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Member Since:Dec 31, 2003
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I started writing reviews because someone asked me to. Now that I have written some, I am beginning to enjoy it and am getting a sense of contribution and community. The artistic expression is also quite liberating :-) I think this will continue. I love books, people, sports and self discovery.
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Reviewed FountainHead, The - Ayn Rand
The FountainHead came into my life over 15 years ago and I was not ready for it. At that time, people had told me that it was all about massive ego, and had a bread more...
Too lyrical, too sophisticated, too well written
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Reviewed English Patient, The - Michael Ondaatje
The setting of the book is a house on top of a hill in a villa in Florence, during the end of the world war II. In this setting, four people a nurse (Hana), a fread more...
Scratches the heart with a feather touch
Reviewed Kite Runner, The - Khaled Hosseni
A long time has passed since a book has moved me enough to write a review about it, and the Kite Runner moved me, though gently. This is the story of a little bread more...
A Bold Inquiry
Reviewed Eleven Minutes - Paulo Coelho
Eleven Minutes is based on the true life story of a former prostitute. It starts with her as an innocent school girl experiencing puppy love and its failure in read more...
Dark and Brilliant
Reviewed Stranger, The - Albert Camus
(FOR THE SAKE OF THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO READ THE REVIEW AND DECIDE, WITHOUT FIRST KNOWING THE STORY, WHETHER OR NOT TO READ THE BOOK, PLEASE SKIP THIS PARAGRAPread more...
A Review that does not disclose the story
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Reviewed Old Man and the Sea, The - Ernest Hemingway
I read ‘The Old Man and the Sea’, a short book of 100 odd pages, around the year 1992. I still remember. It was in the middle of my 10th boards (I tread more...
A Difficult But Rewarding Way of Life
Reviewed The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
The Alchemist is the story of a Spanish shepherd boy who, one night, has a dream where he sees a treasure hidden near the pyramids of Egypt and believes that heread more...
Extremely Disappointed with Green Tree Immigratio
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Reviewed GreenTree Immigration
I had a very disappointing experience with Green Tree Immigration. During my very first consultation, I clearly laid out my background, pros and cons, and askedread more...
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Commented on own review
Hi Shuchi, Thanks for the feedback and I agree with you. If you have read the book, I would appreciate if you gave me your feedback on my opinion independent of the quality of writing. Virat
Commented on gunzi's review
Hi Guneeta, I read the book recently and found it brilliant but a little too multilayered and haphazard to relish completely. I have seen the movie in parts and have memories in flashes of the scene. Your review was simple and honest and captured for me the human emotion and the brilliance of read more...
Commented on saaz_ar's review
Amith, this was a totally moving review. Will see the play the first chance I get. What part of the world are you in right now? I saw you wrote this review in 2003. Don't even know if my comment will reach you. Anyway, reading this review was like meeting you again. So... good meeting you. :-) read more...
Commented on shantanudutta's review
Hey Shantanu, your review is very well written, intelligent and shows a shade different from mine. It expanded my experience of the book.
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