Aruna Iyer Vengkataramani

Senior Communications Professional

Peoria, Illinois, U.S.A.

Corporate Communications | Ghostwriter For Leaders | Brand Storyteller

Aruna Iyer Vengkataramani

Senior Communications Professional

Peoria, Illinois, U.S.A.

Corporate Communications | Ghostwriter For Leaders | Brand Storyteller

Deepavali down the decades
Four people who have their finger on Chennai’s pulse on what the festival means to the city. The Deepavali I knew as a boy is very different from how it is celebrated these days. For us, it was a dream festival, when everything right from clothes to firecrackers to sweets was kept in suspense. Unlike today, children then hardly had any choice but nevertheless were excited to see what their parents had bought for Deepavali.
One day in the life of city's wandering mentally ill
“I found him near TVS tollgate, with a bag into which he dropped everything that he thought would be useful to him: rice that someone offered him, half smoked cigarettes and beedis he picked up from the road, and anything else he fancied in the garbage dump,” said R. Rajkumar, who is a Master of Social Work (MSW) student from Bharathidasan University.
Life rests beneath an overbridge
The monsoon, however, is their biggest worry: "We almost entirely forget sleep when it rains here because the water floods our homes. The space they call home is both like and unlike any other house - the steps leading to the house from the road are decorated with simple kolams and space for cooking, worshipping and general living is clearly demarcated.
The musical family tree
The top of a shelf in K. Lakshmi Narasimman’s house is occupied by a line of framed black and white pictures: pious-looking men stare into the lens while their hands stroke the frets of a veena. These pictures stand testimony to the family’s association with the veena, spanning five generations and 150 years.
A great livestock show in Manapparai, alive and kicking
The sandhai rakes in nearly Rs. 70 lakh to 80 lakh as revenue every year. The nearly 10,000 people, who congregate every Tuesday and Wednesday at a ground outside Manapparai town, do not arrive alone: they bring along their cows, oxen, buffaloes and goats to be sold at the legendary Manapparai cattle shandy, one of the biggest cattle markets held in Tamil Nadu.
The sea souvenirs
Picking up a piece of stone, geologist S.M. Chandrasekar from Earth Park Trust in Ariyalur says, “This is probably the first time someone has moved it since its formation in the Cretaceous period that lasted 65 to 146 million years ago.”. A narrow tapering cylinder, it resembles an animal tooth. How do you feel, he asks straightening up, and a sense of suspended reality takes over: We were at Karai, a village between the landlocked districts of Ariyalur and Perambalur, and on ground that bore evidence on every inch of having been under the sea once upon a time.
Ariyalur steps up efforts to preserve geological history
Part of Collector Anu George’s efforts to rekindle interest in Ariyalur’s geological and historical significance, the showcases feature the first few exhibits of a fossil gallery being planned within the collectorate. Two regular showcases housed within the main hallway of the Ariyalur collectorate seemed to be drawing curious glances from visitors: while some people walked past slowly, glancing through the racks, there were many others who seemed inquisitive enough to stop and read the accompanying literature.
At home inside the temple
FELINE LOVE: Unconditional. Photo:M.Srinath | Photo Credit: SRINATH_M. Few kind-hearted people feed over 40 cats their daily milk and rice inside the Srirangam Temple. Every day, two households in Srirangam pack a container of cooked rice mixed with milk, bottle plain milk, and pack a few disposable plastic cups and a box of crunchies.
Ayyampalayam fast losing its status of mat weaving hub
Virtually decimated by factors such as severe labour shortage, steep hike in prices of raw materials and a declining market for mats, Ayyampalayam is no longer the ‘korai pai’ weaving hub it once was. Muthusamy and the two machines in his mat weaving unit are the handful of survivors among hundreds of such units that once flourished at Ayyampalayam, some 30 km away from Tiruchi.
80 years on, Jailpettai cries for amenities
A walk around the slum shows the deplorable living conditions within the slum: there are makeshift bathrooms outside every hut with pipes that drain into small, concrete pits. Jailpettai is one of the oldest slums in the city: residents think the slum came into being around 1920s, making it definitely over 80 years old.

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Aruna Iyer Vengkataramani

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Hi! I'm Aruna and I'm a seasoned communications specialist who helps startups and small businesses tell their stories better online.

I am a professional writer with over 15 years of industry experience in news reporting, article writing, copy editing, and web content writing.

As a freelancer, I am experienced in copywriting, content writing, blogging, ghostwriting and doing research work. I am also experienced in offering virtual assistance for other writers who need to offload some of their work.

Besides writing flawless copies, I also offer website reviewing, proofreading, and re-writing services. My experience in the newspaper and book publishing industries has made me proficient in creating engaging content, working under pressure and meeting deadlines.

I enjoy working with people and helping them get across their message to target audiences. I am confident that through the written word, you can not only get the attention of people, but can positively influence them to take action. I am someone who can help you talk to the world; my writing can help you gain the attention you deserve.

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