Living a life like Anton Chekhov’s ‘The Bet’: An Essay by Fiza Pathan It was in the year 2014 that I came across Anton Chekhov’s short story ‘The Bet’. It was one of the literature lessons that was prescribed for the ICSE tenth graders. I read ‘The Bet’ which was a story about the way a young twenty-five-year-old lawyer manages to stay fifteen years in solitary … [Read more...] about Living a life like Anton Chekhov’s ‘The Bet’: An Essay by Fiza Pathan
Essays
‘Tips on How to Read the Bible from Start to Finish’ by Fiza Pathan: Essay
‘Tips on How to Read the Bible from Start to Finish’ by Fiza Pathan: Essay This year, I managed to read the Holy Bible from start to finish. I did this in two months. I started reading it on the 21st of March, 2020, and ended on the 11th of May, 2020. I had a lot of teaching, corrections, and writing work to be done, that is why I took a bit longer to read it. I … [Read more...] about ‘Tips on How to Read the Bible from Start to Finish’ by Fiza Pathan: Essay
‘How I read the Bible in Two Months’: Essay
‘How I read the Bible in Two Months’: Essay Since I was a teenager, I’ve loved to read and study the Holy Bible. However, I had never actually read the entire Bible from start to finish at one go. I read certain books of the Bible and ignored others. But in my bibliophile’s heart, there was always this wish that one day I would read the Bible in its entirety. … [Read more...] about ‘How I read the Bible in Two Months’: Essay
It’s been a long time since I’ve been blogging
Hello everyone! This is me insaneowl, aka Fiza Pathan! It’s been a real long while since I’ve last blogged here on this platform due to numerous reasons. But I don’t want to talk about all those reasons. I want to talk about what I talk about best and that is: books; so, what have I been reading these days? Well, first I read the tome 4321 penned by Paul Auster, which … [Read more...] about It’s been a long time since I’ve been blogging
100 Books of 2018
Hi, I guess now we are well into 2019 and have totally forgotten about making lists of the best and worst of 2018. That’s why I’ve chosen this moment in January to talk about the 100 books I read in 2018… yes only 100! I’ll try better next time. I had a very hectic 2018 with a lot of teaching, correction of tests, corrections in general, writing books, publishing … [Read more...] about 100 Books of 2018