‘The mind is a strange soil’: On Omar Khayyam’s Rubaiyyat, the rains, and writing death

Per Scroll.in, Pia Ghosh-Roy publishes a reflective essay on Omar Khayyam's Rubaiyyat, written from her childhood bedroom in monsoon-drenched Kolkata. Seated by the window with journal and color pens, she observes the rain-soaked landscape—sketching parrots hidden in trees and red krishnachura flowers—while meditating on the Bengali word brishti, which she describes as capturing the sound of water falling through air and leaves. The piece weaves personal observation with literary reflection and memory of her father at the same window.

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