NANOWRIMO 2020

It is a truth universally acknowledged that when you plan to do something, all the universe conspires in helping it ‘not to happen’. I do understand the pessimistic and faux approach that I have given to the saying but what exactly do you say when the vicious cycle goes on and on and there isContinue reading “NANOWRIMO 2020”

Moorings.

  Weekends shouldn’t be about going out, partying, trashing, shopping, dining, and tiring yourself. They should be about the things that you would want to do otherwise. It should be about, well, honestly my answer changes as frequently as the illogical and unwanted threats, thrown by people who might run a country and yet wouldn’tContinue reading “Moorings.”

A Thousand Splendid Suns.

A Thousand Splendid Suns by khaled Hosseini is about a 15 year old Miriam, married and sent to Kabul without her will. Her entire life is a struggle against patriarchy, starvation, violence and brutality and a fear that lurks constantly over her.   While the plot sounds truly traumatic the heroism that is portrayed despiteContinue reading “A Thousand Splendid Suns.”

Sea Prayer!

A Sea prayer is published as a book but honestly it’s a poem. It is a lucid, magical poem with such colorful and breathtaking illustrations that I spent more time looking and gawking than reading.   The prayer seems like a bedtime story for a kid, spoken by his father on a moonlit night, butContinue reading “Sea Prayer!”

Moby Dick!

  Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. Ishmael’s obsessively narrates the quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for revenge on Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that on the ship’s previous voyage bit off Ahab’s leg at the knee….   I could go on and onContinue reading “Moby Dick!”

A Year Older, A Year Wiser #3

I am sitting at my over embellished desk staring at the picture that I so adore, sipping tea. Sipping tea has been the highlight of the day these days, well, not exactly sipping tea, but trying various teas has been. I am so bored and useless that all I look forward to a day isContinue reading “A Year Older, A Year Wiser #3”

Book Nerds Will Relate #4

Now, this kind of a baby, I can think about 😀 Just as your stupid phone seems to be saying the same. EEEGGGGJJJAAAACCCCTTTTTLLLYYYY. Oh, this happens everyday. Oh, never have I known that feeling of sleeping alone 😉 Nope, not needed! Didn’t I just say, I don’t need that kind of negativity!! The first thingContinue reading “Book Nerds Will Relate #4”

April Reads!

As much as I am shocked that we are already down with four months of the year, I think I may have covered up pretty much last month. Well, I am talking about reading and a little bit of writing. I started with having completed nine read books in January but it fell down toContinue reading “April Reads!”

Reverie.

In living an existence of insanity A being of absolutely solidarity, She found solace among inanimate objects Amidst her life which was completely wrecked.   She fell in love with words. When everyone thought her to be absurd, She made books her escape mechanism While her heart screamed abstract expressionism.   She fell in loveContinue reading “Reverie.”

Pleasure!

Oh that pleasure, Of reading; hidden from those prying eyes.   PS: Ashamed only to be doing it till now 😉