David Diop’s novel was much more than a gut-wrenching war tale, recounting the harrowing ordeal and experiences of the protagonist. To me, the book gave a glimpse of the human condition and what one is capable of doing under distressed situations, when rationality and morality seem to appear just as shallow as war and death … Continue reading At Night All Blood Is Black is a dichotomy between the act of morality and malice shaped by the humankind
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Unaccustomed Earth: A Book That will Rekindle a Part of Your Life
Sometime back, I came across this piece in The New Yorker magazine. It was an interview with the Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri, on writing The Boundary and few other works in Italian. I read the narrative, which she had translated into English. I am glad she did. Perhaps, I would have never known her … Continue reading Unaccustomed Earth: A Book That will Rekindle a Part of Your Life
An Evening with Mr. Bond
To chuckle like a child is a rare commodity as we grow older. Yet, we cannot resist for long from finding a way to communicate our emotions, even if it means that we might look silly for the rest of the world. We instinctively shed all our inhibitions to express ourselves heartily at the first … Continue reading An Evening with Mr. Bond