short notes: 16.11.25 / been here and there / watching the TV series Dark and having my mind scrambled / religiously reading every day to meet my reading goal for 2025 / bought new lenses for experiments with photography / submitted poems / acclimatising to the onset of winter / ❄️ 🍜
Book 13: The Will of the Many by James Islington Usually, I don't read epic fantasy. As someone who has read a plethora of books, I still haven't read The Lord of the Rings. But the pandemic years changed that a little. In those years, I required to be elsewhere, stay sane, and fantasy helped... Continue Reading →
Sprinkled Sentiments #20
500. I don't like going to the mall on a weekend. The crowd makes me feel lonely. I also don't like having to wait in long lines at the changing rooms. I also don't like crowds. 499. Lately, I am trying to watch movies which remind me why cinema has been cinema. It is an... Continue Reading →
Book 12: Why Fish Don't Exist by Lulu Miller Maybe such unruly persistence is beautiful. Maybe it is not mad, after all. Maybe it is the quiet work of believing in Good. Of believing in a warmth, which you know does not exist in the stars, to exist in the hearts of fellow humans. Maybe... Continue Reading →
Confronting Mortality and Wonder
How does one talk about death to a man who is infirm? What does one say? So many of my teenage years were at their house, listening to CF’s father talk about unions, mathematics, and with me, writing. Her parents were “cool enough” back then to allow both girls and boys to hang out in... Continue Reading →
Book 11: I Who Have Never Known Men by Jaqueline Harpman Written in the 1970s, this book became popular due to GenZ TikTok, and as a millennial, for some strange reason, I hope that the privileged sections of GenZ will do what millennials across the world have started - to dismantle the structures of neo-liberal... Continue Reading →
Book 10: Stoner by John Williams There is fervour in the reviews and recommendations of Stoner; people seem to think it is a fantastic book. They don't say much more than that. While I was reading it, I had forgotten its rave reviews until I reach smack dab in the middle of the novel. It... Continue Reading →
Creature of Inertia
Lately, I have been battling a severe addiction to social media and to watching TV to the point that I am frustrated of being on it too much. I have also been wanting to sleep a lot, and I have been indulging in sleeping as much as I can. I could argue that this is... Continue Reading →
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