Dear Bibliophile, Dadu a.k.a my late maternal grandfather had once said, ‘if you read too much, you won’t end up writing’. This is a real danger. Writing is a discipline, but it is the tag of success society attaches to it that does a disservice to it. There are no successful or failed readers but […]
Dear Bibliophile, As we welcome spring, one can’t help ponder about regeneration and the cycle of life. While writing this newsletter, I kept thinking about the cycle of knowledge – how we found it, lost it and then regained it. Is knowledge coded in our genetic memory? Can we access what our ancestors have known […]
Dear Bibliophile, Thank you for the personalised emails and positive feedback. It’s great to know that this little project of mine has found a quiet, cozy, safe haven with you. I’m extremely grateful for your generosity in being a part of this community. Now, the format will remain the same – news, alerts, prompts and […]
Dear Bibliophile, Welcome to the inaugural edition of the Literary Curator. As the pandemic raged across the world, changing the very dynamics of how we live, reading patterns became increasingly fluid. I was a reporter for over a decade before I decided to pursue Masters in Creative Writing from University College Dublin. While browsing news […]
