Yusuf stood tall at 5’11 when he helped us carry our luggage into his car after we had checked-out from a Swiss hotel with free Turkish coffee near Zurich HB main train station. The two Spanish receptionists from the Basque region were the ones who discouraged us in taking the train to the airport. They … More An Azeri in Zurich: A Conversation on Exile
There are two ways of discovering the soul of a city. The first option is to marvel its emblematic nocturnal lights and sound which also means tracing the illuminations and patterns of the skyline. In here, the ubiquitous neon signs of commercialism and fetishism of the slim and languid bodies of the young are laid bare. To rise-up early is the second option. It entails wearing a … More Running in Prague with Kafka in My Mind
It is amazing to learn that mortality in zealous defense of its being sometimes allow you to have a glimpse of eternity. Rome, the city along the Tiber is one place that proffered me this valuable experience to what is the texture, shape and aroma of eternity. With the lens of a traveler who … More Rome: a glimpse of eternity – Part 1
“Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.” – Anton Chekhov Last night was a serendipitous discovery of a Chekhov short story while I was driving home. My knowledge of this Russian literary titan is of a good playwright. I have read the “Orchard” years ago and … More An infatuation with Chekhov
It may not be the best route to discover and appreciate a truly imaginative writer like the Italian Italo Calvino, but all the same, my panoramic journey to “The Watcher and Other Stories” is my indictment to the beauty of his modern fables. There may be other brilliant stories he had written that made … More Calvino watching
It took me more than a decade to revisit Kazuo Ishiguro after devouring “The Remains of the Day” and “The Artist in the Floating World”. The Nobel Committee whose citation for this newest laureate states that this writer “who with his novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of … More What Ishiguro saw
The “Betrayers” by David Bezmozgis, a Jewish- Latvian-Canadian writer is definitely morally ambitious and is unflinching on looking at the face of the life choices we make. I do admire how the characters have been fully developed with Bezmozgis’ taciturn dialogue and haunting visitation of past sins. Moreover, the book clearly reflects a thorough and … More What betrayal means
“Black Dogs” is the spectre of our times – the pervading violence that grips our senses and the luminosity of our own parables which approaches our humanity and meditations. Ian McEwan in this terse novel masterfully presents the tectonic movements of perspectives, from a firm acceptance of thoughtful presences to the ever shifting views of … More Black dogs
Poetry, Prose, Plays and Essays by Ana Daksina
"Everything we know is stardust. So don’t forget. You are stardust."
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