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The Swinging Seventies: Stars, Style, and Substance in Hindi Cinema
Edited by Nirupama Khotru and Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri, Om Books International, 2024. Reviewed by K.S.Loganathan This 624-page book is an anthology of 50 essays penned
March Hare
Why am I so obsessed with the Mad Hatter and the March Hare from Alice in Wonderland? Maybe it’s because I love nonsense verse. I loved Sukumar
8 Years Since Our Frienessance
My friend D and I have been friends since college. But on this day, 8 years ago, we both met up after several years. The
Memory From Middle School
In Class Eight, I had Guiding classes, which were new to me, since I did not have them in my previous school. We were all
The first time you discovered the healing power of art
Although I’ve done pencil shading classes during my summer holidays in school after class X and attended painting classes at home in middle school, I
Why do you blog?
You might as well ask me “Why do you breathe?”. I breathe( or blog) because it is a natural thing for me to do. Although
What does self-love mean to you?
Self-love means loving myself and taking the necessary self-care measures for myself. We are surrounded by hate sometimes. We meet people who put us down
Mapmatics: How we navigate the world through numbers by Paulina Rowinska
Picador 2024 Reviewed by K.S.Loganathan Dr Rowinska is a mathematician and science writer based in Warsaw, Poland. She earned her Ph.D in mathematics and statistics
Have you become the person you wanted to be?
I’m always trying to improve myself every single day. I feel that there is always room for improvement in everyone, and no one is perfect.
‘Our Bones in Your Throat’ By Megha Rao
Simon & Schuster, 2024.Book Review by K.S.Loganathan Megha Rao is a poet and performance artist from Kerala.
Do you think it was destiny or hard work that made you a content creator?
I have always loved the written word. This goes back to Class five or so. In those days, content creation wasn’t yet a thing since
Traditional Traits I Love In Myself
My parents are not very traditional. If you’ve met the typical Madrasi or TamBrahm couple, you will know that my parents are NOT them. So
‘Against Storytelling’ Edited By Amit Chaudhuri
Westland Books, 2024. 144 pages. Book Review by K.S.Loganathan. This book is a collection of
If On A Winter’s Night A Traveller By Italo Calvino
First published in 1979, translated by William Weaver, Vintage,1998. Reviewed by K.S.Loganathan In the early 1970s, a friend and I traveled from Mysore to Madras
Chemmeen by Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
Translated from the Malayalam version by Anita Nair, Harper Perennial, 2011. Reviewed by K.S.Loganathan.
Alai Osai (Tamil) by Kalki
Reviewed by K.S.Loganathan Kodimullai, Puducherry, 2022, 800 pages. Ramaswamy Krishnamurthy(1899-1954), who
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