Tag: #India

• Robbie’s Inspiration – Book review: Coming Home by Smitha Vishwanath

  

  Originally posted on Robbie's inspiration: What Amazon says Twenty-six-year-old, Shanaya, finds her idea of home and family ripped apart when she loses her mother. Her effort to drown herself in her job proves to be financially rewarding and her work is recognized by the organisation. But, even this is not enough to fill the…

  Smitha V

  May 24, 2023

  Book Review

  #bookreview, #debutnovel, #family, #healing, #India, #indianculture, #inspiraiton, #loss, #love, #marriage, #tradition

• Book Review: He, She, and it- the grammar of marriage

  

  The book is an anthology of short stories. The interesting thing about anthologies centred around a theme, in this case, ‘Marriage’, is that you get as many different perspectives on the topic as the number of participating writers. When it comes to marriage, there can be two types- a happy marriage and a sad marriage. A…

  Smitha V

  May 14, 2023

  Book Review

  #bookreview, #emotional, #fiction, #India, #life, #marriage, #newbook, #reality, #shortstories, #truth, Creative Writing

• NaPoWriMo 2023 : Day 18 -When I began writing?

  

  Our daily resource is the YouTube channel of Harvard’s Woodberry Poetry Room. Here, you can check out more than 100 videos of poetry readings, lectures, and discussions. There’s much to explore! Finally, here’s our prompt for the day, once again taken from our archives and, as always, optional. Today, I’d like to challenge you to write…

  Smitha V

  April 18, 2023

  Experiences, Poetry

  #ABECEDARIAN, #besties, #collegedays, #Day18, #fittingin, #India, #life, #NaPoWriMo2023, #poetry, #whendidibeginwriting, #writing, Experiences

• Dhaka Diaries : It’s Spring!

  

  Although, it was Winter, and I have been waddling around, in layers, a beanie on my head, a scarf around my neck; socks on my feet, and cotton plugged in my ears, my heart has been in ‘Spring’ mode since my older one returned home for the Christmas holidays. I feel paralysed and incapable of…

  Smitha V

  February 1, 2023

  Experiences

  #basantpanchami, #blooms, #dhakadiaries, #flaghoisting, #gardening, #gratitude, #India, #inspiration, #life, #neighborhoodpark, #newcoffeeshop, #repubicday, #spring, #truth, #winter

• 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