A girl and her wall

Introducing Popcorn Reading Club

Hello, it’s been long since we wrote on this blog. In the beginning of college, with nothing better to do, we began writing on this blog some college and adulthood musings. However, in the past year all of us have become extremely busy in our own fields of pursuit.

The COVID-19 Pandemic has brought us together again but now we are reading and blogging at the same time. So, Mruthu Nidhi and I…

A story of sustenance and happiness: The paliyans of Sirumalai.

In my previous blog post on the Paliyans, I made a detailed entry of their livelihood patterns and my experience with them. I also left a portion of it, to be made as a separate blog post. So, this one is not my personal experience but rather, their story of sustaining with minimal requirements but with a happier life.  

So, once we reached Pachalur. We visited the first settlement in the…

I was late by five minutes and most tables were already filled, except two: abuse and bisexuality. I joined the table for abuse and it was really warm and comforting to talk about such pressing topics in such a setting. It gives us way and space for understanding and accepting such things, as they exist in the society.

My days and nights are longer due to the terror that the cyclone has cast in my hometown. There aren't any relief camps or rescue teams in action; left unnoticed behind our tall coconut trees and the great brihadeeshwara temple. Left no charge on our phones to contact kith and kin, no electricity, no food/water. This, I have brought to your notice through someone else's phone.

The whole room is dark and gloomy. I looked at myself in the reflection of an already sorrow-filled mirror; and looked sadder than ever. There was one spot that was dimly illuminated by a window. I have sat down to write this piece in the luxury of that small light and then, to read Oliver Cromwell (b.1599), in Lord Protector (1653-58) on "To Parliament when closing it down".

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I entered this cafe, in a quiet and strange street. Quite conspicuous, in the beginning. I left impressed by the ambience and aesthetics.

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