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Between the Pages: Surviving the Shifting Seasons of Life

TW: There are parts of this essay that might feel triggering as I share deeply personal experiences on surviving through change, self-harm…

Feb 16, 2023

Between the Pages: Surviving the Shifting Seasons of Life

Feb 16, 2023

In Praise of Seeing

A few weeks back, as I strolled through the rooms of Tate Modern, I experienced a moment of truth. My relationship with art had changed. I…

Aug 1, 2022

In Praise of Seeing

Aug 1, 2022

On Being Seen

The carriage was nearly empty — one of those afternoons when I embark on my weekly unplanned meanderings. People were flowing in and out…

Mar 22, 2022

On Being Seen

Mar 22, 2022

The Teachings of Memory

It’s a beautiful blue sunny day in London. The plants sit pretty on the window sill beside my string of books. A DIY painting stares back…

Jul 16, 2021

The Teachings of Memory

Jul 16, 2021

In Praise of Exploration

Little did Alice or Christopher Columbus know that their trips down the rabbit holes would be enriching and adventurous. Would we have the…

Jun 30, 2021

Picture Credit : Donald Zohan

Jun 30, 2021

The Reset — When meeting goals don’t make

“The significance of a man is not in what he attains but in what he longs to attain.” Kahlil Gibran

Mar 15, 2021

The Reset — When meeting goals don’t make

Mar 15, 2021

Creating Human Moments on Online Calls

A close friend confessed that she missed the human connection on the zoom calls. She longed to get back to the office and meet people in…

Dec 16, 2020

Creating Human Moments on Online Calls

Dec 16, 2020

The Web of Loneliness — From Gilgamesh to Japan’s Modern Day Hikikomoris

My excitement of moving to a new continent was short-lived. A few months into this adventure, I had a new friend for company. I enjoyed…

Nov 23, 2020

The Web of Loneliness — From Gilgamesh to Japan’s Modern Day Hikikomoris

Nov 23, 2020

Chariots of the Leadership

If Homer would be here today, he might have been busy writing the Iliad of the modern era. Like the olden times, the villages and cities…

Nov 8, 2020

By Rembrandt — The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH

Nov 8, 2020

Creativity and the Dark Lords of the Mind

After two months of continuity in creating and writing, I found myself in a rather dark space. For few weeks, I drowned myself in an…

Sep 7, 2020

Creativity and the Dark Lords of the Mind

Sep 7, 2020

Irene Karthik

Irene Karthik

Bohemian Writer. Kindness Researcher. Write on an intersection of different topics that pique my curiosity. A closet poet.

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