Translucent Thoughts

  • Three Youtube Channels For Book Lovers

    I indulge in a good book. So much so that it is not an indulgence but more an anchor to keep me steady throughout the day. However, there is one thing I might love more than my books, technology. What can I say? I love to watch videos about a book rather than reading the…

  • Uncertainty & Our Fig Trees

    Uncertainty seems to be a common theme in my life. Big or small, I am uncertain. Uncertain about tomorrow or next year or the year after that. Before reading Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar,  I was unable to articulate this feeling meaningfully. To make it digestible to myself and others without sounding pretentiously cryptic. I would have…

  • Writing the Past & Present

    Recently, I finished the novel A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara. If I had to use one word to describe the book, I would say that it was honest; maybe too honest. A Little Life details the life of Jude St. Francis, an enigmatic character tainted by trauma. A Little Life left no room for the reader to make a metaphor…