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The Unbearable Lightness of Haruki Murakami

Batakusai and the Rootlessness of 'Norwegian Wood'

Feb 10 • Sanket

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‘Things Observed’: The World in a Grain of Sand

The Encyclopaedic Curiosity of Italo Calvino

Feb 3 • Sanket

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January 2026

The Staccato Rhythm of Survival

The Price of Departure in Herta Müller Novel

Jan 24 • Sanket

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The Virtue of Being Wrong

On Scientific Temper, Falsifiability, and Societal Discourse

Jan 22 • Sanket

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The Sanctuary of Secrets behind The Door

Exploring Trust and Agency in Magda Szabó's Novel

Jan 18 • Sanket

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Beyond the Meat and the Bone

Han Kang's Quiet Rebellion of the Body

Jan 17 • Anupa

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Raison D'être: Our Search for Meaning

Viktor Frankl and the Architecture of Hope

Jan 8 • Sanket

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On the Banks of the Pampa: An Ecocentric Reimagining of the Past

Reflections on the ancient roots of state violence and the enduring cost of development

Jan 7 • Sanket

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Fictional Echoes, Real Ghosts

On Arundhati Roy's intimate and underwhelming memoirs

Jan 3 • Sanket

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November 2025

False Dichotomy and the Argumentation Crisis

This post is an English translation (with an updated conclusion section) of an essay originally written in Kannada by Sanket Patil. If you are…

Nov 2, 2025 • Sanket

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October 2025

The Unheeded Story of the Islands

The light and sound show at the Cellular Jail in Port Blair is a grand affair.

Oct 16, 2025 • Sanket

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November 2022

Kafka and the Celebration of Life

It’s quite fulfilling to read Kafka’s short pieces of works — the shorter stories, parables etc.

Nov 7, 2022 • Sanket

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