This Is Where the Serpent Lives by Daniyal Mueenuddin Book Review
Review By Harsimran Kaur | Rating: 4/5 Destiny is cruel; not approachable. It’s an angst, an anomaly. It is a smoke drifting to the other end, the smoke not looking back, clouding the sky like a blurred condensation of life yet to be lived. Yazid is born with a destiny, and in such a destiny of monotony, […]
Departure(s) by Julian Barnes Book Review
Review By Harsimran Kaur | Rating: 5/5 Departure(s) is a candid take on life; the deception, the frivolity, a bridled economy of socially intensified polemics, and how obfuscated life is. It is primordial, the life, isn’t it? All through our living, we are a witness to the prolix of ‘love’ and ‘hate’ to get convulsed in abstractness […]
The Maid By Nita Prose Book Review
Review By Harsimran Kaur | Rating: 5/5 Decisively bridled by cleanliness, yet dithered in her expressions, The fine lines of her hand scrub the tiles to perfection, Drawing the curtains back from crenellations to a corps de ballet, On thinks, how her pellucid-self assembles everything in disarray? Awkward, yet anorak, her eyes leave not a speck of […]
We Do Not Part By Han Kang Book Review
Review By Harsimran Kaur | Rating: 5/5 We never part with what destroys us! We never part with the ascension of our conscious! The soul thereby knows how to cross the uneven deluge to bring us back to where we belong. Kyungha-ya and Inseon are soulmates, navigating the catastrophic relapse of the anachronistic war vertiginous. They find themselves […]
Sublimity in Surrender
Poetry by Sunaina Luthra As realities of life continue to spin their thread every strand of truth Impedes the path I long to tread In the tenebrous corners of my mind I wrestle with all my strength To escape the realities Yet they absorb me In labyrinth of doubts […]
The World After Gaza By Pankaj Mishra Book Review
Review By Harsimran Kaur | Rating: 5/5 We all have seen the obstreperous cries howling through the Israel-Palestine war. The caterwaul has still not found a sheath, where each drop cutting across a knife of conceited ‘ego’ lies barren; now in confluence with the murder weapon, the tear in effect lacks purpose and validation. Haven’t wars become […]
Family Politics By John O’Farrell Book Review
Review By Sunaina Luthra | Rating: 4/5 Disagreements and clash of opinions–aren’t they the everyday soundtrack of every home? Whether it’s between parents, couples or the classic sibling stand-off, no household is a stranger to a little domestic drama; sometimes a mere whisper, and often a full -blown tempest. From fiery debates on careers and finances to relationships, […]
Dream Count By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Book Review
Review By Harsimran Kaur | Rating: 4/5 The proximity to life is not felt every day; the robust routines pruned in the nonchalance deprive us of the longing to live. We breathe; every breath is conveniently playful till the rhythms incoherently settle in the pit of the stomach. Life now stands in rebellion to our imperviousness! There […]
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney Book Review
Review By Sunaina Luthra | Rating: 4/5 Human relationships are like a live breathing entity constantly evolving and growing. They often emerge victorious through unwavering support, inscrutable intimacy and non-judgmental loyalty, and not often so through casuistry and culpable perfidy. If sailed through the virtue of belongingness, these connections pile up as hard bricks cemented to form an […]
‘Saif Attack’—The Teasing Vulnerability of Celebrities is out in the Open; Are They Really Safe?
By Harsimran Kaur The self-deprecating Saif Ali Khan, the mysterious robber in a trance of maraud and the discreditable dagger! A typical Hindi movie scene but this time Saif was the protective father fighting the hair-raising antagonism of the intruder skirting his house in real. What were his intentions? Heated debates are doing the rounds, […]