A matter of Rats – Book Review
Amitava Kumar. The name demands respect. and book with his name on the blurb commands immediate attention and possibly a call to action. To read it immediately. As soon as i had discovered this book, at an airport book store i guess, i knew i had to read it. It was written by Amitava Kumar, […]
The Seeker – Book Review
I remember reading Karan Bajaj’s books many years back. Sometime in 2009 i think. Keep off the Grass was a fresh campus story, unlike the wave of the other semi-autobiographical love stories in campus books that did the rounds back then. I also read his second book after the first one, and was mildly disappointed. […]
A trip to the hinterlands
A full 9 day trip to the hinterlands of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. A journey into myself. I have always maintained that travel is the best form of education. Any kind of travel always teaches us new things and enriches us in a completely unique way. The last time I went on a journey, it […]
Animal Farm – Book Review
An all time Classic. and totally deservedly so. Such a simple language and such a powerful story relevant even 70 years post it has been published. This says a lot about the book and the author and the times we are living in. Some things, like inherent human behaviour, just does not change. The story […]
Relativity – on a Sunday Morning
More than a quarter of the year has passed and things seem to still stand where they are. The passing, or shall i say flying, of time makes one feel how insignificant we are. In the big huge universe, we are mere speck of dust leasing sometime to spend here. In entertainment parlance, what relevance […]