When I read a book, particularly a good one I need some time to think after finishing it. Which means I have a hard time starting a new book and focusing on it. I try to pick something to read immediately afterwards but I know it won’t work. I put the new book down. It’s not as if the book […]
A walk in the backyard wilderness
My three year old darts out to the warm summer evening having been cooped up inside the house all day. The wild backyard is a welcome sight as golden sunlight slants through the leaves of the Ber tree. Its overripe maroon berries carpet the ground and their sweet aroma tinges the air. Shriveled leaves and weeds crunch under our feet […]
Did you slow down today?
Did you slow down today? To look at the bright ultramarine sky, shining emerald leaves of a tree, path of a buzzing bee, or a lazily floating butterfly?I am not asking youto stand for hours and hours. But spare a moment to relaxYour senses.To calm that animal inside youThat wants to keep running…Running away.That burns you outFrom inside.Just a moment […]
Reflections #1
I want to get lost in a really good book and forget the tumults of reality. But I also feel afraid that if I lose myself too much I wouldn’t pay attention to smaller issues in reality that may become big if I don’t immediately address them. But, this is the only way I feel charged. By reading a really […]
Book Musings: A House for Mr. Biswas
Once in a while, I come across a book that gives me hangover for days after finishing it. One such book is the first work of V.S. Naipaul – A House of Mr. Biswas. I had bought it almost three years ago but I kept putting off reading it because I thought it would be tedious to read almost 500 […]