Compulsive Confessions

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(I think this came out in The Indian Express? Not sure though. Read ANYWAY.) “The Queen let another drop fall from her bottle on to the sno...

This week I got into a passionate discussion with a friend about how much I hated the epilogue of Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows . F...

(This was sent as a newsletter last year or thereabouts. Like, most of this stuff is older writing now anyway, except for the Today in...

(A version of this appeared in Scroll) There's a reason dystopian fiction is so addictive to read. Like a ghost story, or a m...

(This appeared in The Indian Express a long time ago.) What do we know about Marilla Cuthbert? We know she's an older single wom...

I've been re-reading Jane Austen this past week and a half. I only have The Collected Works , which is a large paperback copy, squinty...

I wish I could remember learning how to read. The old family lore is that my mother used to try and make mealtimes palatable to me by...

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