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Ayesha Dhurue
Nov 28, 20221 min read
A Season in Hell and Illuminations by Arthur Rimbaud
For Schopenhauer, the deepest problem of the self, afflicting itself, is our individuality. The will to live must live and fester on...


Ayesha Dhurue
Sep 15, 20222 min read
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
“When you looked through an angel’s eyes you saw essences instead of surfaces, you saw the decay of the soul blistering and bubbling on...


Ayesha Dhurue
Aug 30, 20221 min read
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro is not for the faint-hearted. Although the effect it has is quite out of the ordinary yet subtle. The...


Ayesha Dhurue
Aug 28, 20221 min read
A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami
Don't get too comfortable committing yourself to just one type of sensibility. There's fiction, spirituality, and even a modern outlook...


Ayesha Dhurue
Aug 20, 20221 min read
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Only a few memories in life want to be remembered. And the remaining seeps into our consciousness; partly forgotten and without much...


Ayesha Dhurue
Aug 19, 20221 min read
Don Quixote by Cervantes
The truth is, before reading this book, I used to think about chivalry and its unwavering hope through a vague lens. You still see the...


Ayesha Dhurue
Aug 19, 20222 min read
Orlando by Virginia Woolf
Don’t we all occupy stretches of time that are finite yet inerasable and profound? So do we, then, accept the many possibilities of...


Ayesha Dhurue
Aug 12, 20221 min read
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime by Oscar Wilde
This isn't an ordinary short story; one that conveys a sentiment that's crystal clear or even imaginable. Lord Arthur Savile's Crime by...
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