I was meaning to write about Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë for a very long time. However, work and other unnecessary and inconsequential matters tended to overshadow my earnest wish to do so. Although I have already read novels written by her more well […]
Category: Literature
On Thoughts Abandoned…
I have often encountered “abandoned” blogs on the internet, which have often haunted my thoughts. Blogs which had been quite active once upon a time, but were abandoned by their writer/writers either due to waning interest, or for want of a better blog/website, or […]
When all is Lost…Words are all I have
I live in a country where my language is not really appreciated. And by “my language” I mean English. Perhaps I am one of the very few Indians who may be called an Anglophile in the truest sense of the term. I live, breathe, […]
Yet Another E-Book Online
The Complete Collected Poemsby Lopamudra Bandyopadhyay The Complete Poems of Lopamudra Bandyopadhyay. This edition comprises of both her earlier volumes on poetry, Meghmallhar and Meghashyam. This collection has been published in the year 2023 for all lovers of poetry and the finer things of […]
Spring Cleaning in Winter
At the end of every momentous year (yes, I do consider every year to be momentous in its own way), I tend to mentally declutter or rather spring clean my mind. As I have often mentioned in the past, being an introvert and living […]
When Words Matter…
Picked up a copy of the book mentioned above from one of the largest bookshops in the city. Needless to say, it has been a rather life-changing experience reading through its contents. I would not like to comment on the stories, because, I am […]
My Books Are Now Available Worldwide
This is to inform my gentle readers that both my books are now available worldwide across multiple sites. The following is a brief description of my books : Megh Mallhar: The Song of the Rains (Publisher: Serene Woods, New Delhi, India, 2010) Category: Poetry […]
Welcome Autumn !
Autumn waltzes in languidly in tropical countries. We often do not see her colors as those residing in colder climes do. We feel her mellow footsteps in the air with the gradual departure of the subcontinental monsoon (the rainy season). Although vestiges of Autumn […]
In Defense of the Written Word
Speaking less has its benefits. You expend less energy. You are less misunderstood. You do not have to tailor-make your words for the audience concerned, You become a silent observer of things both necessary as well as unnecessary. And finally, you do not react […]
The Difference Between “Blogging” and “Posting”
Long ago before the advent of social media sites like Orkut and Facebook, diarists and bloggers were a predominant feature in the world wide web. However, with the advent of the above-mentioned sites, coupled with the discovery (by the populace of course) of photo-blogging […]