Lion, Jackal, or Adder. Review of ‘Beaten by Bhagath’
I’m still convinced that the title of this review should have been: ‘Beat a potato by being another potato’ but I decided on ‘Lion, Jackal, or Adder’ because, like the author, I too feel that writers need to choose a character for themselves. Well, the choice isn’t limited to these animals as I know a...
The super salesman
Review of Samsung Galaxy S4 Well, the first truth that mobile companies need to realise is that they need super salesmen besides their super researchers, super designers, super technicians, and super strategists. The reason is that despite all the great innovations that a new mobile device may have, the consumer is generally either too far...
V in a spot!
Walking down to the [V] Café & Bar is rather humbling experience as you find yourself walking with the backside of an awesome mall in Saket to one side and the sarkari district centre market on the other. You turn into a lane that seems to have a few eating joints and walk on to...
GRAND entry can be smart as well
What is a grand entry all about? Fanfare, joyous moods, perceived advantages, interactive advantages, scope to move ahead, possibilities, favourable moments, and an accent on ascent are all in one way or the other associated with a GRAND entry. Well, almost all of them are there with the new smartphone that Samsung has just introduced:...
Murder is murder. Everything else is just details. (Review of ‘The devotion of suspect X’ by Keigo Higashino)
Yes, this one is a murder story. The first forty-eight pages hold your hands and take you around this little town by the river Sumida. They build an image within you that you cannot forget and at the same time rapidly build the characters of Yasuko, her daughter Misato, the Math teacher Ishigami, and Togashi,...
Inspiring, gruesome, & awesome 127 Hours!
Yes, we’re talking of witnessing inspiring, gruesome, and awesome 127 hours. Actually Danny Boyle made it happen in just 94 minutes. This is a movie based on the true adventures of Aron Ralston, a mountain climber… an adventure that is about saving himself from a desolate death in an isolated canyon in Utah. The story...
I Went Out Too Far. Review of ‘The old man & the sea’
BOOK REVIEW Title of book: The Old Man And The Sea. Written by: Ernest Hemingway. 347 words. Title of Review : I Went Out Too Far. This story has simple sentences. No difficult words. No harsh judgements. No desperate attempt at trying to sound unique. The old man or Santiago, his skiff, the fish he...
Quite naïve of him. Review of ‘The death of Vishnu’
(Review of ‘The Death of Vishnu’ by Manil Suri) Michael Gorra in his review of ‘The Death of Vishnu’ on January 28, 2010, wrote: “The novel offers plenty of satire, but barely a rupee’s worth of social criticism. Politics plays no explicit role in his characters’ lives, and neither do the issues of Westernization; the...
