I watched the fading lights ,the disappearing building silhouettes And the steel grey sheets of rain I saw the drops splattering in a random pattern And the misting window pane I felt the wind framing runaway wisps of hair around my face And felt myself melting in its soft embrace I heard the raucous call … Continue reading When the rains came
I remember the whisper of the wind “Monsters come dressed as men Trust None” I remember the reflection in the mirror And smile because I am like none other I warned you over and over, But how were you to know , I am more than the girls you have known That I am not … Continue reading The Fireborn
Love in Exile is inspired by the Author’s own forbearers. An intergenerational story set in the sunset years of the Ottoman Empire. Beautifully brings to the fore the conflicts of tradition and modernity unable to negotiate the chasm between idealism and reality. This book is a brilliant kaleidoscope of an evolving Turkish society. The book … Continue reading Book Review- Love in Exile by Ayse Kulin
Jeanette Walls , a successful gossip columnist recounts her dysfunctional family life and childhood in this book . Her memory of her childhood is detailed and extensive .Typically as memoirs go , they are capable of evoking either a deep sense of respect /empathy or a sense of disappointment. When I finished reading this book … Continue reading Book Review- The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
A masterpiece by Markus Zusak . A historical fiction written with such a lot of heart that its difficult to stay unmoved . I absolutely loved it . It’s not a book that should be read in a single night, though it can be . It’s to be read slowly, savoured to say . The … Continue reading Book Review- Book Thief by Markus Zusak
I had picked up this book from the Kindle Unlimited Lineup expecting to read about Palestine and it did live upto those expectations. The Three daughters is a chronicle of 3 generations of Palestinian Christian women. Of how their lives are inextricably linked together by secrets that the other is unaware of. The book is … Continue reading Book review-Three Daughters by Consuelo Saah Baehr
The world is round And it is not for nothing that they say What goes around comes around To confront and to haunt Know that your touch maims and taints And your so-called treasures bear the stains Of the ring of fire you built For me to burn But what did you know Of the … Continue reading From the Ashes she became
Exit west is a novel drawn from our contemporary world of war ,displacement and refugee life . How war strips away the last vestiges of normalcy and familiarity of life . It is the story of 2 young individuals who are just beginning their lives . Their country is in the midst of a turmoil … Continue reading Book Review-Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
Wars have always ripped asunder the lives of the common people .Most wars in history are an outcome of the wanton ambitions of a few , strange delusions of many and the helplessness of the majority .The West remained a disinterested witness to the conflict of the Balkans ( the Kosovo Crisis , The Seige … Continue reading Book Review- Rose of Sarajevo by Ayse Kulin
Was it even possible to feel such pain I wasn’t sure Was I mourning the loss of the past or of a tomorrow that’ll never be I wasn’t sure The slant ray of the sun and the swirls of dust Was it dawn or dusk I wasn’t sure The listless days stretched across eternity ,sunk … Continue reading I wasn’t sure
