the inauguration of jashn-e-bachpan was a-ma-zing!!! reached ten minutes before the scheduled time. got a scolding for not being on time. finally entered 20 minutes after schedule time. all entrances were closed as there was more crowd than expected. they had to schedule a second show for the overflowing audience. we sat on the floor…
name: krishnavatarauthor: pavan vermareading time: 4 metro rides (read ten days back.. so don’t remember entirely) a book about all the various ways in which krishna can be appreciated, interpreted and worshiped… is written in a highly interpretive manner… is quite subjective as the author has tried his level best to show krishna in a…
name: contagionauthor: robin cookreading time: 3 metro rides and one and a half chhuttis interesting book.. like all books by the author, it is fast paced.. gives an adrenalin rush at many places… the end is a little long drawn.. 15 pages could have been summarised in 3.. highlights the unpredictability of human nature… very…
copy of email sent to dhiraj…edited to suit needs of the blog… … book fair was awesome.. i bought quite a few books… not the same as every year but about ten… though there are three that i wanted and i couldn’t.. i didn’t find roshomon… nor did i get marx’s das kapital.. and i…
Name: Vikram and VetalAuthor: Polie something something (sorry .. no offense)Reading Time: 2 and one quarter metro rides vikram and vetal.. the old book of short stories, written in the simplest possible english, probably to suit grade vi students, is an interesting and easy read… the occasional drawings in the book that supplement the stories…
Name: A life less ordinaryAuthor: Baby HalderReading time: About 8 and a half metro rides A life less ordinary is the story of a young woman and the struggle she faces as she grows up, gets married as a teenager, has kids, separates from her husband, starts working and in the course, ends up at…
i love the whole world and all its sights and sounds… particularly the sights of darya gunj’s book stalls… ahh the numerous books… even the ones on dbms and securities and chemistry branches that i cannot pronounce or spell… i love all of them… the thicker the book, the more interesting it looks to me……
