Welcome to my blog! This is a corner of the internet where I write about literature, mostly. I also write about my experiences, share insights and compose an occasional poem. This is a mixed bag if there ever was one! Sometimes I’m hyper-local and sometimes I’m global – so I’ve invented the term ‘encyclopedic blog’ for this space. This is a self-expression platform, but its also a community that I am happy to have created. Thank you for dropping by!
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Money, Marriage, and the Mid-30s Crisis: Why ‘Materialists’ is the Anti-Rom-Com We Needed
"Materialists," directed by Celine Song, presents a cynical yet relatable take on modern love through NYC matchmaker Lucy, who prioritizes wealth and status …
A masterpiece of war cinema: Saving Private Ryan | The visceral architecture of sacrifice
The opening twenty minutes of Steven Spielberg’s 1998 magnum opus, Saving Private Ryan, did more than just redefine the war genre; it recalibrated …
The Colonial Tapestry of Chandrapore: An Introduction to ‘A Passage to India’ by E.M. Forster | Novel summary
E.M. Forster's 1924 novel A Passage to India explores the complexities of friendship between colonizers and the colonized during the British Raj. Set …
The Gothic Soul of British Romanticism: Supernatural Themes in Poetry
The British Romantic movement rejected Enlightenment rationalism, emphasizing introspection and the supernatural. Poets like Coleridge, Keats, and Byron used supernatural elements to explore …