Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the Reviews category.
Celebrating 5 years of blogging + Other Milestones
Filed in Books, General Interest, July 15, 2009, 5:41 pm by SukumarCelebrating 5 years of blogging + Other MilestonesProlog
It has been a while since i wrote on this blog. Thankfully Abdul Fakhri and Priya Raju have been doing a wonderful job of picking up the slack.
Fine Tastings
Since this section has not been carried in a while, i decided that it may not be wise to list [...]
Can Michael Jackson ‘beat’ Rudyard Kipling to ‘it’?
Filed in Books, General Interest, July 5, 2009, 5:35 pm by Abdul FakhriCan Michael Jackson ‘beat’ Rudyard Kipling to ‘it’?OH, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,
Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great Judgment Seat;
But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth,
When two strong men stand face to face, tho’ they come from the ends [...]
Imagining India
Filed in Books, Reviews, April 5, 2009, 9:58 pm by SukumarImagining IndiaUpdated 20 Apr 2009: NR Narayana Murthy has published a book as well. He talks about giving access to inexpensive English education and computers to everyone. Exactly Sir.
Updated 10 Apr 2009: Imagining India links to this review on their site. Thanks Imagining India.
Managed to read the recent book Imagining India by Nandan Nilekani – [...]
Do bridges matter anymore?
Filed in Books, General Interest, Reviews, Uncategorized, October 1, 2008, 10:30 pm by Abdul FakhriDo bridges matter anymore?(On the occasion of Gandhi’s birth anniversary, I dedicate this post to the memory of late Rajnarayan Chandavarkar among the finest sons and historians of India. Raj was based at Cambridge, England.)
“We can help make the world safe for diversity. For in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we [...]
Fellini’s Ghost, Save Me!
Filed in General Interest, Movies, Reviews, July 20, 2008, 10:43 am by Priya RajuFellini’s Ghost, Save Me!I’m a movie fiend. When I watch a movie, I very thirstily & feverishly deconstruct its building blocks – Casting, Screen Play, Background Score, Dialog Delivery, Costumes et al. I’m passionately in love with movies. When I was a kid, I yearned to make movies. I used to stand before a mirror [...]
