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Reviewed Ideal Cream Parlour - Attavar - Mangalore City

Ice cream lovers' paradise :D

One thing I never used to miss whenever I went to my native place - was the popular ice-creams like Gadbad, Dilkhush and the like. Cheap, heavy duty ice-creams with fantastic names are a highlight of Mangalore - you usually get them everywhere. Cashing in on the opportunity, Ideal's started a...Read more

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Reviewed Celebrations 365 - Bandra - Mumbai

Good veg restaurant

This is a pure veg restaurant in Bandra East, from where we mostly get food delivered to our office. But it is a nice little place if you want to visit the restaurant itself. A decent place with mostly office going crowd from nearby BKC or collegians from nearby colleges. We have tried many d...Read more

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Reviewed Ammi's Biryani - Andheri - Mumbai

For those who want biryani thats healthy too

Ammi's biryani - These guys are enthusiastically trying to capture the interest of the office-goers who depend upon canteens / takeaways - they have put up food stalls at my office, twice now. Which is when I actually got to try the food. And the food is good - but depends upon how you like y...Read more

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Reviewed Nineteen

Good, maybe for slimmer figures

I recently bought a denim shirt from the brand via Myntra. This is my first buy for the brand. The design and fabric were exactly as expected - pretty good fabric at a great discount. I had some fit issues - the sleeves, I found were a bit tight(i have heavier arms) and there wasn't much scop...Read more

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Reviewed Vithal Kamats - Nigadi - Pune

Food not as good as in the past

This is a very popular food court on the Mumbai Pune route next to Khed Shivpur toll plaza. The location and the place is nice - spacious, clean and friendly looking. If you want, you can also sit in the outdoor seating area, which is also pretty big. But when we went there last year, we real...Read more

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Reviewed Bajrangi Bhaijaan

Finally a Salman Khan movie with a story!!

First things first, I am not a Salman Khan fan. And movies like Dabangg haven't really made me want to watch a Salman movie. Thankfully, this is different! It has a story, and a wonderful story at that! By God! A lost Pakistani girl, who cannot speak, whom Pawan wants to reach home safely - t...Read more

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Reviewed Baahubali - The Beginning

Watch on the BIG screen only!

The biggest  movie of now - Baahubali, gets off to a fantastic start. The waterfall and the location - oh my! Its the sights and scenes of the movie that are delightful and simply unbelievable. The story of a dead king's son brought to safety who yearns to climb the waterfall and learn about ...Read more

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Reviewed Vanish Stain Remover

Ok Product, use on stains immediately

I had bought this one with great hopes of removing an old stain. One of my white clothes was accidentally washed with a black cotton one, and the colour had bled all over it. I bought Vanish after trying everything else. But alas, it didn't work on it. I guess nothing does work on old stubbor...Read more

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Reviewed Chinese N Grill - Mohammed Ali Road - Mumbai

Excellent service, VFM food

My first visit to Mohammed Ali Road and we waited nearly 40 minutes for a table inside the restaurant - makeshift tables outside where available at a waiting time of 10 minutes - this during the peak Ramzan period. But the way they handle the crowd is commendable. Everyone gets a table sooner or...Read more

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Reviewed Suleman Usman Bakery - Mohammed Ali Road - Mumbai

Piping hot malpua with rabdi! yummy!

On my first visit to Mohammed Ali Road during Ramzan this year, we went to this sweet shop to try their famous double egg malpua and firni. The place was so crowded, that the vendor barely had time to handle all his customers. But yet, the service was fast. The malpua was being freshly prepar...Read more

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Reviewed Tales from Shakespear - Lamb, Charles and Mary

A good summary of Shakespearean stories

I have always wanted to read Shakespeare, but his original works - the language and style were just too much for me. When I came across this adaptation by Charles and Mary Lamb, I jumped at it. And good I did. The book summarizes in easy English the renowned stories of the great Shakespeare. ...Read more

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Reviewed Christmas Carol, A - Charles Dickens

An ode to Christmas joy!

The book was written at a time when the few good men were trying to revive the joyous, hopeful celebration of Christmas in England. The festival had been reinstated in England as a holiday, but the spirit was missing. The story is of a wealthy, cold miser who is visited by the ghost of his pa...Read more

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Reviewed Old Man and the Sea, The - Ernest Hemingway

An old fisherman's final big catch

The story is about an old fisherman and his battle with a great fish. It begins when the old fisherman, who has been unlucky with his catch for many days, tells his young apprentice that he is going further the next day and is sure to land up with a great catch. So the fisherman does and a gr...Read more

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Reviewed Hunchback of Notre-Dame, The - Victor Hugo

A good tale, must read

This is one of the classics, originally written in French. Esmeralda, is the beautiful gypsy heroine who is loved by everyone, the Captain, the ugly looking hunchback Quasimodo and even Quasimodo's father Frollo. When Quasimodo is flogged, Esmeralda is the only one who brings him water to drink....Read more

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Reviewed Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe

Story of a castaway - a good storybook

Robinson Crusoe is as much of an adventure filled storybook as can be. It is the story of a castaway who lands up on an island inhibited by cannibals. How he manages to live on the island, how he eventually finds a friend - Friday and how he is eventually rescued - is the story of the book. I...Read more

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Reviewed Siddhartha - Herman Hesse

A spiritual story, requires your time and patienc

This is not a book for light reading - it is about a spiritual journey. Siddhartha and his friend Govinda, leave their home to discover themselves - a spiritual quest. They join the ascetics, fast, pray and meditate intensely and yet Siddhartha cannot find his peace. They hear of the Buddha a...Read more

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Reviewed Inscrutable Americans, The - Anurag Mathur

A nice, funny yet heartwarming story

This is one small humourous book that will probably be recommended to you by friends, sooner or later. It is the story of Gopal, who goes to the US to study chemical engineering and is bewildered by the country. The language of the book is easy to read and humourous. The letters by Gopal in h...Read more

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Reviewed Malgudi Days - R K Narayan

Rich poignant stories from life

This is an exquisite collection of about 9 short stories by R.K. Narayan. Each of the stories is set in the fictional town of Malgudi in South India. My personal favourite is'the missing mail' - a story about a postman, who does not deliver a letter informing of an unfortunate death, since there...Read more

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Reviewed 1984 - George Orwell

I didn't like it

I had read rave reviews of this book and decided to read this classic - considered one of the best books of all times. But I have realized that reading an English Classic written in an era where people had begun to consider socialism seriously does not come very easily to me. The story is of ...Read more

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Reviewed Chinaar - Bandra East - Mumbai

Better order from here - good food

We recently went here after a long long time, we only remembered that the food was good. We were a large group of 12 and we came in unreserved. But we had no trouble getting a table on a Friday evening since we had turned up early. But then two more big groups came in and our ordeal began. We...Read more

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