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Reflections of a past ablaze in the works by Debussy and Monet

Reflections of a past ablaze in the 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 in Sebald’s Vertigo

Reflections on memory and returning in 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 5, 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 27, 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 todays world

Reflections on compassion and communication in today’s world

Rijul Jain • April 13, 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 16, 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 Nguyens 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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