[15] In 2019, Lakshminarayanan, Will Durst, and W. Kamau Bell appeared as guests on KQED in regard to the controversial proposed closure of the historic San Francisco Punchline Comedy Club.
[22] She is the former host of High School Quiz Show, a public television program created at Boston’s WGBH, which premiered in March 2010.
The remaining siblings survived smallpox, rheumatoid arthritis, and, in the case of A.V., being bitten by a scorpion, as well as contracting, though never developing, tuberculosis.
He first emigrated from South India[24] to the United States,[27] in 1970 with $12; he had to spend time saving up in order to bring his wife, Hema—also from India—to the country.
[28] Lakshminarayanan holds two degrees from MIT,[28] both a Bachelor's and a Master's in Urban Studies and City Planning, with her grad work focusing on Puerto Rico's energy economics and infrastructure finance; she authored the thesis Procurement of Backup Energy Supplies for Mass Transit: Tren Urbano, A Case Study during this time.
In 2011, Lakshminarayanan created a humor-meets-how-to web series with the San Francisco non-profit One Economy, called Everyday Tech.
In 2013, one of Lakshminarayanan's highlight performances was Brava's New Year's Eve Comedy Fiesta, which she co-headlined with Marga Gomez and Micia Mosely.
[8] In 2014, Lakshminarayanan and Karinda Dobbins created Stand Up Sit Down, a live comedy show and interview series, held at La Peña Cultural Center in Berkeley.
[32] Meanwhile, her storytelling was featured at the Kearny Street Workshop, the oldest Asian Pacific American multidisciplinary arts organization in the United States.
[39] Also in 2019, Lakshminarayanan performed live for the MUNI Diaries podcast at San Francisco's Exploratorium[40] and the comedy benefit MAKE IT STOP: A Night to Raise Money and Some Hell for Gun Reform Candidates, with all proceeds going to One Vote at a Time, a group of female filmmakers who were making free professional campaign videos for candidates in state elections who were committed to gun reform.