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We Got Featured in The Hindu! 📰✨
Some news that still hasn't fully sunk in: RandomTyms — and the story behind Lokesh & Varsha — was featured in The Hindu's Education Plus, in a piece by journalist Ifrah Asim exploring how AI is helping independent creators build educational content in local languages.
This wasn't a paid feature or a press release picked up somewhere. It came from a real phone conversation, a lot of nervous waiting, and a story that Ifrah genuinely wanted to tell. Thank you, Ifrah — for the thoughtful questions, and for capturing this so warmly.
Why This Story, and Why Now
The article looks at a bigger shift happening across Indian education — how you no longer need a studio, an animation team, or a publishing house to build something meaningful. Increasingly, all it takes is an idea and the right AI tools in the right hands. RandomTyms is featured as a real, working example of exactly that shift.
The Line About "Not Translations"
One part of the piece captures something I've believed since the very first Lokesh & Varsha script:
That's the whole philosophy behind this channel in nine words. Lokesh and Varsha were never meant to be a Tamil version of some other cartoon. They were built around real Tanglish conversations happening in real Chennai homes — starting with mine.
Krishna, Digital Safety, and Digital Dharma
The article mentions that digital safety lessons in the channel are woven into stories involving Krishna — and that detail means a lot to me, because it traces directly back to where this entire universe started.
Long before RandomTyms became six series and 60+ lessons, there was a single storyboard concept called Krishna's Cyber Lesson, submitted to a national cybersecurity competition. That idea — teaching digital safety through familiar mythology rather than dry warnings — became the seed for what is now the Digital Dharma series. Every episode where Lokesh or Varsha learns about online safety through a story rooted in Tamil culture and mythology is a continuation of that very first idea.
Murukku, Gravity, and the Science Series
The piece also mentions gravity being explained through murukku slipping off a plate rather than the usual apple-falling-from-a-tree example — and honestly, that line describes our Little Scientists series perfectly. Our most recent episode, where Lokesh and Varsha's stilt-house model kept tipping over, walked through real physics concepts — center of gravity, structural support, patience with materials — using nothing more exotic than cardboard, glue, and a snack plate.
That's the whole idea behind the science series: physics doesn't need to feel foreign. It can slip off a plate at your own dining table.
Chennai Evenings, Told as Tamil Stories
The article notes that the siblings' conversations mirror what happens around a real dining table — and that's not an exaggeration. Everyday Chennai moments, festival evenings, family habits, even the ordinary business of two siblings bickering and making up, all quietly become material for the Tamil Stories series. It's less "writing a script" and more "noticing what already happened this week."
Not Just a Mention — A Milestone
The most meaningful part of the article, for me, wasn't the credibility boost. It was a small detail buried halfway through — a parent in Virugambakkam sharing that her quiet child had started speaking up in class after watching Varsha explain food waste in a Class 1 lesson. That's the kind of feedback that doesn't show up in view counts, but it's the entire reason this channel exists.
Six months. Over 60 lessons. Six series. One phone. And now, one very proud moment seeing this story reach readers of a national newspaper.
AI is helping independent creators build education in local languages — Ifrah Asim, The Hindu Education Plus, July 9, 2026
Thank you to everyone who's watched an episode, shared a lesson with their child, or sent a message telling us it mattered. This is just the beginning of what Lokesh and Varsha get to teach next.
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