Author: Enakshi Sharma
Classic Of The Month: Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte, Joyce Carol Oates
The book is an antecedent to many modern individual-centric, coming-of-age and romance novels, and is a must-read classic even today.
“She took off h…
“She took off her nightgown, stepped to the window, sighed deeply and said: “The mind is the origin of all meaning. I mean what I say. Words in themselves are empty.” He lit a cigarette and admired her naked body which was illuminated by silver moonlight”
So, Do You Need Modi?
So, Do You Need Modi? The pepper spray constituency would have normally laughed away a man who endorsed such a product, worse a man who is accused of being responsible for riots in which thousands died, or were maimed or destroyed in other ways. Yet, Modi is rising in stature among them, as he is […]
The rewards and confusion of being a broadminded Indian
The rewards and confusion of being a broadminded Indian A peculiar nature of the liberal condition is that you must believe in many dissimilar things. You must believe that the world is warming, that a dam is the architecture of evil, capitalism is a disease, your wife has to be liberated (further), the Indian army […]
Restless women
I guess I have always been deeply terrified?at?to really be someone?s wife since I know from life one cannot love another, ever, really An extract from -?http://randomhouseindia.wordpress.com/2014/01/18/restless-women/ The moral of their books is ?If I can do it, anyone can,? Cheryl says.??So much of writing is to make sense of what it is to be […]
Harduk Bahaar ?The Spring of Autumn?
Harduk Bahaar ?The Spring of Autumn? by Zareef Ahmad Zareef (Translated from the original Kashmiri by Neerja Mattoo) Rejoice, for autumn is here?the unripe ripens! Delight in the joys of autumn, its blooms of multihued flowers! The ones who toiled in spring will now reap the harvest. Delight in the joys of autumn, its blooms […]
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When Vinod Mehta returned to India, he was 27 and with his modest savings quickly running out, he was expected to soon make a honest living instead of living off his long-suffering parents. His long hair, kurta-pyjama and broken English ensured that his first job after returning from Britain was that of an advertising copywriter […]
“Satire and der…
“Satire and derision progressively attacked even the fundamental and most sacred facts of faith,” leading to an increased doubt towards religion by the general population. Touched by an Angel We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves its high holy temple and comes into our sight to […]
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“Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves,”?Einstein allegedly smirked.??Like a bee that settles on the fragrant pistils of a flower, and sips in the nectar for honey, so should you sip in the nectar from between the lips of your love,?