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#Book Review : How To be Happy by Ruskin Bond

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Happiness is ever transient. It is in moments of life that we choose to be happy or submerge ourselves in grief and sorrow. Happiness is a choice, whether we make it consciously or unconsciously. Do we ever take a moment to feel the exact emotion of happiness? Do we frequently say, “I am happy today”? We remember the moments of happiness only during times of gloom and morbidity. What if we could be happy every day? What if we have the power within ourselves to make that conscious decision to be happy and shun all cynicism, grief, sorrows, and anything …

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#Bookreview : Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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“Grief is a cruel kind of education. You learn how ungentle mourning can be, how full of anger. You learn how glib condolences can feel. You learn how much grief is about language, the failure of language and the grasping for language. Why are my sides so sore and achy? It’s from crying, I’m told. I did not know that we cry with our muscles. The pain is not surprising, but its physicality is, my tongue unbearably bitter, as though I ate a loathed meal and forgot to clean my teeth, on my chest a heavy, awful weight, and inside …

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#Bookreview: The Illuminated by Anindita Ghose

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This is my last book review of 2021. It was a great year and I feel ecstatic that I could keep up with my reading and atleast penned down few book reviews. as much I love reading, I love writing about them. I am wrapping up this year with this great book and hoping for a great bookish year ahead. A Happy New Year 2022 ! This is my last book review of 2021. It was a great year and I feel ecstatic that I could keep up with my reading and at least penned down a few book reviews. …

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