The bumble-bee came- Strutting among the flowers, strumming love....' - Bapsi Sidhwa How does it feel to revisit the horrors of partition 78 years after it? Can we actually feel the gravity of situations? Though most of us haven't seen it with our eyes, reading someone else's experience takes us through a range of emotions. … Continue reading Ice-Candy Man: Perspectives on Partition Through Child as a Narrator
Do unknown callers bother you or do you dismiss them often considering it a mere trifle? Whichever category you belong, you always wanna know how the person came to know about you. Isn't it? Ever since I wrote the book, I would get messages, though occasionally and sometimes, unexpectedly, complementing or asking questions about the … Continue reading Wo Kaun Thi
Everyone is on a quest to their own journey. They've their struggle, stories related to struggle and their continous resistance against them. My flight from Patna to Delhi, scheduled at night, turned into a midnight journey after being preponed first and then postponed multiple times. A brief report is as follows: 9:35 PM- Scheduled time … Continue reading Auto-Rickshaw Encounter: A Midnight Travel Odyssey
You’re never going to kill storytelling, because it’s built in the human plan. We come with it! -Margaret Atwood We, humans, have been telling, re-telling and listening to stories since time immemorial. It's inherent in us. We've grown with it. We're growing each day, sometimes listening to someone's stories whereas sometimes by telling our own. … Continue reading Write India Stories: A Diverse Collection of Award-Winning Short Stories
Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world. - Percy Bysshe Shelley We all need a bit of poetry in our life. When life becomes prosaic. When rhythm appears missing. When the meter increases. When trying to find reasons. When delving deeper! People do seek suggestions about good books to read pertaining … Continue reading 50 World’s Greatest Poems Anthology: 327 Pages of Timeless Beauty
The people residing in the village have a special regard for the students or even families who stay in town or city. If you somehow manage to get abroad, your stature increases to the manifold. The village has nothing much to offer when it comes to youth except agriculture.
The only true law is that which leads to freedom. There is no other! -Richard Bach How do you perceive a book if it's a novel or a collection of short stories? Isn't it something full of words printed in black, in a legible font, running into several lines and stacked one after the other … Continue reading Jonathan Livingston Seagull: A Fable by Richard Bach
Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.”― Anita Desai Udaipur, the city of lakes had been on my list for a long time. I can't exactly state the reason for my unusual fascination with the place. Perhaps, it's the best alternative when you neither wanna visit mountains nor beaches and yet wanna savour … Continue reading Unveiling Udaipur: 2-Day Travel Plan, Accommodation Tips, and Key Tourist Hotspots
If only thinking would have made us rich, we all would have been millionaires. Unfortunately, we are not! This book is the perfect example of the quote, "We shouldn't judge a book by its cover". The word 'rich' here is used metaphorically i.e. rich in terms of quality of life and thought process. Let there … Continue reading Book Review: Think & Grow Rich
We all are addicted to watch and fantasize thriller/ action movies and TV shows. What about reading them? Can you visualise it into a motion picture? Try with the short-story below. 10:45 PM The bus, en route to Udaipur from Jodhpur, honking, steers in haste its way through the highway, which had been turned into … Continue reading That Night in Kumbhalgarh Jungle
There is only one sin. and that is theft. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you kill a man, you steal a life. You steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the … Continue reading Book Review: The Kite Runner
Sometimes, the journey has to be traveled along in order to appreciate the strengths that lie deep inside you! Steven Aitchison Honestly, I won't admit that I was inspired by this quote totally but I do agree that I had something similar in my mind when I decided to travel solo (Jodhpur- Udaipur) for the … Continue reading Solo- Budget Trip to Jodhpur
Characters (in order of appearance) Aadhya: A 3rd-year research scholar in the English department of a reputed college. Shashank: Junior to Aadhya. A scholar in his first year in the same department. Rahul: Shashank's classmate Sanvi: A 4th-year research scholar. Senior to Aadhya. Naina: A 2nd-year research scholar ACT I Morning scene of the college … Continue reading The Secret Chocolate Giver
It is heard most often in social gathrings as a reminder that each encounter- whether with friends, family, or strangers- is unique and will never be repeated, meaning that we should enjoy the moment and not lose ourselves in worries about the past or the future. Ikigai What if I say 'Ikigai' is the only … Continue reading Book Review: IKIGAI
The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest (people) of the past centuries! René Descartes I seldom pondered the topic until a friend posed this question: "Yaar, how can I read any book effectively and easily?" According to me, if you feel engrossed in the book or if you're able to relate to it, … Continue reading 10 Tips to Read Any Book Effectively
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