Ah.. Malaysia - Pulau Perhentian!

5

Reviewed Pulau Perhentian

Nov 05, 2006 2741

The Perhentians Turn eastward to the coastand make a visit to paradise. Malaysiais blessed with a number of islands with mint blue water and crystal sand.AltRead more...

Ah.. Malaysia - Malacca etc

5

Reviewed Malaysia - General

Nov 05, 2006 5049

Malacca Malaccais a city 90 km south of KL, which is of historical importance to Malaysia.It is said that Malaysiahas its origin in this city, when a Hindu pRead more...

Ah.. Malaysia - KL & Around

4

Reviewed Bukit Bintang

Nov 05, 2006 4609

Kuala Lumpur Like most of the people (ambiguous assumption no. 1… geez), my tryst with Malaysiastarted from KL, the vibrant commercial capital. The city appeRead more...

Bombay.. (Not again!)

Reviewed Mumbai Monsoon Disaster 2005

Oct 17, 2005 4008

I was about to be drowned, lost, dead in you, Bombay. You were flooded all over. You intruded with muck and your sea. You did it all to make yourself unforgetRead more...

Garam Masala!

4

Reviewed Impressionist, The - Hari Kunzru

Oct 15, 2005 2360

I picked up this book from the library on a 3 week loan 9 weeks before I was to leave Bombay – forever! I never touched the book for the first term, gotRead more...

Uncovered.

4

Reviewed Shame

Jul 13, 2005 3486

Salman Rushdie reveals the world of Pakistan’s perpetual dictatorships, since its existence with his novel Shame. It talks about Shame and Shamelessness.Read more...

What d'you feel the most?

5

Reviewed La Lenteur: The Slowness - Milan Kundera

Jul 13, 2005 2739

“La dernière fois, à cet endroit il y avait un petit jardin de roses.” The last time, at this place, there was a small garden of roses.Read more...

D'you think if I burp here, anyone'd hear that?

5

Reviewed Anita and Me - Meera Syal

Jun 14, 2005 4270

Meera Syal has almost inverted the saying ‘Home is where the heart is’ to ‘The heart is right where your true home is’ with Anita and Read more...

Driving in India!

Reviewed General views on Indian Traffic

May 13, 2005 1455

Call it plagiarism, or call it whatever you want. This is a mail I’ve received from a friend. I couldn’t help it, but to put it on here. Read on! FRead more...

Holey Sheets! They're everywhere...

5

Reviewed Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie

Apr 27, 2005 7062

From Shrinagar to Amritsar, from Holey Sheets to Mercurochrome to Lifafa Das, and from Rawalpindi to Quaid –e – Azam to Karachi to Bombay, India iRead more...

Revelatory!

5

Reviewed Tamas - Bhisham Sahni

Apr 26, 2005 23806

Tamas (The Darkness), has been one of the most controversial works in Indian literature, due to the subject matter it deals with: communal riots! It was origiRead more...

Once I'm done with kindergarten...

5

Reviewed Meet The Fockers

Mar 09, 2005 2263

... I’m going to find me a wife! ’’Ah.. I felt like I was bringing out life from... uh from... uh..’’ The nurse (giggle, giggle, giRead more...

Desires sans frontieres!

5

Reviewed Maqbool

Mar 08, 2005 3796

Maqbool is a remarkable adaptation of Shakespearean Macbeth, with an Indian touch to it. The sufi sounding music, bambaiyya underworld, a perfect cast makes tRead more...

An Apostle of Eternalizing Optimism!

5

Reviewed Black - Bollywood

Feb 20, 2005 1376

After a long time, the Indian film industry is seeing a different kind of flick, called Black! One simply has to go beyond the conventional imaginative frontiRead more...

Entangled Lives!

5

Reviewed Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy

Feb 16, 2005 3623

Anna Karenina is all about perplexed people with their lives torn apart between tangled relationships. Tolstoy, a profound advocate of strong family ties, holRead more...

Some Chai Biskoot too!

4

Reviewed Butter Chicken In Ludhiana - Pankaj Mishra

Feb 04, 2005 3649

There have been a number of travelogues through the Indian subcontinent, but debutant Pankaj Mishra’s Butter Chicken in Ludhiana focuses on the small towRead more...

Pearls of Wisdom: The Prophet!

5

Reviewed Prophet, The - Kahlil Gibran

Feb 04, 2005 5359

Then I shall stand among you, a seafarer among seafarers. And you, vast sea, sleepless mother, Who alone are peace and freedom to the river and the stream, Read more...

Idolizing Indians!

4

Reviewed Indian Idol

Feb 03, 2005 1766

The Indianized version of American Idol, and the British Pop Idol, has been as popular in India, as their American and British counterparts have been, in the Read more...

Truly Unbound!

5

Reviewed India Unbound - Gurcharan Das

Feb 03, 2005 5706

Gurcharan Das has written this book as a retro historian, part autobiography, part a historical overview of India, as globalization changes the face of this dRead more...

Reliance IndiaPhone - U've got it,U gotta pay 4 i

1

Reviewed Reliance Mobile Operator

Feb 03, 2005 2011

I’ll simply put in a couple of mail conversations with the Chairman’s Office, Reliance Infocomm Ltd. for the umpteen number of troubles caused to meRead more...