PinnedRadhika Ayalur (Radhika A R)2023: Around (some parts of) the world in 27 booksI journeyed into 2023 with an atlas to the human heart and mind, and lived though the early decades of the 20th century in America…Jan 2Jan 2
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Radhika Ayalur (Radhika A R)The darling buds,and other sun-weary creatures of MayIt’s Summer. With a capital S. A blistering, sweltering, scorching summer. The kind of summer that makes a mockery of the English…Apr 26, 20231Apr 26, 20231
Radhika Ayalur (Radhika A R)The B-C-D of absenceI signed up for an A-Z Books April writing challenge, and got as far as….Apr 3, 2023Apr 3, 2023
Radhika Ayalur (Radhika A R)The places we go… when we have an AtlasMore than a decade ago, when I read Viktor Frankl’s classic Man’s Search for Meaning, I was gripped by the idea of meaning that he…Mar 31, 2023Mar 31, 2023
Radhika Ayalur (Radhika A R)The question of MeritWho should receive the top rank in your class? The best performing student. Right.Mar 22, 2023Mar 22, 2023
Radhika Ayalur (Radhika A R)A liminal state of mindShe mooned about the house listlessly. She had lain awake most of the previous night, shifting on the sheets, unable to sleep. A snatch of…Mar 15, 2023Mar 15, 2023
Radhika Ayalur (Radhika A R)Of spines and meditationIs there anything more meditative than organising a bookshelf? My child loves to arrange her books by colour. The red spined ones first…Jan 22, 2023Jan 22, 2023