I just finished reading the internationally acclaimed bestseller book “Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life” A sense of purpose and meaning in life is referred to as ikigai, a term that originates from Japan. “A reason for being” or “a reason to get out of bed in the morning” are frequent …
Did you know there is no Agatha Christie? Mary Westmacott is the real person. Since ancient times, authors have concealed their true identities behind fictitious bylines by utilising pseudonyms. When their personal name would not have been regarded seriously at the time, some people want their work to be. For them, it is a matter …
I must accept, I did not study as much in my school time as I do now when I sit with my kids. At that age, study was only about somehow mugging up syllabus and get good marks. The study pattern was also not that inclusive of going deep inot the subject. Coming straight to …
To read in bed is to draw around us invisible, noiseless curtains. Then at least we in a room of our own and are ready to burrow back ; back to that private life of the imagination we all led as a child and to those satisfactions so many of us have mislaid the key …