The Details by Ia Genberg Book Review
Review By Harsimran Kaur | Rating: 5/5 These are ‘details’, neither biased nor perfunctory. I would call their splurging the mind neither insinuation nor cutting of diamonds in a refinery. They are observations, indeed, yet self-sustainable in its own spine. For instance, a book torturously kept on the shelf has the right to feel neglected. But, it […]
Does Anxiety make us a Pedigree of Unsolicited Emotions?
By Harsimran Kaur You live in anxiety; so you live in a prism of thoughts, indiscernible and ineluctable. My mind is uncertain, life full of uncertainty and the self pleads to be liberated. I live on the edge, the fear loses its balance and a stark darkness prevails in front of the eyes. The body […]
Fire By John Boyne Book Review
Review By Harsimran Kaur | Rating: 4/5 The wind creases the fire, leaves it disgruntled. The bending arc of the fire through an extraordinary rebellion twists back to normality. The water douses the fire; it is now left with no appearance; only a bedeviled smoke irritating the nostrils. The Earth stirs the fire in aplomb! It rises […]
GURU GOBIND SINGH—A WARRIOR AND A PHILOSOPHER!
By Harsimran Kaur The Lord had a plan To spread ‘Dharma’ and propagate a ‘Path’ In the burdock mountains with large spear of clouds Sat a sage ‘Dusht Daman’ in meditation around water clouts The ‘House of Hemkunt’ found a new rigor Thus ordered the ‘Lord’ in sublime tenacity, “Spread the spirit of righteousness […]
PRESERVING THE BYGONES OF TIME
By Sunaina Luthra With dawn’s first stroke While I swiftly glide To seize my day with a positive stride A beautiful thought resonated deep Isn’t creating profound memories imperative To forever keep? From depths of contemplation This new trajectory unveiled Weaving moments to treasure To relish in future with a glee Could it […]
Feminists Don’t Wear Pink and Other Lies By Scarlett Curtis Book Review
Review By Sunaina Luthra | Rating: 5/5 In a tranquil corner of a tastefully decorated room with sunlight beaming through curtains, a heartfelt conversation unfolds in an upper middle class educated family. The conversation is between a mother and her unmarried daughter. Daughter– Mom, has it ever drenched your soul to look into my financial security for future? […]
The City and Its Uncertain Walls By Murakami Book Review
Review By Harsimran Kaur | Rating: 4/5 The Shadow lurks behind me. I often don’t manage to see it as it is awkward to look back all the time. But, it is relentless in its pursuit to tag along. Why is it there? I don’t know! I could have managed without the shadow; if it really serves any […]
Bellevue By Robin Cook Book Review
Review By Harsimran Kaur | Rating: 4/5 Twenty three year old Michael Fuller is also ‘Mitt’ as an appellation, and has just begun his surgical residency at the paramount Bellevue hospital. He is charismatic and belongs to an opulent lineage of surgical masters, the ‘Fuller Fief’. Mitt is now a part of it and is hopeful to not […]
The SafeKeep By Yael Van Der Wouden Book Review
Review By Sunaina Luthra | Rating-5/5 Step inside Isabel’s home in the Dutch province of Overijssel, and you’ll feel something awry. This isn’t just a house, it’s a carefully preserved relic of a time gone by, a living memory. Look closer; the curtains hang just as her mother arranged them when she was alive. Let’s […]
Womanhood Economy
By Harsimran Kaur I, the woman, belong to this world Where the patriarchal sacrum holds me tight; Crushes me of my spirit and determination I talk to myself, If the woman I am made to be Is actually the woman I am? The heart and the mind are eclipsed By the male panjandrum; […]