The treasure of comfort reads

The ideal re-reading ritual should be of a book just smart enough to not irritate you, just deep enough to keep you engaged

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Mihir S Sharma 

Mihir S Sharma

It is now three months since the national lockdown was first announced, and those of us who have been responsibly social distancing and working from home probably need a spot of consolation in our lives. Thrown on our own resources in a most unexpected way, by now a lot of us might be returning to, say, comfort food.

Adventurousness and exploration — learning how to bake, picking up a new language, and finishing that classic novel you always intended to get back to — is all very well. But at times like this you need something familiar. Some people, when they need ...

First Published: Thu, June 25 2020. 23:26 IST