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West Bengal
Member Since:Aug 07, 2008
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Searching for meaning of life. Great admirer of India's spiritual tradition. Trying to live an ethical and fulfilling life. I am happily married and have a seven year old adorable son. I work as Chief Manager in State Bank of India. Reading, writing, travelling, sharing thoughts, sports, cultural activities, movies, spirituality, self development, science ----- depends upon the mood.
About Me
Education: MBA, Certified Financial Planner
Food and Drinks: Vegeterian by choice, fruit juice, anything decent when hungry.Books: Bhagwad Geeta, My Experiments With Truth, The Brothers Karamazov, To Kill a Mocking Bird, Jonathan LMovie Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Tabu, Sri Devi, Tom HanksMovies: Do Ankhein Barah Haath, Deewar, Black, Guide, Forest Gump, Life is BeautifulMusic: Classical instrumentalQuotes: What you get mostly depends on what you expect!
Food and Drinks: Vegeterian by choice, fruit juice, anything decent when hungry.
Books: Bhagwad Geeta, My Experiments With Truth, The Brothers Karamazov, To Kill a Mocking Bird, Jonathan L
Movie Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Tabu, Sri Devi, Tom Hanks
Movies: Do Ankhein Barah Haath, Deewar, Black, Guide, Forest Gump, Life is Beautiful
Music: Classical instrumental
Quotes: What you get mostly depends on what you expect!
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Review of the Day (12)
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A Slice of Heaven
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Reviewed Oxford Bookstore - Kolkata
My Office is located at Park Street area of Kolkata. The place is considered to be the centre of the city and houses many famous buildings, new as well as heritread more...
BACKHAND – DOWN THE LINE
4
Reviewed Open An Autobiography - Andre Agassi
Mid eighties and early nineties was the time I formed my idols for life. I think I should start by giving a brief account of who they were. In soccer, pocket siread more...
THE ABODE OF LORDS
Reviewed Ladakh
Yesterday evening we had returned from one of the most memorable tours that we had undertaken. It lasted for seventeen long days and we had covered an impressivread more...
Below The Surface
Reviewed Piku
There are a few fine reviews of the movie in this very site. Reading them I was suitably impressed and had decided that I do not had much to contribute. But somread more...
The Virtue of being politically incorrect
Reviewed English August - Upmanyu Chaterjee
At last I read it; around two decades too late! I had heard about the book in college days and got multiple recommendations from trusted friends - still it was read more...
The Dark Future
Reviewed The Road - Cormac McCarthy
We do not have a date. Neither do we have names. There is no beauty, no smile, no sympathy - nothing which makes our life worth living. So why one must walk on?read more...
The Birth of a Revolution
Reviewed Silent Spring - Rachel Carson
There are a few books which enthrals us for their language and power to transport us to a world which is full of beauty and hope. There are others which exploreread more...
An Ideal Winter Afternoon Escapade
Reviewed Calvin and Hobbes
Have a spare winter afternoon? Good! A comfortable, cozy bed? Splendid! A sweet little company – say of around 10 to 12 years of age? Perfect! Now we are ready read more...
A Journey Through the Other India
Reviewed Behind the Beautiful Forevers - Katherine Boo
Our first PM, Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru, while delivering his famous speech after independence, claimed that he was now in a position to ‘redeem our pledge’, thoughread more...
The Gentle Giants
Reviewed The Elephant Whisperer - Lawrence Anthony
Sometimes you come across a book which leaves you with a sense of both elation and longing. Your spirit soars, the world seems a more lovable and beautiful placread more...
That Voice, Those Scenes
Reviewed Deewaar - FilmFare Award 1975
What new can one say about a movie which has already achieved cult status in the annals of Hindi cinema? The movie that reaffirmed the credentials of the most eread more...
Love Creates its Own Rules
Reviewed The Forty Rules of Love: A Novel of Rumi
The book almost followed me. I avoided it initially due to its’corny’ title and cover design which gave the impression that this is one of those romanread more...
The Eternal Wisdom of India
Reviewed Essence of the Bhagavad Gita - Eknath Easwaran
The idea of India is different to different persons. To some it provides a picture of utter chaos while others admires her for her diversity. To some its identiread more...
It is a Sin to Kill
Reviewed To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
The world through the eye of a child! Once we all saw it and found it to be fascinating and full of wonder. As we gained on wisdom(one hopes!), We lost on innocread more...
