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Can we ever escape generational trauma? Junot Diaz talks about mothers who save, politicians who dictate and language that colonization creates in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Can we ever escape generational trauma? Junot Diaz talks about mothers who save, politicians who dictate and language that colonization creates in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Can we ever escape generational trauma? Junot Diaz talks about mothers who save, politicians who dictate and language that colonization creates in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Aakriti Jain

2 days ago2 min read

I TRY TO READ THE NAME OF THE ROSE AS VIRGINIA WOLFE READS A BOOK

I TRY TO READ THE NAME OF THE ROSE AS VIRGINIA WOLFE READS A BOOK

I TRY TO READ THE NAME OF THE ROSE AS VIRGINIA WOLFE READS A BOOK

Aakriti Jain

Apr 302 min read

Ernaux's Simple Passions is a dazzlingly simple study in the language of passion

Ernaux's Simple Passions is a dazzlingly simple study in the language of passion

Ernaux's Simple Passions is a dazzlingly simple study in the language of passion

Aakriti Jain

Apr 302 min read

Tipping in Spain: Stories from Barcelona

Tipping in Spain: Stories from Barcelona

Tipping in Spain: Stories from Barcelona

Aakriti Jain

Apr 292 min read

The Things We Inherit as Culture

The Things We Inherit as Culture

The Things We Inherit as Culture

Aakriti Jain

Apr 231 min read

Rachel Cusk's Second Place is where the search for self starts

Rachel Cusk's Second Place is where the search for self starts

Rachel Cusk's Second Place is where the search for self starts

Aakriti Jain

Apr 192 min read

Mumbai, Before Sunrise

Mumbai, Before Sunrise

Mumbai, Before Sunrise

Aakriti Jain

Apr 174 min read

The Amazing Art of Upcycling

The Amazing Art of Upcycling

The Amazing Art of Upcycling

Aakriti Jain

Oct 7, 20241 min read

Minimalism and Coco Chanel’s "outrageous fashion" in the pandemic

Minimalism and Coco Chanel’s "outrageous fashion" in the pandemic

Minimalism and Coco Chanel’s "outrageous fashion" in the pandemic

Aakriti Jain

Oct 7, 20241 min read

Reading Andre Aciman's Homo Irrealis: To exist as an artist is to exist out of time

Reading Andre Aciman's Homo Irrealis: To exist as an artist is to exist out of time

Reading Andre Aciman's Homo Irrealis: To exist as an artist is to exist out of time

Aakriti Jain

Sep 9, 20242 min read

Reading Anita Desai's Rosarita: What will you find if you look for your mother

Reading Anita Desai's Rosarita: What will you find if you look for your mother

Reading Anita Desai's Rosarita: What will you find if you look for your mother

Aakriti Jain

Aug 15, 20242 min read

In Chaturvedi's Alipura, we remember what our lives are made of

In Chaturvedi's Alipura, we remember what our lives are made of

In Chaturvedi's Alipura, we remember what our lives are made of

Aakriti Jain

Oct 24, 20213 min read

In The Alchemist Paulo Coelho constructs our homes and dreams beyond our content worlds

In The Alchemist Paulo Coelho constructs our homes and dreams beyond our content worlds

In The Alchemist Paulo Coelho constructs our homes and dreams beyond our content worlds

Aakriti Jain

Feb 28, 20214 min read

Salman Rushdie's Quichotte is all about finding our roots with Google Maps and Nationality

Salman Rushdie's Quichotte is all about finding our roots with Google Maps and Nationality

Salman Rushdie's Quichotte is all about finding our roots with Google Maps and Nationality

Aakriti Jain

Feb 1, 20216 min read

In Goat Days, Benyamin ponders our ability to adapt to little things in life

In Goat Days, Benyamin ponders our ability to adapt to little things in life

In Goat Days, Benyamin ponders our ability to adapt to little things in life

Aakriti Jain

Jan 18, 20215 min read

Oscar Wilde keeps an account of our Sufferables and Pleasurables Social Media in The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde keeps an account of our Sufferables and Pleasurables Social Media in The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde keeps an account of our Sufferables and Pleasurables Social Media in The Picture of Dorian Gray

Aakriti Jain

Jan 3, 20214 min read

Dipping In and Out of 1947 Partition History in Bapsi Sidhwa’s Ice-Candy Man

Dipping In and Out of 1947 Partition History in Bapsi Sidhwa’s Ice-Candy Man

Dipping In and Out of 1947 Partition History in Bapsi Sidhwa’s Ice-Candy Man

Aakriti Jain

Dec 27, 20204 min read

How to write in a Room of Our Own: Woolf’s guide to writing next to a Glass Window

How to write in a Room of Our Own: Woolf’s guide to writing next to a Glass Window

How to write in a Room of Our Own: Woolf’s guide to writing next to a Glass Window

Aakriti Jain

Dec 13, 20205 min read

Nemat Sadat's The Carpet Weaver reminds us to choose our Metaphors of Love

Nemat Sadat's The Carpet Weaver reminds us to choose our Metaphors of Love

Nemat Sadat's The Carpet Weaver reminds us to choose our Metaphors of Love

Aakriti Jain

Dec 6, 20204 min read

What makes a city: M. Mukundan reports our Delhi’s Soliloquy

What makes a city: M. Mukundan reports our Delhi’s Soliloquy

What makes a city: M. Mukundan reports our Delhi’s Soliloquy

Aakriti Jain

Nov 29, 20205 min read

Pico Iyer's A Beginner's Guide to Japan becomes a handbook to our culture

Pico Iyer's A Beginner's Guide to Japan becomes a handbook to our culture

Pico Iyer's A Beginner's Guide to Japan becomes a handbook to our culture

Aakriti Jain

Nov 18, 20205 min read

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