A happier 2022 and onwards.
The concept of making life a happiness project strikes a chord in me. I have done many things for other purposes hoping that happiness will follow, but perhaps it is time for me to adjust the way I think and act.
The Arrangements
Commissioned by the New York Times, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie offers a fictional account into the inner life of Melania Trump during the early stages of the presidential campaign.
Welcome to your Authentic Indian Experience ™
This is a brilliantly written, mind-bending short story by Rebecca Roanhorse. Through the many twists and turns, the story puts a looking glass over the damages that storytelling through a singular narrative causes.
Two Scorched Men
Two Scorched Men is a short story by Margaret Atwood that was recently released on Scribd. And what a treat this beautifully written memory of a time in Provance it is!
A ghost of an idéa.
I did something unexpected today. I ventured out onto the streets early in the morning to visit Agnes Varda’s house. Something pulled me towards the small purple house on rue Daguerre.
Pachinko
Pachinko is a historical family saga following four generations from Korea to Japan, spanning over nearly a century. This is one of the most phenomenal novels I have read in a long time.
Harry Dean Stanton is LUCKY
What I love most about this film is Lucky’s approach to facing his own mortality. There is no last action-packed adventure or drama. The change happens on the inside.
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
The Ten Thousand Doors of January took me along on a marvellous adventure written in a language so rich and flowery it gave life to every corner of each world I travelled through.
Swallow
Swallow draws us into the psychological horror of a newlywed housewifes domestic life. Hunter, a softspoken woman, finds herself spending her days alone in a big beautiful house overlooking an endless forest.
On D.H Tracy’s poetic voyage through the concept of normality
With The New New Normal, D.H Tracy captures the very moment when normality transforms with precision. This poetic encounter connects us to the universal experience of normalcy and how we build our day to day in modern western societies through the rhythm of ever-changing cycles in attempts to achieve balance.