PART 1-: THE LEOPARD It was an autumn night. The inert street lamps of siqandar city stood like silent spectators of imminent doom. The wind was blowing carrying unknown melancholia, probably singing a hymn of death. Everything was silent, enmeshed in the never-ending loop of inexplicable sadness. Houses, which stood like soapboxes always led to …
Finished reading Erich Von Daniken’s The Chariots of Gods today. Some books would make you think about existence. Like why do we live, and are we really alone in going through all the sufferings and privations? While reading Camus, Kafka and Sartre, I often mused about the futility of life. What is the meaning of …
This is my first book by Amin Maalouf. Such a spectacular read!!! The story of Mani, now a completely forgotten figure, but the religion, known as Manichaeism, had once thrived all over the world. It was the religion of light and dark, the eternal loving father and the prince of darkness. The story starts in …
Recently I finished ‘The confusions of Young Torless’. This is an early masterpiece of Robert Musil, whose fame rests on his epic work- The man without qualities. I can’t say it was an easy read as this is such a dense novel. The plot is very different, even disturbing at times, but his way of …
