The Citrine Room

A news & lifestyle blog by Monita Rajpal

Questions Answered

Asking ourselves the right questions can help us get to know ourselves & others. Resulting in a more intimate relationship with them & us.

Questions Answered

Asking ourselves the right questions can help us get to know ourselves & others.

Resulting in a more intimate relationship with them & us.

#REPOST

Content from around the world that deserves a repost.

Each with the goal to inspire, engage, and connect.

MICHAEL J. FOX

FOROUGH FORROKHZAD

ISHITA MALAVIYA

Photo: Dave Swindells

IBIZA '89

Poster: Beatrice De Gea/NYT

FIONA APPLE

Photo: Stephen Bay

PAUL R. WILLIAMS

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ANOTHER MAGAZINE

Holiday and hedonism are what have been associated with the tiny Baleriac island of Ibiza. The latter would come to be defined by the summer of 1989 where, on the cusp of a new wave of clubbing & music, Ibiza would become the sanctuary for "sin" as captured by photographer David Swindells.

Fiona Apple's first album after 8 years was a way for her to process her life. It was an outlet through which we took control over that which she always felt was never hers to control--the process itself. And through rediscovering herself, she not only comes to terms with her story, she celebrates it.

EBONY MAGAZINE (1986)

In 2016, 36 years after his death, Paul R. Williams was finally accepted as a visionary. The architect whose designs gave Los Angeles its distinctive identity wrote about his experiences working and living at a time when the colour of his skin was a barrier but to him it was vindication.

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MEN'S HEALTH

Ever since his diagnosis, Michael J. Fox became the unofficial spokesperson for Parkinson's disease, or rather, the fight for a cure. For the adored actor though, it is through understanding his illness has he come to understand his life. And after 30 years of having lived with it, he believes life isn't about optimism. It's about gratitude.

THE PARIS REVIEW

Forough Forrokhzad was an infamous poet whose words have shocked and shunned at a time when sexual liberation from a woman's perspective was seen as a crime. Yet for Forrokhzad, her words were her liberation. Her poetry the doorway to freedom through which she entered at the expense of everything, even her son.

YOUR STORY

Ishita Malaviya is one of those rare gems in this commodified world of instant gratification. She is India's first female surfer. For her, the global accolades she is getting only mean one thing, more resources to help the seaside village she calls home & sharing her love for the sport that has taught her about what is truly valuable in life.