I am FINALLY back in Dubai again. I don’t think I had ever been so homesick as I had been the past couple of months. I am just really relieved that the summer semesteris over and that I finally have some free time to spend doing anything, or nothing at all. Note to self: do … Continue reading
The title of this post comes from a novel written by Nikolai Chernyshevky, a Russian philosopher who idealistically proposed in the 1860′s that educational reforms in Russia driven by the new-fangled intellectual ideas of the Western Europe, which emphasized science and secularism, would help to alleviate the mainly agricultural and Orthodox country’s economic and social … Continue reading
It’s an infamously controversial topic that’s been debated upon by a plethora of thinkers, philosophers and just people in general. In some way or another, we’ve all thought about this. How often have you wondered about a certain skill you possess, whether you were born with it or if you acquired it through learning and … Continue reading
So the semester’s almost over and it marks the end of one of the most amazing courses I’ve had the opportunity to take at university so far. A brilliant 4 months of intense philosophy with one of the most brilliant and maverick professors here, and I feel like nothing I could say would do justice … Continue reading
Writing, boozing, whoring around, and living in misery were all basic themes in Charles Bukowski’s work. He was an American poet, and novelist, who focused on the lives of poor Americans. There was no glamour in his work, it was dreary yet startlingly insightful on the daily grind of life. He was no Eliot but … Continue reading
Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote, “That for which we find words is something already dead in our hearts.” That’s a pretty amazing sentence right there, but then again Nietzsche had a tendency to say and write things with a pretty high shock value. When you think about it, though, he has a point. What do we … Continue reading
For alot of people, blogging is the step that propels you into the real world of writing, by which I mean getting a novel published. I’ve read a lot of blogs that have managed to do that for some lucky folks: Stephanie Klein’s blog ‘Greek Tragedy’ An anonymous writer’s blog about her experience as a … Continue reading
I’m kinda disappointed in myself. I’ve realised I kinda suck at finishing things I start. For example, in the month-long winter break I just had, I had planned to continue the story I am writing or perhaps start another one. I ended up doing neither and instead bummed around like a proper college kid with … Continue reading
I have been avoiding my laptop lately. Because everytime I flip it open, I feel obliged to write, and the last thing I have been wanting to do is write. My days drift slowly by, each one starting off drowsily as I lie in bed long after waking up, squinting my eyes up at the … Continue reading
