"Tell me something about American history," I said, "How does it start?" She said: "How does it start? What do you mean?" "You know... Indian history begins with the Indus Valley civilization, the Mauryas, the Mughals, Independence and so on, five thousand years of history conveniently compressed into ten at school." "Oh I see. I… Continue reading This Thanksgiving: An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States
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May In Books
Vicious How might one become Extraordinary? Get superpowers? Perhaps, as in this foreboding fantasy, you get the superpowers based on what nearly kills you in a near-death experience. Two best friends figure this out only to realize that in gaining their powers they have lost something else. And they spend the rest of their days… Continue reading May In Books
April in Books
Island of a Thousand Mirrors Nayomi Munaweera's is a beautifully written book on the Sri Lankan civil war. It was really interesting to read about characters and quirks that I have learnt are more pan-subcontinental that I've been led to believe. From the cantankerous Beatrice Muriel to the indomitable Sylvia Sunethra to the upstairs neighbours… Continue reading April in Books
Damn! It’s 7am! : The Definitive Ranking of Taylor Swift’s Music Videos
Is it just me or is You Need to Calm Down stuck in your head too? 35. Style https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CmadmM5cOk&ab_channel=TaylorSwiftVEVO I honestly thought that Look What You Made Me Do would be last on this list, but I was wrong! What is this video? What are these lyrics? Having forgotten the drama with Harry Styles after… Continue reading Damn! It’s 7am! : The Definitive Ranking of Taylor Swift’s Music Videos
March: Murder Mystery Month
Also my birthday month. Agatha Christie, Queen of Mystery, and the most widely read author in the world besides God and Shakespeare. To be fair, I haven't always enjoyed her work. It took me a lot of false starts when I was younger to really get into her style of writing, coming off the back… Continue reading March: Murder Mystery Month
February In Books
The month of love. And Black History month! Valentine's Day is pretty easy to understand, it's the month where marketers get you to buy a ton of pink stuff you don't need. Black History Month, on the other hand, is something that I'm still trying to learn about. Just a handful of years ago, I… Continue reading February In Books
January in Books
Reading The Odyssey feels like an odyssey. To have to contort my mind to understand Ancient Greek customs, musings about the position of women in Greek life and the strange yet strangely familiar xenos, takes forever. And this was just the Author's Note! It's my excuse to Goodreads as it unhelpfully reminds me that I am… Continue reading January in Books
2018: A Year of Change
In 2016 I decided to try to read a book from every country in the world. That plan had been coming along quite well until November that year. Before then, what did politics matter? Some power-hungry idiots were playing twisted games in a faraway capital. When the blacklisted massacre-overseer Narendra Modi came to power in… Continue reading 2018: A Year of Change
Crimes of Grindelwald: The Life of Albus Dumbledore Continued
My last post on why Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is a necessary prequel to Harry Potter is here. I loved Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. I loved fantastically kind, funny and sweet Newt even more. He's a hero unlike any other. The very best! When was the last time we had a protagonist whose main… Continue reading Crimes of Grindelwald: The Life of Albus Dumbledore Continued
Sapiens, Israel
One Hundred Thousand Years Ago... At least six human species inhabited the Earth Today... There is just one. Us.
