This 666 page tome has been a companion over the last few weeks. Back in 2012 I voted `Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea` by Barbara Demick as my favourite book of that year. It gave the readers a searing look into the life of ordinary people in the present day hellContinue reading “Book Review : “The Whisperers” – brilliant and supremely depressing”
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BEST OF 2013 : 15 MOVIES THAT BLEW ME AWAY
As I promised myself in January 2013 (in one of my smarter resolutions of this past year), I saw 52 good movies. I am going to recommend 10 from those 52 that are absolutely worth your time so add these to your 2014 Netflix or torrent list. I also saw 14 thoughtful documentaries and IContinue reading “BEST OF 2013 : 15 MOVIES THAT BLEW ME AWAY”
2013 Books Review
My best 3 Books and 3 Documentaries of 2012
A smart idea that the bibliophiles online mecca ‘Goodreads.com‘ came up with was the ‘Reading Challenge’ where you pledge at the start of a year to finish a certain number of books and then try to make sure you do. Last year I pledged to read 26 books and did. At the start of thisContinue reading “My best 3 Books and 3 Documentaries of 2012”
Book Review : ‘Longitude’
I bought this book at 5 PM on a lazy Saturday afternoon at a charity bookstore in Kilburn Park. At 1 AM I was checking with my wife if she minded the bedroom light I was reading this by. If she did I said I’ll go to the kitchen. Because there was no way IContinue reading “Book Review : ‘Longitude’”
10 cool things I recommend
The world is grim. The news mostly leaves you wishing you were Superman only so you could fly AWAY from this cesspool. And the papers read more like a telephone Directory of Scams and Horrors. So today I am going to just wade in and tell you have 10 recent things I heartily endorse becauseContinue reading “10 cool things I recommend”
Year End Review : 2012
On our way to pick groceries in Lisbon from our rented Divisão near Castelo de Sao Jorge I came across this etched on a wall: Such a wonderful sentence that at once comes across as both profound and perceptive and not in the cheap bumper-sticker way either. This is maybe why I do it. 2012Continue reading “Year End Review : 2012”
2012 Books Review
In late 2011 I ended up at THE digital HQ of book lovers online : Goodreads.com | Earlier, I used to mostly read book reviews on amazon.com before I bought a book. After Goodreads.com, Amazon was history. GR’s iPad app works well too and I like their tagline when the app loads (“Meet your nextContinue reading “2012 Books Review”
Year End Review : 2011
Sometimes the best you can give to the world are things you give yourself FIRST and only later share with others. Firstly because you want the gift’s most grateful recipient to enjoy it. And because that recipient will then polish it and make it even better when it’s released into the wider world. Call itContinue reading “Year End Review : 2011”
2011 Books Review
And so 2011 is ending. And what a ‘interesting’ year it has been! A roller-coaster I was scared to get onto, continued to be scared when it initially accelerated but something I started to reallyyyy enjoy and get the hang of as it picked up momentum. This post is not about 2011 as a year.Continue reading “2011 Books Review”
Third Eye Observations 