Still struggling with reader's block but I have to admit things are taking a turn for the better. Something's beginning to stir and I'm slowlyyyy getting back to enjoying reading again.
Yet, it has not been easy. The journey's been slow and, to be honest, quite tedious. It takes me painfully long to complete a single book. Sometimes, I manage to whiz through many chapters in one sitting. Most times I barely finish a couple of pages.
But despite all these challenges, one thing I have always been able to count on is the wonderful feeling of comfort and joy I get when I meander through my ebook folder.
It's like having a friend who I know for certain will always have my back.
I have lots of folders within that folder and it is amazing to take a look around and see all the treasures they contain.
I add new books. Or delete ones I've already read (though that is rare these days as I've been struggling to read). Rifle through the folders to find a particular one I want to send to friends.
Oh what joy that folder holds. Is this what happiness is? LOL
Life's little big pleasures.
I am quite fed up of putting on weight, being unhealthy, and having a sloth-like and sedentary lifestyle. I also hate exercising.
But suddenly I'm worried about my physical health as it pertains to the coming years. Must be the side-effect of being in my 30s, living with family, and this pandemic situation.
I used to be very skinny way back when I was a teenager and in my 20s. But in the late 20s and these recent years, I have been finding it difficult to reconcile myself with the image in the mirror. I know one should embrace their body and love the weight one is in - but I am so unhealthy due to lack of movement and exercise. I can't join the body positivity movement just yet.
Anyway, I am starting a 'watch my food intake' journey. To be absolutely honest, this is a familiar journey that I've been on a few thousand times. I've done crash dieting, Intermittent Fasting, weekly fasting, and no-meat week, two days of complete fasting....Like everything else in life, only consistent effort pays off when you are trying to lose weight or inculcate a habit. Sigh!
But with my laziness and dislike of exercises there seems to be nothing else left but keeping a tight leash on what I consume.
Wow, I'm fresh off from watching 'The Great Indian Kitchen' and my mind is blown. I would urge everyone to watch this movie. It is on Amazon Prime.
Won't write a long review because I'm pressed for time right now. But this is a beautiful Malayalam movie. The great Indian kitchen is really a metaphor for the patriarchal society the story is set in. It is the story of many women in India and, might I say, across the world. Even today.
Really loved the way it was directed. There was so much cooking and cleaning. It was shot beautifully but it also didn't shy away from showing the realistic scenes of the drudgery of household chores. Cooking looks beautiful when shot aesthetically. But no amount of aesthetic shots can make washing dishes, throwing the leftover food sludge, washing clothes by the well pleasing to the eye or mind.
Jeo Baby, the director, spends a lot of time in the same mundane activities. BUT THAT IS THE POINT.
These are everyday, repetitive chores that might not seem like much for those who don't carry the unpaid and, often thankless, burden of cooking and cleaning for the house.
And add anti-feminist traditional systems to the mix and you get a blood boiling social drama.
Will just add that the actors were so good, especially the female lead Ms Nimisha Sajayan. I could feel her mind ticking and her emotions in shambles as she deeply felt all the injustices she was being subjected to.
Let me paraphrase something a film critic said of this movie - It's a story told by a man largely about men which more men should know of.
I think I am quite inclined to agree with the way she's put it.
A must watch!
