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The Student-Run Newspaper of Williams College Since 1887

The Williams Record

The Student-Run Newspaper of Williams College Since 1887

The Williams Record

Rijul Jain, Staff columnist

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Reflections of a past ablaze in works by Debussy and Monet

Reflections of a past ablaze in works by Debussy and Monet

Rijul Jain March 8, 2023
In an op-ed, Rijul Jain ’25 reflects on brief encounters with history through an old record and a Monet painting.
Reflections on memory and returning to Sebald’s Vertigo

Reflections on memory and returning to Sebald’s Vertigo

Rijul Jain February 22, 2023
In an op-ed, Rijul Jain ’25 reflects on the elusiveness and inadequacy of memory, in the novel Vertigo by W.G. Sebald, and in his own life.
Reflections on fall and Renoir’s Peonies

Reflections on fall and Renoir’s Peonies

Rijul Jain October 4, 2022
In an op-ed, Rijul Jain ’25 reminisces about admiring art and parallels the experience to fall at the College.
Reflections on spring, the course catalog, and 'The Windhover'

Reflections on spring, the course catalog, and ‘The Windhover’

Rijul Jain April 26, 2022
In an op-ed, Rijul Jain ’25 analyzes spring in Williamstown and the impending course pre-registration through the lens of Hopkins’ “The Windhover.”
Reflections on compassion and communication in today's world

Reflections on compassion and communication in today’s world

Rijul Jain April 12, 2022
In an op-ed, Rijul Jain discusses the value of connection and communication during the pandemic through the lens of Sally Rooney's "Beautiful World, Where are You."
Reflections on wonder and the spaces we inhabit through Susanna Clarke’s "Piranesi"

Reflections on wonder and the spaces we inhabit through Susanna Clarke’s “Piranesi”

Rijul Jain March 15, 2022
In the third installment of his column, Rijul Jain ’25 discusses the wonder that can be found in ordinary spaces, connecting his experiences to the titular character of Susanna Clarke’s novel “Piranesi.”
Reflections on routines, repetition, and Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’

Reflections on routines, repetition, and Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’

Rijul Jain February 23, 2022
In the second installment of his column, Rijul Jain ’25 discusses the fear that comes with a new semester as well as the joy he finds in settling into new routines, bringing in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” as a literary backdrop to his experiences.
Reflections on a paradoxical Winter Study and Viet Thanh Nguyen's 'The Sympathizer'

Reflections on a paradoxical Winter Study and Viet Thanh Nguyen’s ‘The Sympathizer’

Rijul Jain February 9, 2022
Rijul Jain ’25 examines the paradoxes of Winter Study amidst the pandemic, encouraging us to embrace our shared community and find solidarity in our isolation.
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