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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Do you also live with an existential dread?
I have expressed this before, perhaps in different ways, that I live with a suppressed existential dread all the damn time. I have …
I failed my gestational diabetes test during pregnancy! | What it means and how I got through
During the sixth month of pregnancy, women undergo a blood test for gestational diabetes, which can evoke anxiety, especially with increased sweet cravings. …
The Epic of Provincial Life: An Introduction to ‘Middlemarch’ by George Eliot | Novel study
George Eliot's Middlemarch explores Victorian society through interconnected lives in a Midlands town, emphasizing psychological depth and social determinism. The narrative's complex structure …
The Anatomy of Absence: An Academic Analysis of Pablo Neruda’s ‘If You Forget Me’
Pablo Neruda’s poem "If You Forget Me," from his collection The Captain’s Verses, captures conditional devotion, contrasting traditional notions of love. Written during …