So it crept here, December. In the absence of the usual weeks-long social drinking that usually marks the beginning of the advent, this year the first of December was rather marked with an exasperated, exhausted cry. Shall this, too, finally pass?
Continue reading “Most Not Wonderful Time of the Year”
“I don’t need the US Soccer, or the FIFA president, or a bunch of Hollywood stars to like me to know I am right.”
Continue reading “Megan Rapinoe: One Life”
I sort of have my reading-groove back again and as I’m reading a lot, it also means the occasional mishap or, as I prefer to call such books: palate-cleansers.
Continue reading “Light Reading: Shelter in Place”
I binged the latest episodes of the Crown as soon as they became available last Sunday. The fourth season undoubtedly belongs to Diana and Margaret Thatcher. Their lives and actions undisputedly left long-lasting marks on many people’s lives. My Crown –experience was enhanced by Douglas Stuart’s ‘Shuggie Bain’ that I was reading at the time.
Continue reading “The Other Side of the Crown”
It is a simple matter of what you will do when the chips are down, my friend.
Continue reading “When The Party’s Over”
The rich and powerful are different from us not just because they can afford to indulge their madness, but because they can pay other people to sustain their nightmares.
Continue reading “Panem et Circenses”
