The Chronicles of a Bibliophile
“Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.” ― Gustave Flaubert For as long as I can remember, I have called my obsession with […]
Eliminating Gender Bias in the Workplace
To identify what is ‘hot’ we need to understand what is ‘cold’. Similarly, to realise what gender diversity is, it is important to know and acknowledge the opposite of it and work our way from there. Now, if I were […]
Gender Diversity and Inclusion in Workplaces
Recently, we have seen many corporate and multinational companies become publicly more ‘inclusive’. Zomato announced period leaves for its employees and 26 weeks of parental leave for both men and women. Paytm introduced a helpline exclusively for female employees to […]
Music in Therapy
The current definition of music therapy, as applied in the United States, is ‘the prescribed use of music by a qualified person to effect positive change in psychological, physical, cognitive, or social functioning of individuals with health or educational problems.’Music […]
Cinema and its Idiosyncrasies
Jean-Luc Godard, a pioneer of the French New Wave film movement, once remarked, “Cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the whole world.” This makes me ponder over the question – why do we love cinema so greatly? Even if […]
The FORCE That Binds Us Together
A deeper insight into the musical genius of John Williams
Swinging into History On the nearing occasion of Star Wars day let us take a deep dive into the world of one of the most impressive composers ever. John was born on February 8th of 1932 into a rather musical […]
Grammy Awards
In the words of Leo Tolstoy, ‘music is the shorthand of emotion’ and why not? The influence of music is ubiquitous, it is a force to be reckoned with. Musicians today get their hands tied and shed every bit of […]
Dawn of a New Era
“The lion in a circus learns that he needs to sit on the chair if his owner has a whip in his hand. But that lion is called well-trained, not well-educated.” – Ranchoddas Chanchad, 3 Idiots (2009) In the last […]