THE ‘ANANT’ RICHES & BOUNTY BLESSINGS—A CRUMBLED TOAST TO THE NEW POOR!
ByHarsimran Kaur March 18, 2024 I am poor today; more in mind than in pocket, though the tailored-cut cave in propriety finds the flesh of the feeble hand clutching the unseen stitch tightly. What has made me feel riven, I don’t know? I have a good bank balance, enjoy the razzle, drive in obnoxity as […]
I WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER….ON INSTAGRAM
ByHarsimran Kaur March 16, 2024 A SHORT STORY SCENE 1 I sit feverishly on the mount of pebbles, spine awkward to legitimize a position that has applause of the milieu; after all it’s an impulsion to get the right click for Instagram. I smile but the photographer urges me to smile more. Now, I smile […]
Swallowing the Sun by Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri
Sunaina Luthra On Mar 13, 2024, In Book Review, Swallowing the Sun by Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri– Fiction Rating: 4/5 Their aim was to swallow the sun, achieving boundless knowledge and exploring the mysteries of life. Meet Malati and Kamala, young and feisty Marathi girls residing in a tranquil village of Ratnagiri, possessing an insatiable hunger for education. They broke the cliché; […]
SISTERHOOD SAMATARIAN
By: Sunaina Luthra Why is there a need for sisterhood? I ask Do matters of the heart need to fight the false hood? In life’s rugged terrain With incessant trials laid At various junctures Spirits get thwarted Mistakes committed once Are put on a pedestal of ignorance No mulligan, no second chance Lest forget assurance […]
The Escape Artist by Jonathan Freedland
Harsimran Kaur ON Mar 01, 2024, IN BOOK REVIEW, The Escape Artist by Jonathan Freedland – Non Fiction Rating: 5/5 ‘The thought of escape never escaped him.’ Was it an urgency to defy the degradations of the Jews or a desideratum to seek approval of the world to denunciate the horrific man-slaughter at the Nazi Camps? His idea of escape was not the archetype […]
Lessons in Chemistry by Garmus Bonnie
Sunaina Luthra ON Feb 21, 2024, IN BOOK REVIEW, Lessons in Chemistry by Garmus Bonnie – Fiction Rating: 5/5 ‘Change is the root cause of courage, and courage naturally comes to us during adversity. The thought makes me ponder!! It is this courage that made some of the pioneer women wage a scrimmage against a society plagued with irrefutable subservience, unbridled plagiarism and […]
Prophet Song By Paul Lynch
Harsimran kaur ON Feb 20, 2024, IN BOOK REVIEW, Prophet Song By Paul Lynch – Fiction Rating: 5/5 The inseparable need to be with darkness craves unison with the unattempted liberties; if the light does throw a tantrum, the austerity negotiates with the self in sarcasm to let the anomaly play a vengeance with the poignancy of left-overs. Ask yourself, has darkness ever […]
Idols By Amish & Bhavna Roy
Harsimran kaur ON Feb 08, 2024, IN BOOK REVIEW, Idols By Amish & Bhavna Roy – Fiction Rating: 3/5 Why human conscious requires validation to release the religious paradoxes in scrutiny? Often, our need to align with the divine becomes sauerkraut of presumptions and judgments; look at its portrait on the wall, the creator carapaced by its illuminating generosity. Whats in the pendulating […]
The Little Liar by Mitch Albom
Harsimran kaur ON Feb 07, 2024, IN BOOK REVIEW, The Little Liar by Mitch Albom – Fiction Rating: 5/5 Why do we lie if we do? It is in fact a stubborn act of defiance to the ‘truth’ inchoate beaming under the ‘lie’. The pretense of being happy, for instance, negotiates with the poignant ‘truth’ if its massacre will ever be judged. In fact, […]
FLIGHT OR FIGHT RESPONSE! – Why Human Mind is Depreciative of DELAYS?
ByHarsimran Kaur February 1, 2024 ‘Ramayana’ is one epic tale that talks about keeping the mind sane among the doolally and dudgeon. If Lord Ram would have thrown an insouciant tantrum about the ‘delay’ in finding his beloved wife Sita and be the recluse de trop of imperfections, Sita would have died burdened, in chagrin, […]