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- Viswanath & Sons
I know. I know. I know! It is a silly, sentimental Tamil movie, and I should just let it slide and not write about it here. I watched the movie today, and for some reason, it had an impact. How will I find out what that impact is if I… Read more: Viswanath & Sons - Adam & Eve
The final novel of Jeffrey Archer. I had skipped the William Warwick series because it was beginning to read like a repeat of his previous Harry Clifton series, and even my loyalty had its limits. But this one — Adam & Eve — I decided to buy; partly because he… Read more: Adam & Eve - Love for Imperfect Things
How to accept yourself in a world striving for imperfection I picked up this lovely slim volume from the library last week, and read through it in a day. Written by a Korean Buddhist monk, it has all the gentleness one might associate with Buddhism, and some lively illustrations too.… Read more: Love for Imperfect Things - Namami Shamishan
The most unlikely of hymns has become my background score; I am listening to it all the time, on repeat. I first heard it a few weeks ago in a cab in Chandigarh, as I was returning from a short holiday amidst the beautiful Himalayan ranges overlooking the Solang valley,… Read more: Namami Shamishan - Yours Affectionately
After I wrote Papa Yaar yesterday, I felt the post was so woefully inadequate in capturing the extraordinariness of Appa or even his ordinariness for that matter. Also, I barely touched upon the ebb and flow of our evolving relationship over four decades. I guess no amount of writing will… Read more: Yours Affectionately