After a long break of not writing, an opportunity presented itself to me this summer. A newsletter I follow and cherish, thealiporepost organised their own poetry writing event in the month of April where writers all over the world participate in what is called the National Poetry Writing Month or NAPOWRIMO for short. The idea…
Category: Beyond
The Long Absence
Have I been missing for over a year now? Yes. Have I been reading all this while? No. To cut a long story short, I have been busy growing a human. Yes. Most of 2019 has been a good year for me. Though an absolute disaster in terms of the reading I was meant to…
How to get over a Reader’s Block
What do you do when you find yourself facing a Reader’s Block? Here are my tips, for lack of a better word, to get through this.
The Story of The List
Coming up with a list of books was anything but easy. How did I go about it then? The first step in this self imposed adventure is, of course, to make The List. Tempted as I was to pick a certain genre or read the books I’ve been wishing to for a while, I figured…
The Story of being Booked for 100
Reading was like second nature to me. My earliest memory of a happy time is when I read my first book. Opening a comic book by the candlelight to while away time during those infamous Bangalore power cuts in the early 90s, still brings a warm feeling to my heart. My dad then introduced me…
