I don't think I have much to share with you about my day today. I decided to take an off from work and just relax my mind. I'm fine physically but today I realised I've really exhausted my mind and brain. All these days, there's been a lot I've had to do. With building a [...]
Tag: feminism
Dear Diary | 7 August, 2018 | The One Where I Want A Change.
Do you ever find yourself sitting away from everyone and just wondering where the world is going and how much time we've wasted already? The amount of effort put in putting one gender down than the other, in not accepting there are more genders than just the two, in disgracing one community or class, in [...]
MY BIBLIO-WISH LIST: BOOKS I’D LIKE TO READ #3
Hello there! I think this exercise of picking out books consciously and organising my "I-want-to-read" list is really helpful! I've been able to get a clearer idea of the books or the kind of books I'd actually like to read in 2018 and not just what I see on everyone's instagram. As much as I've [...]
“Words after all are nothing by themselves. They burst into meaning only in the minds they’ve entered” – My thoughts on Ghachor Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag (Spoiler free)
I found out about this book via an endless page of 4.5-5 stars by various Bookstagrammers and Booktubers. I was intrigued by all the love and admiration this Indian author received globally and instantly wanted to get a copy for myself! (Having said that, my views remain uninfluenced from it all.) Ghachor Ghochar was originally [...]
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down.” My thoughts on The Handmaid’s Tale.
“Yes, Ma’am, I said again, forgetting. They used to have dolls, for little girls, that would talk if you pulled a string at the back; I thought I was sounding like that, voice of a monotone, voice of a doll. She probably longed to slap my face. They can hit us, there’s Scriptural precedent. But [...]
You’ll find a friend in you.
That's all there is. Just an image. Nothing more about it in this blog. Wondering why? I'll tell you. When I was sketching this, I had some thoughts in head for my next blog post and I wanted this sketch to be the main image. This changed when I showed it to some people to [...]
