WAVE- By Sonali Deraniyagala
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…
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Anyone Waiting For You, Mr. Postman?
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…
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SOUL SORES
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…
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A Writer’s Refuge From Unrequited Love
I”ll turn, all you were to me, in a story someday;Relive the throbs of pain you put my heart through;Smirk at the radiant smiles you once lit up my soul with;Voyage back in time, to the endless years of trustful waiting ;Languish the words from…
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Book Review: The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
The acclaimed Man Booker Prize Winning author intrigued me first for the nonsensical, boorish gender-biased comment by a senior Indian journalist [need I say the word ‘Male’?] after ‘The God of Small Things’ had not long ago earned her the literary fame and international limelight.…