Apurba Kundu
@vikathinks.bsky.social
Cat mom. Love running and reading. More about me here https://apurbakundu.notion.site/apurbakundu/Hallo-I-m-Apurba-7eaee4d8937
Brought this graphic book from the local library. I didn't resort to looking at the dictionary every second page, must be a win. I love it that I know my way around the nooks of the library.
It's been over a year here. Immensely grateful every time I look at the TV tower on my way out .
It's been over a year here. Immensely grateful every time I look at the TV tower on my way out .
October 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Brought this graphic book from the local library. I didn't resort to looking at the dictionary every second page, must be a win. I love it that I know my way around the nooks of the library.
It's been over a year here. Immensely grateful every time I look at the TV tower on my way out .
It's been over a year here. Immensely grateful every time I look at the TV tower on my way out .
Finished booker prize winner Banu Mushtaq's Heart Lamp. Loved how the translation retained the spirit of Kannada. Loved reading something so familiar yet distant.
September 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Finished booker prize winner Banu Mushtaq's Heart Lamp. Loved how the translation retained the spirit of Kannada. Loved reading something so familiar yet distant.
Read Sita by Volga and if I am to tell the story of Ramayana to kids, I am going to retell this version
September 29, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Read Sita by Volga and if I am to tell the story of Ramayana to kids, I am going to retell this version
Just finished The Husbands by Holly Gramazio and it was fun. Left me with as many questions as answers.
September 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Just finished The Husbands by Holly Gramazio and it was fun. Left me with as many questions as answers.
I read the many lives of Syeda X by Neha Dixit about an informal worker living in the outskirts of Delhi. I thought I already knew a lot but this book was a revelation. It's heartbreaking that people work so hard but even then life is so tough for them.
August 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I read the many lives of Syeda X by Neha Dixit about an informal worker living in the outskirts of Delhi. I thought I already knew a lot but this book was a revelation. It's heartbreaking that people work so hard but even then life is so tough for them.
I read Arundhati Roy's latest, Mother Mary comes to me so quickly. Absolutely loved the book, she's been my hero for a long time.
August 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I read Arundhati Roy's latest, Mother Mary comes to me so quickly. Absolutely loved the book, she's been my hero for a long time.
Finished Adichie's latest and I think I liked her previous works more.
July 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Finished Adichie's latest and I think I liked her previous works more.
Used to be a regular reader of her blog, see parts of me in the book and then I don't. I think I enjoyed the blogs way more.
Good to finish a book after a while!
Good to finish a book after a while!
June 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Used to be a regular reader of her blog, see parts of me in the book and then I don't. I think I enjoyed the blogs way more.
Good to finish a book after a while!
Good to finish a book after a while!
Finished this 700 page epic about a family in Kerala across three generations, was shocked, hooked, and nostalgic.
This should be made into a movie!
This should be made into a movie!
June 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Finished this 700 page epic about a family in Kerala across three generations, was shocked, hooked, and nostalgic.
This should be made into a movie!
This should be made into a movie!
Also forgot that finished Reasons to Stay alive by Matt Haig. He wrote this much before his diagnosis and I wonder how much of his issues stemmed from his undiagnosed neurodivergnce. Love that all his books are dedicated to his wife.
April 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Also forgot that finished Reasons to Stay alive by Matt Haig. He wrote this much before his diagnosis and I wonder how much of his issues stemmed from his undiagnosed neurodivergnce. Love that all his books are dedicated to his wife.
Finished Intermezzo a few days ago and just this will also be a good movie for sure, as intense as Normal People. Want to visit Dublin now!
April 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Finished Intermezzo a few days ago and just this will also be a good movie for sure, as intense as Normal People. Want to visit Dublin now!
Loved this one, at one point I was bawling reading about someone's pain, which I have no idea about, and I hope never will. It stuck a cord, heartening and bewildering that so much of suffering is universal. Somehow, magically, this book found me at the right time.
March 24, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Loved this one, at one point I was bawling reading about someone's pain, which I have no idea about, and I hope never will. It stuck a cord, heartening and bewildering that so much of suffering is universal. Somehow, magically, this book found me at the right time.
Whenever I make it to a U Bahn after it beeps to close the doors, I am quite disappointed that there's no applause!
March 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Whenever I make it to a U Bahn after it beeps to close the doors, I am quite disappointed that there's no applause!
My bougainvillea is growing in a friend's house in Chennai, and another friend said they would miss the Ramzan iftaar walks around Fraser town!
6 months in Berlin, it's been great so far , but sometimes I don't remember where I got the courage to leave everything behind for a fresh start!
6 months in Berlin, it's been great so far , but sometimes I don't remember where I got the courage to leave everything behind for a fresh start!
