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This book strengthens my belief in reading - it forces you to think and comprehend the world around you. Read everything - from the petty to the academic. From the nostalgic to the uncomfortable. Read indiscriminately. Read better. And hopefully read in more than one language.
I didn’t wake up one day and decide to become a blogger.In fact, for the longest time, I didn’t even think I was a writer.I was just someone who kept returning to a book.Not always for answers.Sometimes just to sit with a feeling I couldn’t explain.That’s how it began.No ambition. No strategy.Just a quiet habit that didn’t ask for attention.A book on a regular day.Another when life felt slightly b...
There’s a peculiar moment we’re all living through right now — where the future isn’t arriving slowly… it’s quietly sitting beside us, finishing our sentences.That was the feeling that stayed with me while reading this book.Not excitement. Not fear. Something more unsettling — recognition.Because what this book does, very effectively, is remove the illusion that AI is “coming.” It shows you, almos...
The cafe opened slower that morning.Not because it had to -But because Kaia wanted it that way.She stood behind the counter, sleeves slightly rolled, apron tied neatly, the early light slipping through the windows and settling right where she liked it most - the little baking corner kissed by a soft ray of sun.“I missed this,” she said, almost to herself.Mrs. Alder, arranging fresh flowers nearby,...
Afternoon Siesta. Beyond the curtains it's the infamous Deccan heat wave. beyond that frame tarmac at 38 C. Beyond that edge is the cruel nasty world. But here in the cool shade is rest and quiet. There is space filled with memories and voices. This is where sleep comes easy.
My hometown is a mercurial entity. Too much summer heat elicits a reflexive response. Cooling showers bring some welcome relief. Reset the clock.
Across India scenes like this are easily found - women pickling fruits and vegetables, drying papad dough. Taking advantage of the searing heat and available produce. The burden however is almost completely borne by the women in the household. Men will play a peripheral role at best. or just loiter.
Years ago i attended a college cultural fest where an artist and a dancer collaborated on creating art works to the tune of a music piece. I leave it to your imagination on how it transpires.Well, a thunderstorm does much the same thing really.
“Put me back in London….i need to breathe in the city.”Melodramatically delivered in the new BBC sherlock series, it re-affirms the characters intimate knowledge and relation with his home city. Much of it is true to be truly immersed in a place - be it new surroundings or old haunts. Or a home town. The smells, sounds and sights of where you grew up - new and old. Attractive and obnoxious. - defi...
The office felt brighter than usual.Or maybe it was just the way everyone moved - lighter, quicker, carrying a quiet excitement that hadn’t been there yesterday.Kaia stepped in, her morning still lingering somewhere behind her eyes. She placed her bag down, smoothing the edge of her file, letting routine settle her before anything else could.“Kaia!”Amelia reached her first, almost breathless.“We g...
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