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…

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…

The first Mizo novel in English, by Malsawmi Jacob — As a student in my final semester of the Master’s Degree (post-grad), I have opted for a course named Indigenous Writing from Northeast: Fiction, wherein we read and analyze various works from this geographical area within the Indian subcontinent. Coupled with the fact that I am also doing the Explore…

My thoughts on this short story collection from Meghalaya, Northeast India — In continuation with my reading challenge Explore India Readathon wherein I try to read at least one book from every state and union territory of India, as well as the Indigenous Writing from Northeast: Fiction class that I have opted for, this semester, I got to read yet another work…

Stories from Nagaland, by Avinuo Kire — Following the month I read literature from Mizoram, I went ahead and this time around picked up a book from Nagaland. …