It was a sunny summer morning, and I was looking forward to a full day of appointments. Many of my clients were well on their way to obtaining gainful employment. We completed applications, talked about what it takes to land and win a successful interview and how to be successful on the job. Throughout my career I have placed over 300 people with disabilities and challenges in jobs they enjoy. This has helped them to live meaningful lives of service and self-reliance. I didn'

Fiction helps us understand the intersections between literature, identity, and the human condition. It reflects on the inner lives of people navigating differences and shapes our understanding of humanity and belonging, giving a new perspective on self-identity. Literary narratives explore fracture as a path towards redefining oneself by reflecting on moments of uncertainty that reveal the fragility as well as resilience of the human spirit. Kenzaburō Ōe's novel, A Personal

Published by Penprints, January 2025 ISBN: 978-81-981564-9-5 Price: 380 INR Language: English, pp. 68   From being a General Manager at the most reputed bank in India to being an acclaimed writer, Gopikrishnan Kottoor's work has been featured in many international and national journals. A Land in the Sun  is a collection of 58 poems. This collection reflects and focuses on fleeting human experiences which feel both mundane and universal. Kottoor is known for his earlier works

The train smelled of metal and the last trace of night rain. Meera watched the landscape pass in broad, unreliable strokes. Even the green felt uncertain, as if every shade had woken up with its own mood. The cabin held a kind of heaviness she couldn't name. Sometimes the world understood things before you did. Colours had always been a struggle for Meera. Her first memory of colour wasn't a colour at all. It was her mother sounding out letters at the dining table. R – E – D.

Kintsugi , the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer mixed with powdered gold, deliberately highlights cracks rather than concealing them. The object's history—its breaking, healing, and reuse—becomes honoured as art itself.   " Oonchi nazar sarraf ki " is a phrase common to Indian culture. The metaphor has made its way from the Bhakti and Sufi traditions to conversations and muhawras  (idioms) used at dinner tables in every Indian home.It speaks of the golds

"Who am I?" The question appears quite simple, but it is as ancient as human existence itself. It lingers beneath our daily routines, shaping our choices, forming our relationships, and influencing our understanding of the world. Identity is both the blueprint of our soul and the social DNA through which others recognise us. It constructs, deconstructs and reconstructs in response to experiences, geographies, cultures, traumas, and triumphs. And at the core of this evolving l

Review of Language, Literature, Culture and Cinema: Essays in Honour of Professor Harish Narang   Edited by Madhumita Chakraborty, Anuradha Ghosh, Mukesh Ranjan Published by Aakar Books, Delhi, 2024 ISBN: 978-93-50028-91-9 (Hardcover) Price: 1,695 INR Language: English, pp. 479 The book Language, Literature, Culture and Cinema is a kaleidoscope of a wide array of critical essays offering diverse perspectives on language, marginality, diaspora, comparative literature and cine