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Month: September 2021

Of Hope And Other Angels

September 19, 2021September 19, 2021 ~ Deepika ~ 4 Comments

I have related this story so many times that the ink in my proverbial pen must have run dry by now. Even when the pen doesn't let any ink run into the letters, rendering them invisible, I can't stop writing this story; the impressions the letters leave are enough. In the last few years, September … Continue reading Of Hope And Other Angels

Hello Writing, My Old Friend

September 17, 2021September 19, 2021 ~ Deepika ~ 4 Comments

Why do I want to write? Why do I think I can write? What do I want to write? I went there to find answers; I was received by more questions. At the Creative Writing class, the facilitator gently observed that I should have discovered and embraced the answers by now. A decade ago, when … Continue reading Hello Writing, My Old Friend

Book Review: What We Know About Her by Krupa Ge

September 4, 2021December 31, 2021 ~ Deepika ~ 8 Comments

The cover and the endpapers of Krupa Ge's What We Know About Her feature an illustration that reminds me of Ranganathan Theru, a popular commercial street in Chennai, or rather Madras, as the narrator Yamuna continues to lovingly call this city in 2019, even after it was officially renamed in 1996. In the art that … Continue reading Book Review: What We Know About Her by Krupa Ge

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