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Ten Authors whose Works I Want to Complete Before I Die

Ten Authors whose Works I Want to Complete Before I Die

A nightmare that haunts every bookworm is not being able to read all the good books in the world in a normal human’s lifespan. One cannot read every good book published. But perhaps read all the works of a selected few? Here is a list of authors whose complete works are on my TBR. All the book covers are linked to their Good Reads pages, in case you want to add any to your shelves. Chimamanda…

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Ten Books that Crashed on me Like a Tidal Wave - Its Personal

Ten Books that Crashed on me Like a Tidal Wave – Its Personal

Today a bottle of vanilla essence toppled right onto the floor from my refrigerator. That is where it all began. While cleaning the floor bathed in the scent of vanilla, I started humming random tunes which brought me to Owl City’s Vanilla Twilight. Owl City was one a constant contender in my playlists during my undergrad, but now it has been years since I listened (or even remembered) the music.…

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Arundhati Roy being adorable

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"What does peace mean in a world in which the combined wealth of the world’s 587 billionaires exceeds the combined gross domestic product of the world’s 135 poorest countries? Or when rich countries that pay farm subsidies of a billion dollars a day, try and force poor countries to drop their subsidies? What does peace mean to people in occupied Iraq, Palestine, Kashmir, Tibet and Chechnya? Or to the aboriginal people of Australia? Or the Ogoni of Nigeria? Or the Kurds in Turkey? Or the Dalits and Adivasis of India?What does peace mean to non-muslims in Islamic countries, or to women in Iran, Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan? What does it mean to the millions who are being uprooted from their lands by dams and development projects? What does peace mean to the poor who are being actively robbed of their resources and for whom everyday life is a grim battle for water, shelter, survival and, above all, some semblance of dignity? For them, peace is war."

-Arundhathi Roy

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“She wore flowers in her hair and carried magic secrets in her eyes. She spoke to no one. She spent hours on the riverbank. She smoked cigarettes and had midnight swims...”  ― Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things