After over 30 years, Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale (1985) gets its harrowing TV adaptation and even the mighty author herself cannot believe the raw impact made by its disturbing premise on screen. Watching, rather than reading, the horrors of enslavement, subjugation, rape and mutilation faced by women in the service of men […]
Month: July 2017
Poetry, Lyrics and Literature: Looking at the Elusive Line Defining Words and Impact
Can song lyrics ever be held at the same esteemed position as literature? What defines either of them, and what sets them apart? Both are composed of words, emotions, and a certain vibe. Both are shaped by political atmosphere, societal leanings, and what is fondly known as ‘the times.’ Many would argue that songs […]
The State Of Fear
One of the most imperative concerns which have been raking the entire world for almost two decades now is global warming. Tagged as one of the most grisly and vicious intangible monsters which are insidiously exterminating the world at its own volition and pace, global warming is the crux of major deliberations at putative scientific […]
Dan Brown’s upcoming book ‘Origin’ details revealed
In the year 2000, a man of considerable athletic stature, walked the corridors of Harvard University in his Harris tweed deeming himself like Harrison Ford with his Mickey Mouse watch, which he claims to remind of his childhood and always kept him young at heart despite his age which has been racing faster than a […]
