Talking to a fellow scholar today gave me the insight that one of the keys to writing your thesis quickly is to recognise the process that you follow for writing. It helps in not just setting a pace for writing but will also bring a qualitative change in what we write. By identifying the writing…
Rumi- The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and LongingColeman Barks2003Harper CollinsThe book is a collection of poems by Rumi, organised by themes that revolve around love and life. Some of the themes that were covered included Spontaneous Wandering, Sudden Wholeness, Madness, Absence, Romance and Friendship. The commentary by Barks is interesting and a good read…
OedipusSophoclesoriginally performed around 429 BC(ebook read)Oedipus also referred to as Oedipus Rex is a famous Greek tragedy and the story of a King who unknowingly fulfills the prophecy of killing his own father and marrying his mother. Often referred to as the greatest of Greek tragedies, the play ends with the father (King Liaus) murdered…
Ice Boys in Bell BottomsKrishna Shastri Devulapalli2011Harper Collins Indiapp. 263(Available here https://amzn.to/2Hs5uS9)Ice Boys in Bell Bottoms is a coming of age story. The chief protagonist is the grandson of a famous Telugu poet and a nearly equally famous illustrator. Set in Hyderabad and then Chennai, the story gives a vivid description of life in a household…
Winsome Winnie and Other New Nonsense NovelsStephen Leacock1920Kindle editionGeneral Books (2010) It takes a lot of effort to reach an author like Leacock. In my quest to meet the Extraordinary Reading Challenge by The Curious Reader, I was to read something funny. Now, heavens alone know why, but we are constantly fed with satire in…
KRISHNA: The Sovereign of 2050: A Sci-fi Adventure of a GodA Nolan2018AmazonKindle edition The story revolves around what it would be if Lord Krishna was our future, instead of our past. The concept is great. There is science fiction mixed with environmental concerns and some futurism. It is The story has tremendous potential, sadly the…
The Shadow LinesAmitav Ghosh1988Penguin Indiapp. 288The Shadow Lines is one of the earlier works of Ghosh. I picked it up as part of a reading challenge. The temptation was to read one of his books since I haven’t read any of Ghosh’s works earlier. I was a bit disappointed, and I believe his other books…
Thank You LoveAyush Gupta2016Half Baked Beanspp. 153 Another one in the young adult romance journal. The good things about this book are that it was free and it was a quick read. The plot is not new, the narrative style is not new, it lacks totally in editing which is the fault of the publisher…
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ckMark Manson2016Harper Collinspp. 224One of the few books in the self help genre that I have ended up reading and liking. My experience of reading in this area is limited and had not been for the Extraordinary Reading Challenge by The Curious Reader, I probably wouldn’t have read…
Apple, M. W. 2008. Can schooling contribute to a more just society? Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 3:239. DOI: 10.1177/1746197908095134 The paper is written using Apple and Bean’s book ‘Democratic Schools’ as its base. The focus is on revisiting the debates of creating democratic school spaces as essential in “pursuit of social justice”. Through a…
