The bookseller of Kabul and book recommendations for bibliophiles
October 16, 2018 No CommentsExperience at the bookfair: I recently visited the Coimbatore Book Fest which is held yearly once at Codissia. They had an impressive collection of new/secondhand Tamil and English books. One of the first books that caught my attention while I was there was The Bookseller of Kabul and it felt like I stumbled upon a […]
Read MoreHe who shall not be named.
October 16, 2018 10 CommentsHey you! The other day I heard someone say,“Love yourself first and everything else falls into place on its own.“ Truer words have never been said. But my past self wouldn’t have believed it. Thanks to you, I got myself an upgrade. The old me wasn’t someone I was proud of. She was a dumb, […]
Read MoreTo no man’s land we flee
October 16, 2018 No CommentsSometimes I feel like running away, to a place where no one stays, in a world devoid of pains, in a land where happiness begins… So far away from reality, that I can dream free without any penalty, unbound,unleashed with free will, to escape to new life like a baby sill… I see this place […]
Read MoreWTF THEORIES
October 16, 2018 No CommentsDisclaimer: Language and sentences that will make you ask wtf. Proceed if you are not offended easily or want to be offended. What is that one indifferent matter concerning this generation of India, but equally not given a fuck about it by the general population – *ahem* the older ones? Education? Nah, it’s the […]
Read MoreF. R. I. E. N. D. S
October 16, 2018 44 CommentsFrom holding hands in school on the first day👶 Until shaking hands in office on the pay day👨 There will always be one pack of friends👭 Who wouldn’t leave your side until you mend👯 There will be ups and downs😎😭 Which people always deal with a frown😏 Even if you are sick🙅 You know they […]
Read MoreMetamorphosis by Franz Kafka : A hundred year old German classic
October 16, 2018 5 CommentsMetamorphosis is said to be one of the most famous and also greatest short story in the history of literary fiction. Franz Kafka The author of this short story, Franz Kafka was a German-language writer of several novels and short stories. Only a few of his works were published during his lifetime, all his unfinished […]
Read MorePostmodernism Anatomized
October 16, 2018 2 CommentsThe Drowning Girl – Roy Lichtenstein An ambiguous splatter of paint, or semi-connected lines that resemble something obscure, or layers of unfiltered coloured oils struck over the thick canvas that absorbs it for an indefinite number of years until it, God forbid, perish due to mishandling, or lines of indefinite patterns that questions the very […]
Read MoreBells on my feet.
October 16, 2018 3 CommentsDance is art that enriches the soul. It brings warmth and peace that’s indescribable. Understanding music is as much a part of learning to dance as any. With an amalgamation of both and a pinch of confidence one can master any form of it. From hip hop and contemporary to tap dancing and folk, […]
Read MoreThe Buried Soul Of Calcutta
October 16, 2018 No CommentsWarnings were plenty when people became aware of my trip to Calcutta. I got vivid descriptions of the city’s dirtiness, its weather, its dilapidation. Sprinkled among them, like the spices in a Bengali curry were the statements about the city’s goodness. So it was not without some trepidation that I packed for the trip. And […]
Read MoreThe Caged One
October 16, 2018 2 CommentsMe: The air was calmly aloof. Satisfying. My biceps flexed along with its comrades. My hands drew back into an arc with the weight of the bowling ball. The swing was imperfect, that, I knew. My weak masculine figurine pushed its strength to throw the ball. The yellow decoration lights and graphic arts around the […]
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