Insightful, Hard-Hitting

5

Reviewed Eleven Minutes - Paulo Coelho

Aug 25, 2008 9718

This man misses nothing. Not even the oldest profession to bring out his philiosphy of living a meaningful life. I read the book quite sometime back, but sinRead more...

Fascinating

4

Reviewed Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro

Aug 25, 2008 2491

Simply, just that -fascinating. Written in the first person, as the novel progresses, you can sense the deep anguish the protagonist feels without her ever saRead more...

Botched up climax

3

Reviewed Fanaa

Aug 27, 2007 8203

I saw only the second half of the movie, from the time Amir recupes at Kajol’s place. It was gripping and intense. I couldn’t take my eyes off them.Read more...

A feel-gooder

4

Reviewed Koi Mil Gaya

Aug 08, 2006 4229

it is a kid’s movie and yet watchable by adults. The usual sentiments, fight, romance fill this otherwise neatly packaged movie.So you have the "beta, jaRead more...

Hook, Line & Sinker

3

Reviewed Hanuman

Jul 24, 2006 7033

A bit late in the day, this review, considering we bought the CD almost around the time it came out. But, at that time, though we watched it a few times, my 2Read more...

Love poetry

5

Reviewed By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept - Paulo Coelho

Dec 25, 2004 8584

Paulo Coelho has a way of writing that is simple, straightforward, and goes straight to the heart. Very strongly entrenched in spirituality, his tales do not Read more...

For hands-free comfort

5

Reviewed VIP Frenchie 'Duniya Mein Logon Ko' commercial

Oct 08, 2004 5092

I have been seeing this ad for more than a year and yet I never tire of it. A guy and a girl, dancing in a practically empty bar. Both dance well. Except thaRead more...

Pampering you

5

Reviewed Air India 'We Care' commercial

Oct 06, 2004 5745

I can’t say much about Air India’s services, not having traveled in one. But one must congratulate them on the ad, which sure makes for interesting Read more...

Move on, Man!

3

Reviewed Noble House - James Clavell

Sep 16, 2004 3490

1400 pages long with suspense, thrillers and disappointments. The author begins well and you have all the promise of this novel being a mixture of genres Read more...

It was the best of Dickens

5

Reviewed A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens

May 21, 2003 7768

I have read a few of Charles Dickens novels - despite not particularly liking his brand of style of plots. A sort of melancholy and depression sets in, readinRead more...

Extremely tiring

1

Reviewed Carrom

May 05, 2003 7875

Carrom hurts my finger and ears very badly. The coins manage to dodge the pockets. Even when I carefully take aim and strike a fairly straight shot, the striRead more...

The cool experience

5

Reviewed Whirlpool White Magic

May 05, 2003 10086

One of our early purchases 3 years back - soon after our marriage and as we were shifting into our new home - was the Whirlpool WhiteMagic. Till now, I have hRead more...

Not my bottle of drink

1

Reviewed Mountain Dew 'Do the Dew' commercial

Apr 28, 2003 3333

Taking it out of a leopard’s mouth to have that drink. I am sorry, it doesn’t appeal to me at all...And, I don’t understand it at all... AgainRead more...

Distracting opulence

3

Reviewed Devdas - New

Apr 28, 2003 1578

I believe Rs 50 crore was spent on this. And so I wanted to watch it. And, I didn’t want to watch it in theaters - no way. So, I was lucky that Set Max sRead more...

Cut, cut, cut...

2

Reviewed Fanta 'Dil Khol Ke' commercial

Apr 28, 2003 3439

As it is many ads fail to convey the link between the product and the message. This is one of those. It is long, and so the punch line is lost. And, of courseRead more...

Tough to choose

Reviewed 5 Best Books

Apr 23, 2003 2452

Books are a passion.But sometimes I read too much and forget the details - except that it was a nice book. Some books that I have/had access to and have read Read more...

Intense love story

4

Reviewed Love In The Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Apr 18, 2003 4505

Love is a noble emotion, at least the way it is presented in literature and movies. One expects the heroine to be deeply in love with the hero, and in a romanRead more...

Life - a precious gift

5

Reviewed Veronika Decides to Die - Paulo Coelho

Apr 09, 2003 6383

We take life for granted. We get bored, we miss out the finer aspects of life, and keep chasing and running elusive goals set by others for us!! And all the wRead more...

Revolutionary for its times

3

Reviewed Lady Chatterley's Lover - D. H. Lawrence

Apr 08, 2003 3830

I was surprised that this book was not already reviewed! It was a rage in its days. In fact, DH Lawrence himself was a bit of a revolutionary, though now he pRead more...

Disturbing

4

Reviewed The Thin Red Line

Apr 07, 2003 2004

With the US-led attack on Iraq on, I thought this was a movie one should revisit. Based on a World War II campaign against the Japanese in a peaceful village,Read more...