Author: the skeptic spectator

blogger, composer, poet, spectator.
Subtly chilling: Taslima Nasrin’s ‘Lajja’

Subtly chilling: Taslima Nasrin’s ‘Lajja’

‘Subtly chilling’ are the words that can describe Taslima Nasrin’s ‘Lajja’. Translated and published across 40 languages, Lajja was originally written in Bangla, the native language of Bangladesh. The book was banned within the few days of its release. Thereafter, Nasrin, a citizen of Bangladesh, had to eventually shift base. Published in 1993, recently the …

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10 Best Books on Buddhism for Beginners

10 Best Books on Buddhism for Beginners

If you’re new Buddhism and are making an attempt to seek out the most effective Buddhist book for a beginner, you may be powerless by the quantity of books out there. To make it easier for you, I’ve compiled a listing of my high ten picks that I like to recommend for beginners. A number …

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unending void — a poem

unending void — a poem

by pravin singhmar this unending void within nothing fills it it lacks connection there is a sordid numbness that stays and travels along that doesn’t allow me to breathe fully i attempt to fill this lacuna with everyday talks with the voice from the radio with the irrelevant conversations with the absent invisible human images …

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