Ragou Govardanane

Educator/Teacher, Foodie, Parent

I have taught Physics and Chemistry in French and English for 13 years, built a translation team in a French company and managed it for 5 years, which I left to be a prime caregiver for my little daughter. With my entire education in French and English while being a Tamilian, each language nourishes me in both its spoken and written forms. Enthusiastic reader, viewer and listener in French, Tamil, English and Spanish. In classic literature, I am particularly fond of George Sand, Maupassant, Zola, Djian and currently Houellebecq (I have had my Cioran phase too during my years at the University of Orléans in France). In English, Dos Passos and Paul Auster left an impression on me with their respective trilogies, particularly the former, along with Orwell (particularly The Road to Wigan Pier), and I can't help finding Huxley still fully relevant. In my mother tongue Tamil, I relish reading Jeyamohan, Na.Parthasarathy, T.Janakiraman, Azhagirisamy, La.Sa.Ramamirtham, S.Ramakrishnan. I realize I have left out Konangi from the list, among many, many others. With the continuous boom in media forms going on in all the languages I am proficient in, I am looking at interesting times to see how they are being used and how impactful they are on us, our thoughts, our relationship to others and things.

I love nature walks, trying recipes, and my attempts in craft work. I initially got into these for my little daughter, and quickly became very fond of these tasks.

Being truthful at important moments is very challenging, but worth trying. Giving in to political correctness and decorum inflicts almost always irreversible damage, to us and the society at large, and eventually even basic perception and sharing become very difficult, if not altogether impossible. By contrast, being truthful, saying what you feel you must say, has the advantage of making things clear to those around us and to ourselves. I find people always end up being grateful to those who take the adventure of being truthful.

FR|EN|TA Reviews, FR|EN|TA Translations, IT, Pedagogy, Physics & Chemistry, Science

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