One hilarious irony: Nina Davuluri, someone with exact same ethnic background and same age as Usha (and me) and only came to public limelight because of... #beauty #pageants, famously misogynist and I always thought were gross- is far better ambassador for #SouthIndian women than Usha could ever be

Found better and more authentic #SouthIndian food in #Nagoya than I have anywhere in #Kansai.

Need to make more food trips here.

Made keerai (spinach) milagootal today. Many know Indian food as what you get in restaurants but things like this are only available in the homes of South Indians.

#food #indian #southindian #tamil

Living in #Japan has, for some reason, made me realize that most North #Indians are just as bad as white expats at recommending #SouthIndian restaurants or food.

I’m spectacularly bad at #math for a #SouthIndian person (which means, I got a 750ish on my math SAT, but kind of avoided calculus in college) so I got lost in the topology a bit. But as a #Geriatrician a young South Indian American girl and a nonagenarian woman #mathematician mentor has me