Vertigo of Belonging

Vertigo of Belonging

I realized something quite profound when I was in Budapest, Hungary recently. I remember it like it was yesterday. As I was wandering along a steep, tree-lined path leading from the Liberty Statue on Gellért Hill, situated on the Buda side of the city center, it...

Book Review: Alone in Berlin (Hans Fallada)

Hans Fallada’s Alone in Berlin (aka Every Man Dies Alone) was a tantalizing yet tragic tale of resistance and moral fortitude in WWII Germany under fascist Nazi rule, based on a true story. Despite the narrative’s relatively unsurprising progression (with...
Summer Writing Break

Summer Writing Break

It’s been an inauspicious start to the summer of 2024. A summer of Cricket T20 World Cup cricket matches, Euro Cup football fixtures, and soon, keenly contested Olympic Games events. The weather in Western Europe has been stormy and much cooler than expected at...
Berlin Revisited

Berlin Revisited

This week’s blogpost comes from Berlin, my favorite city in Europe, where I’ve spent the past four days unwinding by meeting friends and soaking up the artistic sights and sounds of the city. This short holiday was much needed to rekindle the embers of my...
Finding The Message in My Writing

Finding The Message in My Writing

This week l finished watching the series The Get Down on Netflix (which I highly recommend by the way). The lead character, Ezekiel Figuero a.k.a. ‘Books,’ struck a chord with me because of his eloquent, poetic articulation style. With every word he...
Kiran Dellimore

Pin It on Pinterest