It’s a Sunday morning and I give myself a stretch to scroll down the twitter feed on my phone. Firstpost’s tweet “Ram Rahim convicted of rape, followers abandon crumbling Dera empire and return to Sikhism” counts up the ongoing mental surmises that I almost reserved…
By Cheryl Strayed Cheryl Strayed grabs the reader’s attention through her in media res writing approach, meeting the reader at the thick of the story. The author brings drama to the forefront in her Epilogue with her becoming shoeless in the Pacific Crest Trail- the…
Wave, a Memoir by Sonali Deraniyagala was a book I did not want to read. But I had to, for adding up my grades [Haha!]. Okay, so I did read it finally, but I pre-decided not to think about the story of Sonali losing her…
Amongst the scanty daily post delivered to my office [usually registered official letters], a small postcard was received. The fazed glassy-eyed receptionist carried the insignificant looking dispatch to my office, handing it to me rather apologetically. I’m guessing, she was afraid of calling my attention…
I thought it was endured by the weak and the infirmBut I’ve had the strength to wink at it, the tireless years confirm Another astray belief- it homes well with just the ineruditeBut despite my academic schooling, I’m yet another number to the plight Every…