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Star’s End

Posted in life, literature, thoughts on September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Its been ages now, and unlike DK I tend to be both irregular and prosiac…
Anyway, I’ve finally finished Agatha Christie. 70 novels are no mean feat and in the end even sordid murders had started to feel wearisome. I got tired of Poirot’s vanity and yet he is likeable. Miss Marple on the other hand [...]

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And Then There Were None

Posted in literature, thoughts on July 5, 2008 | 7 Comments »

For Agatha Christie  fans,  the play, presented as a novel, is one of the most excellent crime thrillers I’ve read recently. And it is not a detective ‘whodunit’. Its a bit gruesome but you’ll enjoy it all the same. A deep analysis of human psyche is done which of course is AC’s strong point. Unfortunately [...]

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Best manga ever

Posted in anime, literature, manga on April 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Read this manga ‘Monster’. Over 15 times. Seriously good. Tops rurouni kenshin. Of course it belongs to the seinen category (Sorry Mr. Bhasin, can’t share your views on seinen and shonen).
For the uninitiated here is a wiki summary
The series follows Dr. Kenzo Tenma (天馬 賢三, Tenma Kenzo<?) as he pursues a young psychopath/sociopath named Johan, [...]

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A Thousand Wishes And Sighs

Posted in literature, thoughts on December 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Hazaaron khwahishen aisi ki har khwahish pe dum nikle bahut nikle mere armaan lekin phir bhi kam nikle
Mirza Galib
The year is about to end leaving behind unfulfilled promises and a rather uncomfortable amount of regrets. They say that time is a leveller and doesn’t really care who cries in its wake. Benazir is dead, they [...]

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Reflections on Dickens and Japan

Posted in history, literature on November 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

On Japan- If the heart was ever not just an instrument of circulation, I gave it away to a landmass!!
My second blog, I have been reading Dickens and was tempted to start it with some flowery line like ‘With great palpitation of heart..’, anyway thought the better of it. If the kind reader deigns to [...]

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