One of my favourite writers since my childhood days is Erich Kästner. I remember reading what’s perhaps his most iconic piece of work, Emil and the Detectives, numerous times when I was growing up. Each time, I would be fascinated by the train journey that Emil bravely undertook on his own and longed to one […]
An einem Sommermorgen Da nimm den Wanderstab, Es fallen deine Sorgen Wie Nebel von dir ab. Theodor Fontane (1819-1898) After summer is over, Sunday mornings become a critical point for me: if someone or some event doesn’t drag me out of bed by 10 AM, lethargy would swoop in and I usually resign into being […]