The dreamer, the writer, and the reader — About Me My Top Performing Articles Social Media Links About Me Hello everyone! I have been on Medium for almost a year now, but it is only recently that I came across an About Me story, and just knew I had to write one as well. …

For the #MyBrag initiative — Because you need a list you can come back to, to gaze upon, to find courage in, to inspire you after a setback. And I figured my first self-published piece should be one that will inspire me and I will have full control over. But first, a pep talk Dear Nika, You are a hard…

Books, movies, and more! — What is Dark Academia? Dark Academia is a genre of literature that literally revolves around academia or learning. Therefore, you will see that it is mostly set in educational institutions and follow the lives of students. It revolves around the pursuit of knowledge and classical literature. …

And a step by step process on how you can transform your own life by adopting minimalism — “Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like.” -Will Rogers, 1879 My journey into the trend of minimalism started on an entirely different note. 2020 had been a very complicated year for me. It was not at all…

Mariana Enriquez’s Reflections on the Abyss of Humanity — A couple of years ago, I came across Mariana Enriquez’s The Dangers of Smoking in Bed, first published in Spanish in 2009. I read it and I immediately became a fan of her writing style, her horroresque-speculative-fiction world, full of morbid and lustful ghosts, revenge and jealousy, all of it…

A review of the first Indian epic grimdark fantasy — I had been seeing this book around on bookstagram but because of its thick size, I was hesitant to pick it up. Coupled with the fact that my reading had been going downhill at the time, I had no desire to even start a new book. …

A complete reset for the rest of the year — Lately, my journey through the world of books has taken a backseat, as if time itself has decided to move at a more languid pace. This, in turn, has prompted some deep introspection and opened a Pandora’s box of contemplation within me. I find myself dissatisfied with how my life…

A new romantasy series that is doing the rounds on bookstagram — Recently, a date gifted me Fourth Wing, a book that I had been seeing a lot on bookstagram and had been really intrigued by. I was very happy because it was said to be quite a read, with dragons and romance and set in a war college. From what I…

All the seven steps I undertook to get my reading groove back in a week — Reading slumps are the worst. Believe me, I seem to have been in one since the last few months. But enough is enough. I am absolutely horrified that I am no longer finding joy to do something that was such an intrinsic part of my life once. …