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A review of the French film, An Urban Allegory, directed by Alice Rohrwacher, exploring Plato’s concept of “The Allegory of the Cave” in today’s digital times.
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A review of the novel, “The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny”, capturing the details of the latter chapters. Understand the journey of the protagonists by going through this review.
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Booker Prize winner Kiran Desai’s long-awaited novel, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, is a detailed account of two young Indians settled in America and of their navigation of culture, roots, and identity. The story unfolds steadily and gives an early impression of another set of confessions and nostalgic longings of an Indian American author. However,…
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Some movies leave an impact by portraying realities as they are. They succeed tremendously in navigating through the nuances of human emotions, enabling the audience to dive into the world of passion, grief, joy, jealousy, and more. One might also wonder, at times, whether such films are all about their own personal and emotional journey,…
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I just finished reading the novel “Honour“, written by the Turkish author Elif Shafak, and have so many thoughts and views to share on this book. The plot of the novel is sensitive, contemplative, heart breaking, real and nostalgic; I would say it’s a story that resonates with our own personal struggles in the face…
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What do I want from my life? I want to see the world, the world that has multiple layers, Uncover each layer to fathom the depth of life, I want to meet people, See faces and find the story behind each wrinkled face, The beauty of life is in just living, Not running, Sitting under…
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I grew up in Jharkhand, an eastern state of India with a huge tribal belt, where the innocence and simplicity of tribals have always fascinated me. These qualities steadily disappearing from the urban spaces can be still found among the tribal communities. While growing up in the capital city of Jharkhand, it was quite common…
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The past two weeks have been challenging…mainly because of the manifestation of the truth that the world is no more free. I have been spending my time at home reading and educating myself about the facts that we will like to not accept outright…rather pretend that everything, yes every damn thing, is okay and fine.…
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The book My Arctic Journal: A Year among Ice-Fields and Eskimos, written by the woman explorer Josephine Peary, is a lucid memoir of a woman who opts to travel with her husband, the North Pole explorer Robert Peary, to the mysterious, rough, and unexplored ice fields of Greenland, rather than being confined to the four…
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Last few weeks have been quite enlightening… as the ultimate truth “solitude is bliss” steadily dawned on me. This realization leaves one feeling lonely and empty initially, but eventually turns out to be that truest companion whom you trust more than yourself. The innate quietness of solitude calms the mind lost in a maze of…