Welcome to Ravi Shankar's Official Web Page

Vanakkam! as we say in Tamil. Hello and glad to see you here! This website represents a small portal into some of the work I've done over the years, and here, in this blog, I plan to explore many things, from reflections on my many voyages to investigations of contemporary trends in literature, politics and culture. I hope this space pushes the boundaries of perception and shakes up the orthodoxy on what we consider to be the right way of doing this. Over the years, in the classroom and out in the wider world, I've learned that there are multiple ways of engaging with one other and I hope that you will take this invitation to respond to my own ideas with questions and comments of your own, even if you disagree with what I have to say. I'm a huge proponent of dialogue and disagreement as instrumental in helping us refine our own sense of self and our place in the world. I'll always do my best to respond to you and would love to see you out at a reading or festival. If you do see me, please come and say hello. I believe wholeheartedly in the redemptive power of creativity and have faith that the small acts of daily awareness and creation we undertake can help make this a better, richer, more colorful place to be alive. Thanks so much for joining me on this voyage and may you go forward with greater illumination and inspiration in your own life! 

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