Hello my name is Nikitha Manikonda and I am one of the co-founders of the Pasupu Blog! I'm 20 and currently a Junior at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) majoring in Bioinformatics. I am Telugu and my favorite Indian dish is butter chicken. My absolute favorite South Indian actor is Allu Arjun!! Some of my hobbies include cooking/baking, painting, traveling, shopping, watching movies and tv shows, spending time with my friends and family and dancing. I have been doing Kuchipudi (a form of Indian classical dance originating in Andhra Pradesh) since I was five years old and completed my Rangapravesham in June of 2021! I'm on VCU’s premier Garba- Raas team known as Ricochet Raas and I can’t wait to explore more dance forms in the future!