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 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!
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.
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?
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 :)
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.
Finished the last of the three part graphic novel called Berlin by Jason Lutes. I've wanted to read it ever since I learnt about it, though this was the most underwhelming of the three, loved the familiar names and places mentioned. Sad that as much things change, they remain the same!
January 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Finished the last of the three part graphic novel called Berlin by Jason Lutes. I've wanted to read it ever since I learnt about it, though this was the most underwhelming of the three, loved the familiar names and places mentioned. Sad that as much things change, they remain the same!
New thread. The first book of the year is done. This is my least favorite of the three graphic autobiographies by Alison Bechdel. She's prolific!
January 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
New thread. The first book of the year is done. This is my least favorite of the three graphic autobiographies by Alison Bechdel. She's prolific!
Last book for the year! Another one by Alison Bechdel. I picked up all her books from the neighborhood library.
Though this one made her famous, I liked the earlier one more.
Would love to see the musical someday!
Though this one made her famous, I liked the earlier one more.
Would love to see the musical someday!
December 31, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Last book for the year! Another one by Alison Bechdel. I picked up all her books from the neighborhood library.
Though this one made her famous, I liked the earlier one more.
Would love to see the musical someday!
Though this one made her famous, I liked the earlier one more.
Would love to see the musical someday!
Finished Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel and wow! The conclusion for me from this book is to continue running no matter what!
I am going to find all the books by her and read them all!
I am going to find all the books by her and read them all!
December 28, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Finished Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel and wow! The conclusion for me from this book is to continue running no matter what!
I am going to find all the books by her and read them all!
I am going to find all the books by her and read them all!
I want to paint like this someday! Found out about the book from a hugely popular Instagram page, The Boy, the mole, the fox, and the horse, not sure if it can be called a graphic novel. This is simple and profound and wouldn't take you more than an hour. A poignant coffee table book, maybe!
December 28, 2024 at 7:12 PM
I want to paint like this someday! Found out about the book from a hugely popular Instagram page, The Boy, the mole, the fox, and the horse, not sure if it can be called a graphic novel. This is simple and profound and wouldn't take you more than an hour. A poignant coffee table book, maybe!
Well, this is not exactly in the neighborhood:)
December 25, 2024 at 9:03 AM
Well, this is not exactly in the neighborhood:)
I picked this just cause it's in English, but what a book!
I know the various states of Canada now and how it's like for a woman in an oil field.
Kate Beaton is super talented!
I know the various states of Canada now and how it's like for a woman in an oil field.
Kate Beaton is super talented!
December 24, 2024 at 6:26 PM
I picked this just cause it's in English, but what a book!
I know the various states of Canada now and how it's like for a woman in an oil field.
Kate Beaton is super talented!
I know the various states of Canada now and how it's like for a woman in an oil field.
Kate Beaton is super talented!
Read my first graphic novel in German. I think I got over 50% of the stuff.
Turing would've represented Britain in the Olympics in marathon if he lived. Guess he ran to run from his demons too.
If I am ever in Coonoor again, which I don’t think I ever will, I would like to visit his family home.
Turing would've represented Britain in the Olympics in marathon if he lived. Guess he ran to run from his demons too.
If I am ever in Coonoor again, which I don’t think I ever will, I would like to visit his family home.
December 23, 2024 at 12:42 PM
Read my first graphic novel in German. I think I got over 50% of the stuff.
Turing would've represented Britain in the Olympics in marathon if he lived. Guess he ran to run from his demons too.
If I am ever in Coonoor again, which I don’t think I ever will, I would like to visit his family home.
Turing would've represented Britain in the Olympics in marathon if he lived. Guess he ran to run from his demons too.
If I am ever in Coonoor again, which I don’t think I ever will, I would like to visit his family home.
Finished this one in an hour or so. Glad to have read it on the day of the judgement of the Gisele Pelicot matter. Shame must change sides, indeed!
December 19, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Finished this one in an hour or so. Glad to have read it on the day of the judgement of the Gisele Pelicot matter. Shame must change sides, indeed!
My haul from the neighborhood library for the holiday season! So good!
December 19, 2024 at 4:18 PM
My haul from the neighborhood library for the holiday season! So good!
I would like to live in Maya's world when Kai's is most likely. Loved this book, liked that a lot of the things that I just thought inside my head- folks wrote down. This is validating in a wierd way!
And this was from the neighborhood library:)
And this was from the neighborhood library:)
December 17, 2024 at 5:52 PM
I would like to live in Maya's world when Kai's is most likely. Loved this book, liked that a lot of the things that I just thought inside my head- folks wrote down. This is validating in a wierd way!
And this was from the neighborhood library:)
And this was from the neighborhood library:)
Running through all my favorite spots! What a year it has been. Also, just back from a run in the sun. Like Indira Nagar, I would know Mitte-PBerg like the back of hands! :)
December 13, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Running through all my favorite spots! What a year it has been. Also, just back from a run in the sun. Like Indira Nagar, I would know Mitte-PBerg like the back of hands! :)
More things change, more they remain the same. Eerie that it was the same a 100 years ago! Now will order the last book of the series from my neighborhood library.
December 2, 2024 at 9:29 PM
More things change, more they remain the same. Eerie that it was the same a 100 years ago! Now will order the last book of the series from my neighborhood library.
Who would've thunk!
December 2, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Who would've thunk!