Python.
● Designed PostgreSQL, SQLite databases in my apps. Used APIs and Ajax for quick and responsive pages.
● Am working with Code for Cary and Code for Durham on two interesting public apps.
Latest project: Cary's historic trees
My first webpage: Poetry For The Soul
My Apps:
StoreNearMe
Want to find a big store near the address you are at? This app
shows
you the nearest StoreNearMe and the distance from your place. [Leaflet.js, jQuery,
Python]
Read: How I built this project
Map of all stores [Folium, Python,
Leftlet.js]
Full
Code [JavaScript]
Full Code
[Python]
getJustice
This webApp and Chrome Extension lets you
report instances of injustice on social media to the authorities in 30 seconds.
[JavaScript, Python, Django, Bootstrap, external SMTP email server]
Read: How we did the project
Presentation Video
Live App
Full
Code
YourCarbonFootPrint
Which
country
has the highest carbon emissions in the world? Has it changed with time? See my data
viz. [Tableau, World Bank Data]
Read: How I built this project
See the
visualization
South Africa and India have have highest number of AIDS orphans in the world.
Data
Viz [USAID data, Tableau]:
Map and bar chart of
countries
World bar chart over
the
years
How various US states consume energy against how much they produce. Data viz [US
EIA
data, Tableau]:
Statewise energy
consumption\production
Climate change and floods [Tableau, Dartmouth Flood Observatory]:
Countries and People
Affected
Floods over the
years
Sing Along
Here I use the iTunes API to let you listen to your favorite music from this cool
web-site,
your
own compu-radio.[React JS, API]
Read: How I
did
the project
Live App
Full Code
MapWithMe
A
map representation of the unemployment level in the 50 states of the United States
of
America: an example of geographic data visualization [Folium, Python, Pandas,
Leaflet.js]
Read: How I did the
project
See Map
Next Map: Countries and
Capitals
Full
Code
Snip^pet
This web page provides users with frequently used code snippets for reuse in their
applications. [Python, JavaScript, REST API, Bulma, Django]
Read: How we did
the project
Live App
Full code
Tracer
If
you want to find the best path through the
mountains, use my program! [Python]
Read: How I did the
project
Full
Code
● Both my novels are different genres: romantic thriller, literary fiction.
● I've been writing creatively since the age of 10 -- poetry, plays, short stories, serials and novels.
My novels:
The Wall
A stone wall at
the
periphery of a village somewhere in
Karnataka guards a
dangerous mystery. Yet, four generations of women from the headman's family helpless
and spirited, headstrong and weak with desire have a wayward fascination with it. And
with Annaiah who comes, some say, from across the wall. Tradition and subversion
coexist with superstitions and the slow advent of modernity in this powerful novel
where time is a wilful beast and the gods walk among us.
Media:
The Hindu:
Of myths and fantasy
"One of the challenges I faced was presenting the Kannada sensibility in English. We have had translations of Kannada works in English, but I have attempted something new in The Wall .."
Deccan Chronicle:
The Wall, a Taalamaddale of
Romance & Erotica
"We have a tradition in the Malnad region of Karnataka called taalamaddale, which takes the old Mahabharata and Ramayana tales and within their frame, all of the current day's politics, social, cultural and economic issues are debated to great effect. What I have sought to do in The Wall is taalamaddale in writing."
Sakal Times:
What lies beyond the Wall ..
"The storyline subtly draws parallels between the old and the modern world. The story is set somewhere in a remote, unnamed village in Karnataka. India is on the brink of independence and modernisation yet to reach the village. "
Bangalore Literature Festival Live:
The wall and the world of Kamadeva
"Young women in Aji’s book deal with the activity of exploring ‘Kama’ or sexuality. This also runs through the parallels of Feminism. Women trying to find and concern themselves with sexuality means the word has been circulated and soon it will be absorbed. "
Delirium
Even as Anjana
is
swept off her feet into a whirlwind
romance, the reporter within her sniffs out the biggest scoop of the season. All too soon,
she
is
neck-deep in trouble with her bosses and the cricket board, struggling to make sense of the
sordid
world of steroids and celebs. Will anjana give up the delicious young man she is hooked on
to?
And
does she even want to? Sinful and alluring, Delirium is a heady cocktail of intrigue,
temptation
and betrayal.
Media:
New Indian Express:
Cricket, Romance and
Scandals
"There’s a whole lot of cricket – from BCCI officials, to drug controversies, to green room trash talk to the practice nets. A well-researched book, Delirium will take most readers to real events that have taken place over the course of the last few years in Indian cricket."
The Hindu
An Affair to Remember
"The plot takes time to gather speed, but soon the readers are kept wondering what’s next. The three elements — illicit affairs, cricket and the ‘scoop’ of the season, — make for a good read. Will Anjana reveal her source?"
Flaming Sun: Sundari Venkatraman (blog):
Sports, Love, Steroids... Will love win?
"The affair and love scenes between Anjana and Avinash have been handled very well. It would have been so easy for them to slide into a sleaze fest. I must congratulate the author for presenting them with class. I am so glad that I got my hands on Delirium."
Vanya's Notebook (blog):
I am definitely a small fish
in
this ocean
"Ha ha! When I wrote the book—completed in 2004—Virat Kohli was probably still in school! It’s not based on any actual person, its imagination! And while we are at it, Kohli is aggressive not charming, surely! :)"
Book News India (blog):
The title was so intriguing
for
me
"It draws a fine line between how easy or how hard is for females to get the inside out of the stories, stories that are nothing but a bitter truth with ugly faces. It outlines the internal facts and developments, around dressing room and within the Indian sports industry, ‘Cricket’ in particular."
Short story:
Another Time Another Place
He still keeps her
letter in his pocket—the letter from
his beloved—even though the words in it were clear and final: It was over. So what if he
missed
her
a little too much and had read that letter every single day for the last three years? He
tried
to
go about his daily businesses like any other person—eventually, he would be capable of
managing
without her, right?—but, every now and then, sadness engulfed him. What choice did he have?
● I've interviewed four former Prime Ministers of India and 12 chief ministers of different states.
● I mentored and trained with five generations of colleagues, worked with diverse and remote teams. Had a lot of fun!
My news reports:
The Times of India
From 2000-2008, I reported and
learnt the job at the world's largest
circulated English daily,
The Times of India. TOI also carried my reports from the sister concern Economic Times,
India's top financial daily, from 2014-2018.
First Post
First Post
For a few months in 2018,
I
researched and wrote a column on President Donald Trump
from the US for the Indian website First
Post, which pioneered digital news publication in India.
The Economic Times
The highpoint of my
career
was when I broke political and policy news for
India's top
'Pink Paper' from 2014 to 2018. Between March to May 2018, in the space of less than 60
days, I wrote 200 news stories, analysis and interviews on the Karnataka
elections travelling over 10,000 kms (over 6,000 miles).
India Today
From 2008 to 2013, I worked for the Living
Media group for Mail Today and India's top magazine, India Today. Some of my stories are
still
available online.