Reading during the Times of Covid-19: Essay by Fiza Pathan I knew it would take longer than expected, that is why I paid my library’s annual fee but did not promise to come back. Sometimes at the rate, the cases of Covid-19 are multiplying in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, I wonder whether I will ever see my local libraries again. Or for that matter, will I ever live … [Read more...] about Reading during the Times of Covid-19: Essay by Fiza Pathan
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Living a life like Anton Chekhov’s ‘The Bet’: An Essay by Fiza Pathan
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
‘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