— Abdulla Al Sudman I feel like this story, The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Tolstoy, is very relatable especially due to our current circumstances. It speaks on how human beings naturally follow a specific path and for the longest time they believe that that’s the only path that should be taken. And this routine […]
“Bewitched,” by Ueda Akinari, is an interesting piece of literature…
— Abdulla Al Sudman “Bewitched,” by Ueda Akinari, is an interesting piece of literature for me because it really touches upon something much deeper than a man’s attraction to beauty, instead on how beauty, and as an extension women, are perceived by people. This is a “Great Work” because it illustrates how people thought and […]
Song (case by case) — MetooMovement — in response to Fuenteovejuna…
— Afshara Choudhury MetooMovement: Oh Dear Ladies I just want to tell ya I am a woman of my word You gotta … You gotta Fight… Let me tell ya This Toxic man All they believe All they Think To Shrink.. To Shrink us. One more thing To the list of […]
Poem in response to the classical Sanskrit lyric…
— Afshara Choudhury Poem — A response to the classical Sanskrit lyric Life is unpredictable So is the destiny of mine As my life unfold I rethink the past. Once I read the Sanskrit lyric For a moment he’s a child It hit me to the Core I understood the shift From beginning […]
Letter to a Friend…
— Afshara Choudhury Dear Best Friend, As you know I just transferred to Baruch and I am taking a course named English literature 2800. In the beginning when I registered for this class, I didn’t think I would like the reading material and the process of reading these gigantic plays or stories but after 4th […]
