The A2Z Challenge of The Blogchatter is an incentive to
write systematically every day of the month. I have completed the challenge
successfully three times and each exercise ended in the release of a book. All
these books are available absolutely free. Let me give the links.
Humpty
Dumpty’s 10 Hats – 2022 – a collection of ten short stories. ““You have a
clever way of talking about the trivial yet burning issues of the day.” Sonia
Dogra’s review said.
Life:
24 Essays – 2021 – “To read this book without any depth of attention
would be to do it a disservice – but it also means that one must find oneself
wanting to respond. There builds a desire to be in conversation with the
writer.” Yamini
MacLean
Great
Books for Great Thoughts – 2020 – “I’m warning you that this book, Great
Books for Great Thoughts, has the potential to change your life if read
seriously.” Ravish
Mani
All the above books [available only in electronic
form] were well-received and I am grateful. That is precisely what encourages
me to participate in the campaign this year too though something within me is
trying to pull me back from it. And strongly too. I shall go ahead
notwithstanding the strapping temptation to take this April easy. April is the
only month of vacation.
I’m going to give it a try without any promise of
taking it to the last letter Z for which my planned topic is ‘Z: the last
letter.’ The last letter of life is what I want it to be. The long sleep from
which none of us will wake up.
Death is a theme that has caught my fancy these days.
Quite a few people, much younger than me, have been taken away rather
unexpectedly by that sleep in the past couple of years. What amuses me is that
these tragedies did not affect me too deeply. Rather, it left me thinking of
death as a deliverance from the pain of life. I want to die while I am still
teaching in a classroom. My essay on Z will be as personal as the others in A2Z
series this time.
A is for Authenticity. B for ‘Behold the Beauty.’ And
so on. Occasionally you’ll get topics like ‘Capitalism is fated to be sad’ too:
not really personal, but never theoretical or scholarly anyway. I haven’t
really planned for all the letters yet. But I do hope it’s going to be
interesting for you too to take this journey with me from A to Z in April.
I love the diversity and range of topics. I hope you reach Z because I'd love to read that personal essay. All the best!
ReplyDeleteThere are some programs planned for April. But I still hope to complete this campaign.
DeleteHari OM
ReplyDeleteBravo that man! You have taken courage to fill April once, more. I (a little reluctanctly) am taking this year off; there are several family and close friend matters to attend in the month and I just have to be sensible about the time involvement. But I shall be reading with great interest! YAM xx
Your presence here matters much to me, Yam.
DeleteLooking forward to reading. I would also like to participate but keeping deadlines is a dreadful project for me.
ReplyDeleteDeadlines are the real fun in this.
DeleteGlad you'll be around when it starts.
Wishing you the best ! Hope I can take up this challenge in the coming years.
ReplyDeleteTry this year, Anu. I can help you.
DeleteYou had my attention where you mentioned that you have begun to see death as a deliverance from the pain of life. Looking forward to read your perspective on life.
ReplyDeleteThanks for being here.
DeleteLooking forward to your posts!
ReplyDeleteAre you there this time? You are not blogging these days!
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