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“Gandhi” – A Great Movie That Changed My Perspective

If I had to choose one movie among the many I have watched in my entire life, without hesitation I…

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Meeting the Goncourt Winner Eric Vuillard and Reflecting on L’Ordre du jour

In October 2018, I had the privilege of meeting Éric Vuillard, winner of the Prix Goncourt 2017, during an evening…

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Physical Perfection as embodied by the ‘Diadoumenos’

The statue of Diadoumenos, located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, is a copy of a…

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I just watched ‘The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari’

In the movie The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari , Francis’s story leads us gradually to a final twist, which tells…

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The One Minute Manager: Book Review

The first edition of the book “The One Minute Manager” was published in 1980 by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson.…

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‘The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People’, a must read book

About the book The book ‘The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People’ is a bestseller, written by Dr. Stephen Covey.…

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The Power of poetry in ‘Il Postino’ by Michael Radford

The film Il postino, directed by Michael Radford, is set on an Italian island in 1952. Mario Ruoppolo, the main…

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The grass as a representation of Democracy in “Song of Myself” by Walt Whitman

When it comes to discussing American poetry, it is almost de rigueur to mention Walt Whitman. He is undeniably one…

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The sea as major symbol in ‘The Awakening’ by Kate Chopin

In The Awakening, Kate Chopin guides the reader through a progressive and evolving story about a woman who is on…

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The Fence Symbol in ‘Fences’ by August Wilson

Very often in literature, authors use tangible objects as a symbol in order to represent an idea. In the play,…

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