Dignity in death is but a futile search for an Oxygen cylinder Right to life is synonymous with scraps of largesse in the forms of vaccines thrown condescendingly A son in a privileged part of the world brags on about giving Astra Zeneca the shrug and Pfizer his arm While a daughter who is the … Continue reading Skittles in Space
Month: July 2021
There is Life After The Nobel Prize – Eric R. Kandel
In August 1996, Eric R. Kandel, one of the most decorated neuroscientists of all time, was busy helping his wife hanging the laundry out to dry in the quaint town of Wellfleet on Cape Cod, when he received a call from Stephen Koslow, a program officer from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Koslow … Continue reading There is Life After The Nobel Prize – Eric R. Kandel
Teddy and the Great Flood – Katarina Macurova
This is my first attempt at children's fiction and little did I realise that this was a picture book. However, suffice it to say it is enough to enrapture any child and her imagination. Due to an unintended lapse by Teddy, a teddy bear (what or who else can Teddy be), in not turning off … Continue reading Teddy and the Great Flood – Katarina Macurova
Robert’s Rules of Writing: 111 Unconventional Lessons That Every Writer Needs to Know – Robert Masello
Every time I finish reading a book ‘on writing’, I scamper back to my well worn-out copy of “Why I Write” by George Orwell. The man is as sparse with his reasons as he is fastidious about the economy that one needs to follow while indulging in the art of writing. His “six rules of … Continue reading Robert’s Rules of Writing: 111 Unconventional Lessons That Every Writer Needs to Know – Robert Masello
Mirth and the Mystic
"Tessellate my dreams with hope and optimism" thus I beseeched the voice that called me out "Bless me with the courage and confidence that weeds out doubt" "It's a pilgrimage to find yourself and you better get onto it" responded the unseen with a laughter clearly sarcastic "Life lesson's cannot be spoon-fed" concluded before going … Continue reading Mirth and the Mystic
Overtime: Why We Need A Shorter Working Week – Will Stronge & Kyle Lewis
Time well spent is liberating. Time as a phenomenon, when expended according to one’s own volition is delightful. Time allowed to lapse at a pace that is not dictated by the whims and fancies of a third person is fulfilling. Thus, even a great degree of time spent idling away is time fruitfully utilised, provided … Continue reading Overtime: Why We Need A Shorter Working Week – Will Stronge & Kyle Lewis
Rule of The Robots: How Artificial Intelligence will transform everything – Martin Ford
Reading more like a hyper extension of Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World” than an introduction to an explosion of technology, James Barrat’s thought provoking book, “Our Final Invention”, brings us face to face with the alarmingly potential consequences of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) gone uncontrolled. Warning the reader of an impending doom, Barrat finishes his book … Continue reading Rule of The Robots: How Artificial Intelligence will transform everything – Martin Ford
At Night All Blood Is Black – David Diop
Bleak, brooding and breathtaking, David Diop’s 2021 International Booker Prize Winning work is certainly not for the faint hearted. Set in the trenches of World War I, “At Night All Blood Is Black” has a Senegalese tirailleur (foot soldier) narrating in a spine chilling matter of fact manner, the horrors and heartbreaks of a cathartic … Continue reading At Night All Blood Is Black – David Diop
In The Camps: China’s Hi-Tech Penal Colony – Darren Byler
Erbaqyt Otarbai, a middle aged Kazakh man who called Tacheng, a town six hours away from Urumchi, was unloading his truck in an ore yard. It was the 18th of August 2017. Chinese security guards pounced on him and before he could even fathom what was unraveling, they started interrogating Otarbai about the WhatsApp and … Continue reading In The Camps: China’s Hi-Tech Penal Colony – Darren Byler
Reclaiming Our Roots
With requisite precautions and a bit more We headed into the vaccination centre with hopes galore Courteous staff symbolising behaviour exemplary Discharging their responsibilities with an almost selfless glee When these gallant frontlines, to save humanity are pulling all stops The least we can do is to diligently abide by all the prescribes SOPs We … Continue reading Reclaiming Our Roots