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…

On the relationships explored in this book — The last book that I read for my Master’s Degree was this lovely novel by Jahnavi Barua. I had previously read Undertow by the author and had really loved it. I knew that I would eventually also read the other works by her. So this time around when I saw…

Reading Jahnavi Barua, Indira Goswami and Arupa Patangia Kalita — In late 2021, I decided to challenge myself by setting a goal: to read at least one book from each of the states and union territories of India. I decided to make it official by designating it a name as well — the Explore India Readathon. I started with the…

Short stories by Temsula Ao, winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award 2013 — One of the last books I picked up recently for academic reading (it is the last semester of my Master’s Degree), was Temsula Ao’s Laburnum for My Head, first published in 2009. …

By Anjum Hasan, on Identity and the Motherland — I have been recently exploring a lot of Northeastern literature and I credited it all to one of the courses I am studying this semester in uni — Indigenous Writing from Northeast: Fiction. However, I also had to read the book of today’s discussion in another class — Contemporary Indian…

Easterine Kire's novel, first published in 2007 — Yet another book I picked up for my Indigenous Writing from Northeast: Fiction class was Easterine Kire's 2007 novel, A Terrible Matriarchy. I am thrilled that during this last semester of my Master's Degree, I am getting to read so many excellent books from India, especially the North East. A…