George Orwell hit the nail when he said, ‘The best way to end a war is to lose it’ What good has ever come of war? The destruction that rattles the very being of human existence is normally justified as a necessary defence mechanism that howls on for years and…

The world is a sad place. We all are trying to make sense in this mess. There are magnitudes of emotions unevenly distributed amongst us. …

Let me tell you a story very old from the garbs of the ancient lores, About a Demon and a girl Who once fought over love. She was human and petite, Ordinary, Yet unique and sublime! He was the demon of love, Charming, Yet arrogant and vain! There was a…

Dearest Jane Austen, After the third full-read, various partial re-reads, innumerable viewings of the 1995 BBC adaptation, and carrying this story etched in my heart for more than a decade now; you must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you. 'I cannot fix on the…

‘I am a sick man, I am a spiteful man…’ The opening of this book remains my favourite opening of all times. I have always dreaded to review anything written by Dostoevsky. But I am trying this once with this absolute beauty of a book. I have read this book…

Great stories are the ones which you happen to know about even before you’ve read them, and how can Iliad be an exception. Everyone knows about Helen of Troy, the Trojan horse, the brave Achilles, the empathetic Patroclus and the courageous Hector; and so even I was no stranger to…

If I had known the sheer poetry and whirlpools of emotions this story would bring upon, I would have read the book first. But somehow, watching its film adaptation brought to life the beauty which romanticises throughout the story, and thankfully for this beautiful adaptation (which is such a rarity)…

There is this feeling I am carrying in my soul for quite sometime now. …

And as the autumn leaves were falling off, Paving way for a new season, There stood a flower Alone and swirling, Beginning to sing A lovely song! It was beautiful, Different, Not your normal daffodil But a rare rose that Starred like a twinkle, As it sang this song So…