Trusting My Judgement Again: Thanks Meena Kandasamy & The Rookie
A police drama. A feminist novel. Both markers in my journey to trusting my judgement again. ‘The Rookie’ and Meena Kandasamy’s debut novel were soul mirrors.
Notes In The Margin: ‘The Collected Regrets Of Clover’ – Mikki Brammer
A stranger gave me ‘The Collected Regrets of Clover’ in a rare act of generosity. The book gently looks at the messiness & mundaneity of grief.
The Feels This Week: Mad Women In Books
Mad women on my mind—through cults, kitchens, crimes, and cosmic quests. These stories of rage, resistance, and reckoning ask: what makes a woman mad?
Lit Crush: Gabrielle Zevin ‘s Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow, The Storied Life of A.J.Fikry
How do you reconcile the love of some books with the thought that their authors hate people like you? Gabrielle Zevin makes me ponder this.
South India Storyscapes: COVENANT OF WATER – Abraham Verghese, PAINTER OF SIGNS – RK Narayan
Two stories – one written in the 70s and one in the 2020. They had me thinking about how South India looks at identity issues like gender & faith.
A Non-Medical View Of The Uterus: Blood, Babies & Hysteria
Hysterectomy: a polite word for erasing what makes you visible. Take the uterus, take the person. No bleeding, no birthing. Medicine makes it official.
City | Map Of Emotion | Poetry | Roving I
Finding God In The Incompletion Of Love, Nature & City
Mumbai’s bridges, birds, and bygone doors— seeking meaning in plants, photographs, and god in everyday moments.
When Did Reading Become Performance?
Reading isn’t a flex. Self-help isn’t a gateway drug to fiction. If you read to look good, I’m not impressed—and neither is Gabrielle Zevin.
The One Who Gave Me A Book – Cleopatra & Frankenstein: Coco Mellers
Books, like people, appear when you need them most. I’ve found a book shop, a community, a friend and a book on my way to myself.
The Feels This Week: My Home In Photographs
An old-school post from a 2000s photoblog. My evening through Andheri in photographs. Feel free to skip to the pics if you like.