The Greek civilization gave us concepts that we still don’t fully understand, like democracy. One such concept came to describe the diametric philosophy underlying in every art form, and by extention life, for vitabrevis arslonga. This is known as the Apollonian and Dionysian dichotomy. This set of contradicting values, like Yin-Yang, Prakriti-Purusha, Marvel-DC, has been […]
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace – Review and Opinion
Once in a while, you’ll stumble across a book/movie/song (or collectively, conveniently “art”) which would metaphorically seize your shoulders, and coerce you into believing that all in this bleak world would come into place, fit like a jigsaw, you would finally be able to breathe in the otherwise toxic air. The reasons to bond with […]
Daisy Buchanan – The Vindictive, Manipulative Bitch
(Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you haven’t read The Great Gatsby. If you have read it, or alternately, don’t care about ruining the end, jump right in. Just don’t say I didn’t warn you.) So I was reading The Great Gatsby again (Okay fine, I was watching it, but I have read it), and […]
What if Medusa was just a girl
Of course she had snakes in her head! They all wanted a piece of her, and she needed protection. Who would not wish for protection? Maybe Medusa was just going through what women go through, are expected to go through, always go through. What if Medusa actually had intricately braided hair? And her braids were […]
Uncivilised Daughters : A Play by Abhivyakti
As much enthusing, ego-boosting it was to hear the name Wordbred being announced on the stage, it is only fair for us to, in our best capacity, put up a comprehensive review of this play, called ‘Uncivilized Daughters’. Organized and enacted by Abhivyakti (cast and crew as stated at the end), the theatre society of […]
Suntag
Suntag ™ – a portmanteau of the words Sun and Freytag – has been consciously chosen as the new logo to represent Wordbred. There can be made two interpretations as to the relevance of the logo, which shall be termed The Book and The Reader. INTERPRETATION 1 : THE BOOK A key component to understand […]
Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
Having read about a dozen or so self help books, I can warrant that almost all of them boil down to “it is all in your head”, that whatever is holding you back is nothing more than a mental block. What irks me is that even after pin-pointing the problem they seldom talk about handling […]
The Guide
A little boy who walks to school; the arrival of Railways; an old orthodox mother; a neglected and discouraged wife; unwavering followers; and a Swami with a tainted past – these are all vignettes of an India that lives among the memory of the post-colonial times. The Guide, by R.K. Narayan, bundles the threads of […]
