Art
From Hephaestus to Joe Gargery, and Celebrimbor to Jason Ogg, blacksmiths have captured the imagination forever. They appear in myth, fantasy and literature as archetypes of strength, cleverness, mystery and power. But what about the act of smithing itself?
Philosophy
In places like Canterbury, sacred sites become thresholds where past, present, and future converge, inviting us to perceive the divine as present in the world’s beauty and human imagination.
Art
Musical theatre allows emotion to do what ordinary language cannot. In episode 2 of "Why Art" we explore Sondheim, performance, and mindfulness through the idea that when words fail, we sing.
Books and Writings
A poetry collection by Muskan Bhatia that explores emotion through fruit, seasons, and the quiet complexity of being human.
Art
Why does music matter? Perhaps because it speaks where words fail. It mirrors the rhythms of life with tension and release, chaos and harmony.
Divine Comedy
Divine Comedy Series- Summary of Inferno, Canto 13. Where haunted trees scream, harpies snack on souls, and even your worst day starts to look manageable.
Books and Writings
For years, literature taught me what love should look like: devotion, sacrifice, endurance. Rereading those stories later, something feels different. What if the love we admired also recorded its cost? This series revisits the texts that shaped us to ask what survived—and what quietly disappeared.
Thoughts, stories and culture.
“Grief isn’t the end of love; it’s the last translation of love.” A bruisingly honest essay and poem about growing up in loss, learning to live with grief, and discovering how love endures.
I was shaped by my mother’s quiet ache, raised in the hush between her wounds and her wishes. These poems trace how a daughter learns to hold that inherited trembling—and finally, to let it go.
Muskan Bhatia at Bicerin—an emerging literary voice in Canterbury whose poetry blends art, truth, and survival with profound emotional depth.
Seeing Clearly in a World That Won’t Sit Still
Divine Comedy Series- Summary of Inferno, Canto 12. Fixing potholes is free in Hell, but the circle is mismanaged by Centaurs and a Minotaur!
Religion, afterlife, and purpose dissected: Is faith for the weak? Questioning God, doctrines, and the need for belief in a world driven by self-power.
Discover timeless wisdom with The Dhammapada (Oxford World's Classics Edition). A clear, insightful translation on mindfulness, kindness, and peace.
Rethink education: How over-reliance on institutions, books, and AI may limit true understanding and critical thinking. Embrace active learning.
Divine Comedy Series- Summary of Inferno, Canto 11. Does stench stop you from doing things or motivate you to find a Pope?
The heretics, Farinata and Cavalcante. Two Gentlemen meeting another pair of colleagues in the afterlife!
Divine Comedy Series — Summary of Inferno, Canto 9. It’s raining angels hallelujah, having a bouncer in Hell is more useful than a VIP…
We know they say that some things are better left unsaid, but here we can’t avoid thinking ‘Cry me a river’!