Some mornings begin with a quiet mind. Others begin like a crowded railway platform — thoughts rushing in from every direction, each one demanding attention. That was the state of my mind when I picked up Stop Letting Everything Affect You by Daniel Chidiac. Not chaos outside. Chaos inside. A stray comment from someone. An unanswered message. A small mistake during the day. Individually, these things are tiny. But when the mind begins to replay them again and again, t
There’s something different about returning to a writer. The first time you read someone, you observe them. The second time, you listen more closely. Having reviewed earlier work by Bindu Unnikrishnan, I didn’t walk into Spilled Coffee and Some Laughs as a stranger. I walked in with memory. With familiarity. With a quiet expectation of honesty. And this book met me there. Some books arrive like loud announcements. This one feels like sitting across from someone who do
