We can’t escape the question of what matters and why. If we can’t avoid living philosophically, it seems sensible to learn to do it well.
Books
From Arabic to Zulu, Freely Available Digital Tales in 50+ Languages
A free, open-access repository of multilingual children's stories is one response to the United Nations' urgent call to promote equitable education on the International Day of Education, January 24.
Book Extract | A Peek Into the Life of Gen-Z
An extract from Debashish Sengupta's book 'The Life of Z: Understanding the Digital Pre-teen and Adolescent Generation'.
Exploring ‘The Bluest Eye’, Beauty and Colourism
Pecola’s obsession with ‘blue eyes’ in Toni Morrison's book resonates with Anglophile tendencies that I grapple with.
Growing up With Books: A Tale of Three Generations
A bookworm on her journey from youthful days spent devouring books to passing on the love of reading to her daughter.
The Aunt’s Tale in Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Testaments’
Aunt Lydia is an extremely powerful cog in Gilead’s machinery, privy to the dirty secrets of members in every tier of the regime’s food chain.
An Ode to a Translator
How my mother's Marathi translation of Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird' sparked a lifetime of curiosity.