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Entertainment as a Distraction: Part I
When I started writing about this subject, there were multiple lines of thought that I was chasing. I wanted to talk about how people have stopped reading books and are getting their fill of “information” from half-baked, short, dopamine-inducing audio-visual online sources such as TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts. I also wanted to introduce… Continue reading
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Recommendations from 2024
I am glad to have experienced art in its many forms in 2024. A little late but here are my recommendations with fewer words and more ratings across different formats. None of these recommendations are ranked. Top 5 films that I watched in Special mentions: The Boy and The Heron, Kokomo City, and How to… Continue reading
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Does Grief Ever End?
I have been pondering the notion of one carrying their grief around for a long time. Recently, I came across the poem, sorrow is a promise, by Sanna Wani and the following lines stayed with me: Grief is not a useful thing to begin with and neither am I — so here we are, mourning… Continue reading
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