‘What really is love anyway?’,she murmured in my earthe question took me by surprise!-why did she even bother to ask,as she had made it quite clear the other daywhen she declared, ‘Never will I ever fall for another person’- -the day when all hell came loose on her,and left her alone in misery and sorrow,where […]
a magic bean
all I need is a magic bean to plant in the garden my heart belongs to, to water it with everything that dreams are made of; all I need is a magic bean to climb up the stalk of this dream and reach out for your hand -pull me in all I need is a […]
2020: favorite reads
All the books that I could finish reading in 2020 were wonderful in their own way. But some stuck more and will definitely stay longer. Here is a compilation of a peek in to ten of my favorite reads this year. 10. Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner With chapters of data […]
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
In Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy has laid bare the intricacies of human behavior, the shortcomings and the delights of human nature. The perfection with which the lives of all the characters, the individuality and the intertwining, has been captured is amazing. It leaves you bewildered to read on how well the same person can place […]
HOPE
a tree’s branches bend in unprecedented gusts of wind, a house of card crumbles, a dream fades as everything around collapses but – hope; hope is all about standing up -again after every punch in the gut with a renewed blueprint clawing the roots deeper every damn time life tries to knock it out in […]
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
To start the list of fascinating about the book, the entire sequence of events spans over a day. Set in post world War I London, the author meticulously covers all the relevant details and anecdotes from the past, finely knitted with the events of the day. A descriptive account of the lives of Clarissa Dalloway, wife of […]
Woman
Brutally bloom, relentlessly rise tread smoothly through toughened tides fiercely fighting friendly foes, who dare trivialize thou tremendous terror! dauntingly dream, grandly grind essentially altering all aberrations around when past prophets prune thy pride, boldly courageous stride, strikingly sound; relentless roars routinely rouse, seldom shouters sport spine calm-cum-courage counts meek mind skillfully mutes mouths; savage […]
She
She dreams of roaring in the sky silently picking the feathers as they clip her wings, She struggles for breath as they choke her dreams She looks for a spark to soothe this burning at every bump, at every hurdle they pray, they prophesy – the dark would drown her but she has tamed tides […]
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Society can be as dangerous to an individual, as an individual can be to society. This is the first book in a three-part series by Chinua Achebe. A one of its kind story, a tale that leaves you marveling, bewildered and heart broken, simultaneously and one-after-the-other. It brings to you, in a well cooked and […]
Can you feel?
Can you feel… the invisible force when below you wavy layers- awakening rising, aspiring, crushing falling back yet trying again never giving up; that unending struggle chasing their dream- to reach the moon, only to fall -tired back in the lap of earth brimming with hope and everlasting strength to pursue, to reach heights of […]
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