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A beautiful word I learnt : Yûgen

I liked this word Yûgen the moment I stumbled into it. Yūgen is a Japanese word pertaining to ‘a profound awareness of the universe which evokes feelings that are inexplicably deep and too mysterious for words.’ Want to get a quick fix and feel for this word ? See a good space documentary, in HD, on aContinue reading “A beautiful word I learnt : Yûgen”

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Life in UK – How I came to love Britain over a drink

I fully remember my first brush with Cider. I was 29 and in Bristol on a project. It was a chilled Magners in a tall broad glass with 4 ice cubes floating in it. I was in a pub that had some with outdoor seating. It was a weekend and  I was with some colleaguesContinue reading “Life in UK – How I came to love Britain over a drink”

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Book Review : The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder

I purchased a very tattered copy of this book in some forgotten book store years ago. I liked the burp. Finally in feb this year I dived in. What a complete treat. This unassuming old book won the 1982 National Book Award for Non-fiction and a Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction. The last time I readContinue reading “Book Review : The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder”

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World History Beautifully Narrated

A History of the World in 100 Objects was a joint project of BBC (Radio 4) and the British Museum, comprising a 100-part radio series written and presented by British Museum director Neil MacGregor. In 15-minute presentations broadcast on weekdays on Radio 4, MacGregor, voice like rich butter and chocolate mixed, used objects of ancientContinue reading “World History Beautifully Narrated”

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2014 Books Review

I took the easy way out and went with an infograph to tell you 4 books you could try among the 33 books I read this year. Click on the URL below or on this sentence to jump to the site. https://infogr.am/books-of-2014-102 Full list of books read in 2014 below : Book 1 The Strategist’s Toolkit Book 2Continue reading “2014 Books Review”

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BEST OF 2014 : 13 movies that blew me away

In 2013 I watched 66 movies over the course of the year and as I blogged then, not one of them was a BAD movie. NOT ONE!! This year I beat the 2013 number and saw 75 movies. Inspite of being on the road most the year, with a killer workload. But I made the timeContinue reading “BEST OF 2014 : 13 movies that blew me away”

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Opinion : Cultural Nostalgia is Bunk

My guess is most of our deeply felt cultural nostalgia for a bygone age of perceived quality of and in a medium is nothing but a historical lack of real options due to limited competition and resources, which the then young audience, now aged, naively convince themselves of the laughable and pitiful notion that what they wereContinue reading “Opinion : Cultural Nostalgia is Bunk”

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6 gems to try : 2 movies, 2 book and 2 dishes

Read this blog post and you will get 6 good tips that I guarantee will enhance the quality and texture of 2014 for you. Two will take some time (open book, read), 2 will take little time (click on movie file, watch) and 2 will take no time at all (open mouth, insert) Some quickContinue reading “6 gems to try : 2 movies, 2 book and 2 dishes”

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