Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Replugging the Eid trip to Gwalior

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A bird was trilling somewhere in the branches above my head as I walked towards the tamarind tree next to Tansen's tomb . Legend has it...
Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Three books

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"Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe" Bill Bryson is one of my favourite authors and with this book I crossed anoth...
Sunday, July 13, 2014

Movie review: "Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania"

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It's tough to think of a Karan Johar production that doesn't have memorable music. But " Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania " is...
Monday, July 07, 2014

Two books

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I've just finished reading two books. Both were a delight and are highly recommended. The first - Donna Tartt's " The Goldf...
Wednesday, June 11, 2014

"In Evil Hour" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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I can't say I have read everything Gabriel Garcia Marquez wrote, but " In Evil Hour " (La Mala Hora) doesn't seem to be...
Wednesday, June 04, 2014

"India After Gandhi" by Ramachandra Guha

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The good thing about reading Ramachandra Guha 's " India After Gandhi " (2007) is that it's not a dull history book. It i...
Sunday, May 25, 2014

Movie review | X-Men: Days of Future Past

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More than a decade ago, Hugh Jackman travelled through time in " Kate & Leopold ", playing a 19th-century duke who finds lov...
Sunday, May 18, 2014

"Of Love and Other Demons" (1994) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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On her 12th birthday, the daughter of the Marquis of a Colombian seaport is one of four people bitten by a rabid dog. She's the ...