March 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
My bougainvillea is growing in a friend's house in Chennai, and another friend said they would miss the Ramzan iftaar walks around Fraser town!
6 months in Berlin, it's been great so far , but sometimes I don't remember where I got the courage to leave everything behind for a fresh start!
6 months in Berlin, it's been great so far , but sometimes I don't remember where I got the courage to leave everything behind for a fresh start!
This book found me when I needed it. The very first two pages had realizations that hit me pretty late in life, 36 to be precise
I am amazed at the timing and love the handwritten notes left in the book by the friend whose book I book I borrowed, made reading it so much more meaningful!
I am amazed at the timing and love the handwritten notes left in the book by the friend whose book I book I borrowed, made reading it so much more meaningful!
March 1, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This book found me when I needed it. The very first two pages had realizations that hit me pretty late in life, 36 to be precise
I am amazed at the timing and love the handwritten notes left in the book by the friend whose book I book I borrowed, made reading it so much more meaningful!
I am amazed at the timing and love the handwritten notes left in the book by the friend whose book I book I borrowed, made reading it so much more meaningful!
Spoke about this one at the book club yesterday. I wanted to read this one for a while and glad that my neighborhood library had it!
February 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Spoke about this one at the book club yesterday. I wanted to read this one for a while and glad that my neighborhood library had it!
It's lightly snowing, and the train is traversing through snow-covered fields. It's white as far as I can see. Running in Delhi cantt last year, everything was a blur... I couldn't picture what's next but I am here now. If this isn't nice, what is?
February 15, 2025 at 7:09 AM
It's lightly snowing, and the train is traversing through snow-covered fields. It's white as far as I can see. Running in Delhi cantt last year, everything was a blur... I couldn't picture what's next but I am here now. If this isn't nice, what is?
Dancing to Bollywood songs from my childhood in a Berlin pub wasn't in my 2025 Bingo card! What a night!
February 9, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Dancing to Bollywood songs from my childhood in a Berlin pub wasn't in my 2025 Bingo card! What a night!
Amazing thread! What are the names of your goblins?
February 8, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Amazing thread! What are the names of your goblins?
Reposted by Apurba Kundu
I'm so tired of it.
Neil Gaiman claiming autism.
Musk claiming autism.
Autism doesn't make you do terrible, terrible things.
Stop. Blaming. Autism.
Neil Gaiman claiming autism.
Musk claiming autism.
Autism doesn't make you do terrible, terrible things.
Stop. Blaming. Autism.
January 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I'm so tired of it.
Neil Gaiman claiming autism.
Musk claiming autism.
Autism doesn't make you do terrible, terrible things.
Stop. Blaming. Autism.
Neil Gaiman claiming autism.
Musk claiming autism.
Autism doesn't make you do terrible, terrible things.
Stop. Blaming. Autism.
Reposted by Apurba Kundu
Dark Horse takes seriously the allegations against Neil Gaiman and we are no longer publishing his works.
Confirming that the Anansi Boys comic series and collected volume have been cancelled.
Confirming that the Anansi Boys comic series and collected volume have been cancelled.
January 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Dark Horse takes seriously the allegations against Neil Gaiman and we are no longer publishing his works.
Confirming that the Anansi Boys comic series and collected volume have been cancelled.
Confirming that the Anansi Boys comic series and collected volume have been cancelled.
Watching a movie about my namesake in the neighborhood is how I spent my Sundy evening! And I would've just run past this inconspicuous kino, but I'm glad I didn't.
This Vika also has a ginger cat and is DJ Vika!
Finished the evening with a beer, and I feel like a pig in paradise :)
This Vika also has a ginger cat and is DJ Vika!
Finished the evening with a beer, and I feel like a pig in paradise :)
January 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Watching a movie about my namesake in the neighborhood is how I spent my Sundy evening! And I would've just run past this inconspicuous kino, but I'm glad I didn't.
This Vika also has a ginger cat and is DJ Vika!
Finished the evening with a beer, and I feel like a pig in paradise :)
This Vika also has a ginger cat and is DJ Vika!
Finished the evening with a beer, and I feel like a pig in paradise :)
Hello neighborhood:)
January 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Hello neighborhood:)
I have mixed feelings about this book that has nothing to do with the book. I learnt new things and I liked it.
January 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I have mixed feelings about this book that has nothing to do with the book. I learnt new things and I liked it.
There were AfD folks near Schonhauser Allee U Bahn station today. And little away, towards Vineta Str. U Bahn station, there were posters that this isn't 1933.
Only February will tell!
Only February will tell!
January 18, 2025 at 10:35 AM
There were AfD folks near Schonhauser Allee U Bahn station today. And little away, towards Vineta Str. U Bahn station, there were posters that this isn't 1933.
Only February will tell!
Only February will tell!