I have been fascinated by this folk play since I read about it, and I have had the ardent desire to watch its staging. Luckily, I got the chance to watch it while I was pursuing my 'Theatre Appreciation Course' at the National School of Drama (NSD). The year I pursued my course (2025), it … Continue reading Bidesiya: Insights into Bihar’s Folk Theatre
This book combines two genres, romance and self-help but it's largely self-help after a short love story ending on the break-up. The remaining part of the book is about overcoming it. The theme of the book is very relevant to teenagers where love and separation are universal.
Three Men in a Boat, running through 19 chapters is written uniquely. Largely first-person narrative, a brief summary of each chapter is provided at the beginning. The story narrated is non-fictional and the incident actually happened with Jerome and his two friends
You want to comeback to 'The Comfort Book' time and again and each time, you'll find that it's still afresh and inspires you the same way it did the last time.
There are symbolic dreams- dreams that symbolize some reality. Then there are symbolic realities- realities that symbolize a dream. - Murakami What is something you hear about quite often but got to know lately? For me, it is Murakami, Haruki Murakami- a best seller, hailing from Japan! Birthday delight! Title: Wild Sheep Chase Author: Haruki … Continue reading Exploring Haruki Murakami’s Wild Sheep Chase and His Writing Style
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
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
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
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
The 'first' is always interesting, special and indelible. In one of the stories of my debut book Undergraduate Stories, I reiterated the same. Today, we're going to talk about another first thing. Can you make a guess? Hint: I am talking in context to Indian Literature. And here is it..... Little rewards, big results! Title: … Continue reading Book Review: Rajmohan’s Wife
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