My First Travels Were Through Stories My Grandmother Told

Nikkita Nair

August 7, 2024 at 3:54 p.m.·1 min read

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Little India in Singapore
The markets of Singapore’s Little India bustle with myriad vendors—it is here that writer Nikkita Nair would wander with her grandmother.
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Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple Thiruvananthapuram,Kera
The gold-plated Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Trivandrum, near where Nair’s parents were born
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House-boat pleasure cruise ship in India, Kerala on the seaweed-covered river channels of Allapuzha in India. Boat on the lake in the bright sun and palm trees among the tropics. Sight Houseboat
Nair’s grandmother once recounted a stay aboard a houseboat such as this one in Kerala, and her description of sleeping on the backwaters transported Nair.
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