Recent Entries
Willpower can change your destiny
There are thousands of people in the world who would give anything away to be somebody else. They would do anything to crawl into the skin of a differ... read more
Obtaining inner peace
Often you go about your daily routine life without acknowledging your happiness. You don’t appreciate the kindness of your mother; don’t n... read more
Demons in your soul
There are demons in your soul. They bathe in the blood of your heart inside your body and never want to leave. They are like uninvited guests th... read more
Life "frames" are unavoidable
Are you a wealthy white businessman born in New York City or a transferred student from India? Are you one of the ten children living in a village in ... read more
Review of the film "The Remains of the Day"
“The Remains of the Day”, a movie remake of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel, is an amazing yet very sad story of blind loyalty and submission... read more
Confront your past. Embrace a new future...
"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomor... read more
Hope is Not Propaganda
1932…. Soviet Union…. Millions of Russian writers and artists were paid to produce art that glorifies the ... read more
The Past will Always Be
How often do we wake up in the middle of the night with haunting thoughts about our past? How often do we spend long rainy ev... read more
The narratives of life.
Living in America for three years made me look back at my native country Russia differently and made me realize all the narratives that shaped the soc... read more
Longing or belonging?
After the collapse of the “Iron Curtain” Russian people were finally allowed to go abroad and visit exotic countries with “non-Russi... read more
