The genius of Hilary Mantel ( 1952 – 2022)
I would have to consider myself fortunate that I decided to pick up Hilary Mantel’s “Wolf hall” from the library[…]
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Roger Federer – A magical sportsman hangs his boots.
Roger Federer would have never become a Tennis player. It wasn’t as if he was a prodigy, like Tiger Woods,[…]
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Queen Elizabeth II – A life lived with grace, dignity, and poise in the service of her constitutional role.
Queen Elizabeth II was never expected to become the queen. And she would have never become one, if not for[…]
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Delhi Crime – Season 2 – a worthy successor to Season one. A police procedural that can stand alongside the best productions in the genre.
It wasn’t a surprise when the Netflix production Delhi crime, season one, was chosen as the best International mini-series in[…]
Read moreAphasia – the damage to the language centers of the brain, and the beautiful memoir of Diane Ackerman ” One hundred names for love – a stroke, a marriage and the language of healing”
We take our bodies for granted, until an injury, a setback, makes us realize otherwise. This personality, this thing we[…]
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The art of David McCullough ( 1933 – 2022) – a splendid historian, a towering intellectual, and a consummate stylist of the language
Consider this life : This man lived a rich, meaningful and productive life for eighty-nine years, out of which more[…]
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The rise in domestic violence, and Darlings – a dark comedy based on domestic abuse.
It was only when I sat down to write this piece, did I realize that closely following the heels of[…]
Read moreAn emotional memorial service to cherish the life and legacy of Vinit.
Last Sunday, a sensitive and beautifully orchestrated memorial service for Vinit Jay Thakkar today was held at the Crowne Plaza[…]
Read moreJahnavi’s exuberant Kuchipudi performance, and the joy of meeting family
The word Rasa doesn’t have an equivalent in English. It can be roughly translated as aesthetics, but even so, it[…]
Read moreVinit Thakkar – a cheerful spirit and a wonderful human being taken away in his prime.
“A single person is missing for you, and the whole world is empty”. Joan Didion wrote this about her loss[…]
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