Chai chai chai!! Beyond expectation!

4

Reviewed IRCTC

Dec 12, 2007 2250

My word, I was not expecting this to work! I am an NRI and recently my family went for a vacation to India and I had to keep slogging here :-( They were planRead more...

Did Anita Desai Ghost-write this??

3

Reviewed Inheritance of Loss, The - Kiran Desai

Oct 05, 2007 2909

Here is a conspiracy theory.Anita Desai(and not her daughter Kiran Desai) is the real author!I thought the book was ok. But did it have all the right ingradieRead more...

What's the point?

3

Reviewed Yatra

Oct 05, 2007 3451

OK, first of all, I do understand the viewpoint of all those fans of classic, avant-garde and artistic movies. I know they are suckers for such stuff and nothRead more...

Wonderful but hard to digest, scientifically.

4

Reviewed Calcutta Chromosome, The - Amitav Ghosh

Feb 17, 2005 2856

I like to think of this book more as a literary masterpiece rather than a science fiction book. Ghosh, with amazing lucidity creates true to life pictures of Read more...

An imperialist's nostalgia

1

Reviewed Travels on my Elephant - Mark Shand

Feb 12, 2005 4601

British writers, writing about India are of two types. One are genuine humanists who look at today’s India from an objective albeit sometimes sympatheticRead more...

Interesting theme, Hollywood ending!

3

Reviewed The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown

Oct 18, 2004 1590

This book falls in the so called intelligent thriller category. It is not the typical Irwing Wallace thriller about the usual American bullshit. The central tRead more...

Get an imported laptop!

Reviewed Branded Vs. Assembled Computers

Sep 14, 2004 2669

Hey guys, Why bother with a desktop when you can get a laptop for a few bucks more? Just tell your cousin or friend or whoever it is to bring a new one for yoRead more...

It's a great phone (but nothing else)

4

Reviewed Samsung SGH-X427

Sep 09, 2004 2598

First of all I should say that I use my cell phone mostly for making and receiving calls. I have not really caught on the wave of SMS messaging, internet on pRead more...

Not what it once was...

2

Reviewed Saroj Restaurant - Chembur - Mumbai

Feb 03, 2004 3606

Saroj Restaurant was once the gem of Chembur. I am talking about the eighties when it was owned by the renowned personality of Chembur Mr. D. K. Marathe. It wRead more...

A tug of war between Kipling's two minds

5

Reviewed Kim - Rudyard Kipling

Jan 13, 2004 4457

Some say Kipling was an imperialist. Some say he was an Indophile. I think he was both at the same time. One Kipling was a polished and sophisticated part of Read more...

Overrated Hype!

1

Reviewed Life of Pi - Yann Martel

Jan 13, 2004 2835

After being exposed to all the hype for some time, I fell to the trap and bought this book. It left me sick at the end with a bad taste in the mouth. First oRead more...

A beautiful beer city

4

Reviewed Cologne

Jan 06, 2004 3352

Cologne is also called as the city of Churches. On every nook and cranny you will find a monumental church. Some of them are so huge that they will be the talRead more...

Good book even for today's ignorant Hindu

5

Reviewed Complete Idiot's Guide(R) to Hinduism, The - Linda Johnsen

Jan 05, 2004 2273

First of all this book definitely does what it claims to do and then much more. The misleading title may make you put it down as superficial and suspect it
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New York-in one day!

5

Reviewed New York

Dec 26, 2003 2971

Here is an itenary for New York city if you have only one day there. 1) If you are arriving by train or bus you will arrive at the Central station/Port authoRead more...

Mumbai consulate fine, appl. center sucks

2

Reviewed American Embassy

Dec 25, 2003 5666

I have comments on the visa facilitation service (application center) in Mumbai. It sucks. These guys, who are a private firm, by some hook or crook have manRead more...

Hostelite's day off

4

Reviewed Geeta Bhavan Restaurant - Akota - Vadodara

Dec 25, 2003 3516

This is actually a low budget restaurant, that would pass of as average at best in places like Delhi. But in Punjabi food deficient Baroda this used to be theRead more...