What an interesting idea
What an interesting idea
Books
My favourite part of moving home may well be organising the bookshelves
My favourite part of moving home may well be organising the bookshelves
Nostalgic holiday reading
Nostalgic holiday reading
A prayer for a daughter
I stumbled on this today on Facebook, and it has to be one of the sweetest things I’ve read in a while. Tina Fey’s prayer for her daughter begins thus… First, Lord: No tattoos. May neither Chinese symbol for truth nor Winnie-the-Pooh holding the FSU logo stain her tender haunches….
Trivial Pursuits
An interesting tidbit from Ram Guha’s masterly book, India after Gandhi. I wish we were taught more of our post-Independence history in school. For some reason the NCERT seemed to believe that history ended in 1947, with everything that came after relegated on the civics and economics textbooks.
Long Reads
Last week I got to pick my favourite piece of long form journalism for LongReads‘ weekly newsletter, and went with Caravan’s in-depth profile of Narendra Modi – The Emperor Uncrowned It’s a compelling, well-researched portrait of Narendra Modi, an Indian politician and the chief minister of Gujarat. During his watch,…
Joan Didion on Self Respect in Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Joan Didion on Self Respect in Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Sam’s Story by Elmo Jayawardena
Earlier this month, Bob Herbert wrote in the New York Times about the price of war, and why it continues to be easy to wage The reason it is so easy for the U.S. to declare wars, and to continue fighting year after year after year, is because so few…
Once Again to Zelda by Marlene Wagman-Geller
Just finished reading this rather cute collection, which traces the stories behind some of the dedications in books. As the author says, some of these back stories are as, if not more, interesting than the works themselves. It tells tales of love, intrigue, lust, failure, heartbreak and the search for…