Next book talk will be with a local writer Justyn Barnes on ‘Ikigai’, on Monday, 17th June at PM Bookshop. The Japanese term ikigai has no direct English translation but essentially means `reason for living’ or `value in life’. The concept posits that a person’s ikigai lies at the intersection of four interconnected aspects of life: what we love, what we’re good at, what the world needs & what we can be paid for. Ikigai, therefore, is the ideal balance between our passion, mission, vocation and profession.

Ikigai is about making the most of every day, rooted in the belief that finding pleasure in many small things … More

Born OTD in 1941, Japanese animator, filmmaker, screenwriter, cartoonist, author, manga artist & co-founder of Studio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki.

Based on the young-adult novel by British author Diana Wynne Jones, Howl’s Moving Castle reflects on a wondrous time when … More

… These stories have no interest in closure, not even oblique closure. Like those of many other good short stories, … More

When the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in August 1945, killing 100,000 men, women and children, a new … More