The Light of India
Reviewed Mohandas - Rajmohan Gandhi
Of late I was giving way to feeling to despair. Frequent reporting of corruption in high spaces in media, reading depressing books like ‘Crime & Punishments’, wread more...
Say Goodbye to Sweet Dreams
Reviewed Silence of the Lambs - Thomas Harris
Dr Hannibal Lecter! ’Silence of the Lambs’. But before the movie, there was the book and I dare say, the book beats the movie hands down when it comesread more...
A Galactic Blunder
2
Reviewed Interstellar
The most creative mind in Hollywood applies himself to humanity’s greatest problem. Add to that an impressive star cast, stories in media that how he took read more...
A Farewell to Art
Reviewed V V S Laxman
It was all on expected lines. No front-page clamour about ‘injustice’, no effigy burning of BCCI executives, no recommendation of Bharat Ratna – the retirement read more...
Sad Smile
Reviewed Atonement: A Novel - Ian McEwan
Imagine for a moment that in a single act of treachery your life turned to shambles, all your dreams vanished in thin air, and you are condemned to live a life read more...
The Innocence in Darkness
Reviewed Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro
Children, it is said, are closest to God. They are untouched by vices of the world, their innocence melts the cruellest of heart and their potential is limitlesread more...
Worst service installation demo
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Reviewed IFB Digital
IFB A Nightmare Disguised as a Brand| A Warning to Every Potential Customer I rarely write public complaints, but the atrocious experience I had with IFB from pread more...
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Till a few years back, I had no particular inclination towards issues relating to nature or environment. Of course, I was vaguely aware of the issues like pollution, global warming and effect of harmful chemicals but I always felt that there are enough people to deal with these subjects. It is total read more...
Commented on jmathur's review
Good to see you in such fine form. Please carry on!
Commented on GEETA1963's review
Came back to the site after ages and the recent judgement in favour of the parents made the subject relevant once more. You are right when you pointed out in one of your comments that the movie generally speaks to and for the middle class who are also the target audience. However, these days we a read more...
It is that time of the year again – the weather invites you to leave everything of concern behind and enjoy carefree holidays amidst nature while your official commitments prohibits you from leaving the chair, even any thought of pleasure seem sacrilegious. Amidst such contradictions of life you(and read more...
Commented on writermala's review
I wish you had written more!
Commented on own review
@12vashisht: Thanks a lot. Awaiting your review of the book.
Commented on jmathur's article
You explored Satyam adequately but ..... A beautiful blog on a very relevant subject. You are so right in pointing out the injustice faced by children, especially in India. But I personally would not dispute the word 'always' and for finding its reason may be we will have to look at what we reall read more...
Satyamev Jayate ! Really ?
Today I had the entire day to myself as it was a holiday with my wife and kid away to a relative’s place. So it was one of those days which was just perfect for turning pages of some of my old favourites. I decided to give chuckle and smile a chance and first plunged into stylish prose of Wode read more...
Commented on deepa.s's review
Nice crisp review of the book! I have read just three of Mr. Wodehouse's enormous body of work and they surely lift our mood and the world seems a sunnier place after reading them. Keep penning!! Sandeep
Commented on Paulsb02's review
Beautiful review of a fine book. I read it recently and liked it in totality though I won't say I liked or agree with Agassi's worldview. I also expected some more details of his tennis encounters and analysis of game of his contemporaries. Still an excellent review! Sandeep
Commented on swapnil635's review
Nice, crisp review of a beautiful book (but slightly difficult read)
Commented on sydbarett's article
Another quote .... When two persons completely agree, one of them is unnecessary.
Of Dr 'Kamaal' and Karma !!
The book is marvellous! Ishiguro is one of those writers who lives by the adage 'most important words are unsaid!'. Explore him further - his 'Remains of the Day' too is high class writing.
Valid points but ..... 'I am a great admirer of hard work till someone else does it!' Coming to the point - if someone is passionate about work and die while doing it - what is there to complain? After all Dr. Kalam was only sharing his wisdom to the generation next and not involved in anything phy read more...
Commented on EarnesTaster's review
Great review! A tad disappointed that Tabu falters but it seems overall the movie is worth a watch.
Great points but after a while you may end up boycotting the world!!! (Of course the problem is not with your principles but the world we leave in).
@toothless: My best wishes. It'll surely be a memorable journey.
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