Recently, I came across what you could call a bizarre story. This is a short story is called ‘Wakefield’ by the author Nathaniel Hawthrone. One fine day (maybe not-so fine), Wakefield decides to absent himself from his life and goes into self-banishment. He tells his wife that he is going on a short trip and […]
Recently, I had met a high-ranking military officer. During the long conversation we had, he casually mentioned that his wife has a Bachelors in Technology (B.Tech) degree but she never worked. Initially after their marriage she had thought of taking up a job but after eventually after starting a family she finally decided not to […]
Perfect Days is a 2023 movie originally made in Japanese language. It is the story of a man named Hirayama, who is a middle-aged person living in Tokyo, Japan and earns a living by cleaning public toilets. He enjoys his work and does it in a meditative trance. The movie continues in a loop of […]
The relationship between immortality and immorality is as close as the words look similar – just the letter ‘T’ makes all the difference between the two words. Immortality is, however, closely linked with immorality. What would you do if you were immortal – if you knew you would never die? In a finite world, immortality […]
There is a place in the capital of India where even the Sun God is scared to shower its rays – it is called ‘Dingy’ corridor of the Lady Shri Ram (LSR) College. The hostel or rather the ‘Residence Hall’ of LSR is a rectangle shaped structure with rooms in all four sides and a […]
This weekend, I read ‘The Stranger’ by Albert Camus once again. It is approximately a 125 page read and can be easily read in a few hours, even for a first time read. A few years ago, I picked up this book when I was on the lookout for short philosophical novellas. This novel is […]
Every day on my drive to work, I pass through traffic signals and I find beggars passing from one vehicle to another asking for alms. It is always the same faces that I see- to the point that I know at which traffic signal, which beggar resides – be it the middle-aged man who ties […]
A few days ago, I received an image from Onisha- a picture of 3 bits of paper with the following text: ‘Please keep dinner – 2 roti and sabzi’ ‘Please don’t keep dinner’ ‘Main department jaa rahi hu Crib session* ke liye (I am going to department for Crib session). Will come back in ½ […]
Every morning between 5 am to 7 am, I see something phenomenal happening on the roads. The roads which are black at 5 am are decorated with a yellowish to brownish color designs usually at the sides and sometimes in the middle of the road. In south-India, there is a practice of washing the front […]
The dictionary defines anxiety as extreme worry or fear about everyday situations. For example: Do I wear red shirt or blue shirt today? There is an important client meeting and if I wear red color since red is the color of anger- the deal might not come through. Overthinking about choices of everyday life and […]
