Tag: #history

• Book Review: Man’s search for meaning by Viktor Frankl

  I picked, ‘Man’s Search for Meaning at the airport in March 2022, on my way to Benaras. It felt like the perfect book to read considering the place I was visiting. For those who do not know, Benaras or Varanasi is a place of pilgrimage for Hindus, it’s where the Ganga flows and where people…

  Smitha V

  January 18, 2023

  Book Review

  #auschwitz, #concentrationcamp, #history, #holocaust, #inspiration, #learn, #life, #logotherapy, #manssearchformeaning, #mentalhealth, #must-read, #reading, #tension, #truth, #viktorfrankl

• Book review: The making of a Chief Justice of India by Sunita Singh

  

  Disclaimer: Lengthy review! I received this book through Amazon on the 4th of September. I began reading it, however, only on the 8th of September. It accompanied me to Chennai, where I was visiting my in-laws to celebrate Onam. If you’re wondering why the day is important, read on. The author begins the book with…

  Smitha V

  October 13, 2022

  Book Review

  #allahabad, #bookreview, #chiefjustice, #history, #India, #indianhistory, #indianjudiciarysystem, #KNSingh, #law, #newauthor, #newbook, #newread, #Queen, #reading, #sunitasingh

• Mumbai Diaries : The countdown’s begun

  

  After four years in Mumbai (my husband completed 5 in July), we are moving again. We knew we would eventually move out, but we had no idea when and where. We’ve been waiting to know what’s next. Finally, we now have a date and a place and we’re excited. Fortunately, my husband and I love…

  Smitha V

  August 19, 2022

  Experiences, Travel

  #diary, #experience, #history, #India, #inspiration, #life, #lookingforward, #love, #move, #newplace, #people, #truth, change

• Book Review : Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

  

  Three days in bed, recovering from minor surgery, and one good thing came of it- I finally finished ‘Pachinko’ by author, Min Jin Lee. The 480-page book took me a very long time to complete. In between, I read Preeti Shenoy’s ‘Rule Breakers’ which was a quick read and began Viktor Frankl’s ‘Man’s Search for…

  Smitha V

  July 26, 2022

  Book Review

  #book, #familysaga, #goodread, #history, #informative, #japaneseculture, #Koreanculture, #lengthyread, #literature, #MinJinLee, #Pachinko, #reading, #review, #tragic, #War, #worldwar2

• Thursday Doors: Fort Kochi 2

  

  As promised, I’m back again with my second lot of doors from Fort Kochi, an island in Kerala (a state in the South of India) which was gifted to the Portuguese by the King of Kochi in 1503 after the Portuguese forces helped him fight the Samoothri, the monarch of Calicut (another district in Kerala).…

  Smitha V

  July 15, 2022

  Photography, Travel

  #fortkochi, #history, #kerala, #thursdaydoors