Dwapar Katha by Sudipta Bhawmik
Sunaina Luthra ON Jan 30, 2024, IN BOOK REVIEW, Dwapar Katha by Sudipta Bhawmik– Fiction Rating: 5/5 ’I won’t give the Pandavas even a tiny spec of land that one can hold on the tip of the needle’. In the echoing walls of ‘Hastinapur’ this chilling proclamation by Duryodhana, the eldest son of Dhritarashtra, reverberates and the air thickens with tension in […]
ONCE A UPON A TIME IN BENARAS BY SUNAINA LUTHRA
With excitement and curiosity neatly ensconced in my bag My journey unfolded as planned I thus set forth with a cheerful swag Unfurling my solo trip with a gaiety, A miraculous strength let lose my brevity I conspicuously noticed my inner calling Benaras: “The City of Ghats” Its versatility seemed so enthralling In its sanctity, […]
Manner of Death by Robin Cook
Harsimran Kaur ON Jan 28, 2024, IN BOOK REVIEW, Manner of Death by Robin Cook– Fiction Rating: 4/5 Death confronts in the most heroic way thereby creating enmity with life forever. How can we look back to see what happened that made us bleak and bleary; we are now in a refuge of sorts under the clandestinely lit operation, wearing the white […]
THE FIVE VICES BY HARSIMRAN KAUR
The Sun, stark in its enduranceAbsorbs the abundance of ‘Fiery’, The Moon surfaces a pleasurable ‘Ego’Thinks it subsumes the charm of priory, a cappella, The Stars form a firework of disenchanting ‘Lust’Sidereal in their proximity, not to trust, The Clouds in the ‘Greed’ to expand its unionCastle a cumulonimbus of delusion, The proclivity to ‘Attachment’ […]
Killingly by Katharine Beutner
Sunaina Luthra ON Jan 17, 2024, IN BOOK REVIEW, Killingly by Katharine Beutner– Fiction Rating: 3/5 Bertha Lane Mellish , a bright and medical aspirant at Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass is missing since chilly night of 18th November 1897leaving no trace. Anybody who finds the girl alive will be handsomely paid a reward of $500 dollars by Rev. John H Mellish […]
Modi And India: 2024 and the Battle for Bharat by Rahul Shivshankar and Siddhartha Talya
Harsimran Kaur ON Dec 27, 2023, IN BOOK REVIEW, Modi And India: 2024 and the Battle for Bharat By Rahul Shivshankar and Siddhartha Talya–Non Fiction Rating: 4/5 Prime Minister Narendra Modi has dived deep into the river with his win in the state elections 2023 in the ‘Hindi Heartland’; he has come to afloat with a rather brimming swim to the shore. […]
GOD IS TRUTH BY HARSIMRAN KAUR
Look at the birds cocooned in their nestSing a paean of its gloryThe ballerinas of Deer walk tip-toeIn wake of its arabesque showThe bark of the tree salutes its essenceThe leaves snuggle a cry of its benevolence The ‘ONE’ transcends in all beings The rapid waves of the river flow tirelesslyIndebted to every glanceThat the […]
GURU GOBIND SINGH—A WARRIOR, A PHILOSOPHER AND A LITERARY DOYEN BY HARSIMRAN KAUR
The Lord had a planTo spread ‘Dharma’ and propagate a ‘Path’In the burdock mountains fanned by large spear of cloudsSat a sage ‘Dusht Daman’ in meditation around water clouts! The ‘House of Hemkunt’ found a new rigorThe Lord ordered in sublime tenacity‘Spread the spirit of righteousness and dutiful path’Then was born Govind Rai – the […]
If Paid Menstruation Leave is not a Big Deal; Then Let’s make it!!
ByHarsimran Kaur January 11, 2024 The callous attitude of many leaves me drained! Already, Menstruation is seen as a leaking bucket of slimy waste, haggard women fighting off the heavy-handed flow conspicuous in its arrival and caterwauled in its affection. What more? The idea of paid leave during Menstruation is now being muddled in the […]
The Archietype Simulacrum of ‘Life is not only about Kicks and Chicks’
ByHarsimran Kaur December 19, 2023 How tricks and battles play a folly; God knows better? But, when it comes to ‘The Archies’, I am reminded of the riley flowing through a rill and the cascading innuendos of the ‘bitter betty batter’ crying over her easily crumbled love for Archie. It’s Betty who is seen as […]