I move on (every night) – A poem
A can of RedBull (or mostly Monster), a few pages scattered on my table with MacBook Air emitting its low light and this is the usual sight on every usual night. A fight for survival or survival for the…
Awakening to the fall – a poem
Time flies, as usual, at its usual pace and hearts beat inside us all. We know the truth; we know what lies that side of the wall but still we vow to break it down. Yes, when we know truth…
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Are you an author? Do you want to publish your book? Have the mainstream publishers rejected your manuscript? Yeah! All that happens with many of us and we cannot do anything about it. Hold on! That's the thing of…
Is teaching a profession? If yes, then how? If not, then why not?
A very significant and paradoxical question has recently surfaced among us - me and my friends. One friend of mine asked me whether teaching is a profession or not; if it is a profession then how and if not then…
The Great Indian Bust: A coming of age fiction – Book Review
Book: The Great Indian Bust: A coming of age fiction Author: Rishabh Bhatnagar Published by: Amazon Kindle Publication Year: 2019 Formats: Kindle Ebook Genre: Coming of age fiction, semi-autobiographical, Reviewed by: Alok Mishra Rating: 3.8/5 stars It was on my…
Tatva, Soul & Karma by Tanuj Lalchandani – Book Review
Book: Tatva, Soul & Karma Language: English Author: Tanuj Lalchandani Published by: Author Publication Year: 2019 Formats: Hardcover Genre: Religious, Spiritual Reviewed by: Alok Mishra Rating: 5/5 stars I have received this title a few days ago and just…
Best Books to Study American Literature: UGC NET, JRF English Literature Series
UGC NET examination (organised by NTA) has a very different pattern when it comes to the English Literature examination. English literature connotes a wide spectrum that comprises of literature produced in English (and even translated into English) by authors from…
Life Lessons I have learnt recently #Part 1
As a child learning to walk, most of us must have heard the conventional words - life teaches us many lessons when the time comes. We learn to speak, walk, manage ourselves, manage others, and many more things as we…
What form of literary criticism do we mostly use? Close reading method!
As a student of literature in the classroom, as a teacher of literature and also as a book critic, there is one common thing that I have always been doing – practising literary criticism. A student has to attempt a…
A Carol of Him by Twisha – Book Review
A Carol of Him is a novel written by a very young author Twisha. The blurb says it's a philosophical fiction and reading the novel might reflect the same as well. The author is only 16 and so, you can…