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Month: November 2021

The Story of My Reading Life

November 28, 2021November 29, 2021 ~ Deepika ~ 4 Comments

In 2020, at the Chennai Book Fair, I heard something that was bewildering and powerful at the same time. After walking around the book stalls for a few hours, I stepped out, and I was relieved to find a coffee stall. I bought a cup of coffee, placed my backpack filled with books on the … Continue reading The Story of My Reading Life

Book Review: The Earthspinner by Anuradha Roy

November 22, 2021November 22, 2021 ~ Deepika ~ 3 Comments

We are vessels of desire. We are conditioned to believe that who we are, the vessel that we are, is enough to hold all the desire that bubbles inside us, that we can live out this cosmic blink of a life by bottling it all up, by even refusing to acknowledge the existence of desire, … Continue reading Book Review: The Earthspinner by Anuradha Roy

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