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Reviewed Doga of War - Frederick Forsyth

Page turner. A must for Frederick Fans

Sir James Manson, has come up the hard way in life. Born to nobodies from some place. He has grown to become the Chairman of ManCon, construction and exploration company. Starting as a mine worker, James Manson realized that money was not made by underground mining workers but by above ground...Read more

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Reviewed Kane And Abel - Jeffrey Archer

An Archer story indeed

Kane and Abel is a story of two men and their desire to be the best in their field. Until fate crosses their paths. William Kane is sone of Richard Kane, a second generation banker and the CEO of Kane and Cabot Bank. Richard is excellent at his job and is running the bank with atmost efficien...Read more

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Great Collection A must read
A Quiver Full Of Arrows - Jeffrey Archer

Story 9 : A Matter of principle.Sir Hamish Graham runs a construction company and is pretty successful at that. But the downturn has affected his company and one of his managers asks him to take up the Mexican project for which Mexican government has put up advertisement. The story revolves around... the Contract and the discussion between all the stakeholders of the project. ME thinks ========= Amazing story with a personal Mexican touch, that Hamish fails to pick up. I would give it a 7.5 out of 10. ---------------------------------------------- Story 10: The Hungarian ProfessorThe first person, sportsman is in Hungary to participate in a sports meet where he has a chance meeting with an old man who has great interest in England. They keep chatting about England, their culture their climate, interesting places. The old man invites the sportsman to his house for a dinner. What follows next is an interesting conversation between the two about England. Me thinks ========= Awsome !! I was totally absorbed in the story. The arrow will hit you only if you are careful in reading the last part of the story and keeping the context of the story at the back of your mind. Brilliant protrayal of the old man. I would give an 8.5 out of 10 ---------------------------------------------- Story 11: The First MiracleTo say anything about the story would be to give away the story. Lets just say that history is made up of many interesting twists and turns. I would give the story an 8 out of 10 ( I had to Google around to understand the significance of the story. Great story indeed!!!) Summary ======== A great collection. A must read. My Favourites: 4,3,6,10,11,9 Over all I would rate the book at 7 out of 10. It is a must read.Read More

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Great Collection A must read
A Quiver Full Of Arrows - Jeffrey Archer

rest of the stories are below Story 6 : Broken Routine Septimus Horatio Cornwallis has one of the most boring lives. He is an insurance claim settler and his daily routine is fixed to the dot. Right from the time he gets up till he sleeps his life is so monotonous that if you follow him for a... week you would know what he must be doing in the next few years. One fine evening his routine gets broken when his boss asks him to stay little longer and he misses his train. He takes a different train which is completely packed. He gets hold of a seat and settles down only to find a teenager sitting in front of him. What follows is an interesting non-verbal communication between the two. Me Thinks ========== Awsome !!! This time the arrow hit with a bang, and pierced me through. Though I have read about this punch in a different context, in a different story somewhere else but i was not prepared for the ending and it took me by surprise. Considering that this short story collection was first printed in 1980, I feel this particular punch was created by THIS story and it has been used by others in their stories. I would give an 8.5 out of 10 -------------------------------------------- Story 7 : One Night Stand It is the story of Adrian and Michael. who are very close friends and have literally lived together their entire life. They share a perfect bonding until they meet this lady. Me thinks ========= A pass? story. I would give it a 4 out of 10. ------------------------------------------- Story 8 : Henry's HiccupHenry is the son of Pasha of Egypt. The wealthiest person in Egypt. The story revolves around Henry's live pre and post pasha's death Me thinks ========= There was no story here. Except the realization by Henry that life is not the same as he thought it was. I would give it a 5 out of 10. --------------------------------------------- Read More

Reviewed A Quiver Full Of Arrows - Jeffrey Archer

Great Collection A must read

Jeffrey Archer : Short Stories : A Quiver Full Of Arrows A Quiver Full of ArrowsThis short story collection by Jeffrey Archer has 11 stories bundled up. Story 1 : The Chinese Statue Sir Alexander Heathcote rose from an officer in the British foreign office to become an Ambassador. He wa...Read more

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Interesting novel with a bold climax
Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie

BTW there is a computer game based on this novel as well !!!

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Interesting novel with a bold climax
Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie

Thanks Varun, Deepak and Mail2Mac for the comments. Mail2Mac, I would love to watch the movie. Will see if I can get my hands on the DVD

Reviewed Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie

Interesting novel with a bold climax

An urgent telegram has arrived in the hotel room for Hercule Poirot To return to London. Poirot who is in another location finds it strange as the telegram was unexpected. Nevertheless he asks the hotel staff to book a first class seat. The only train available immediately is the Istanbul Tri...Read more

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Reviewed Mystery of the Blue Train - Agatha Christie

Interesting Novel

Van Aldin is a millionaire. He has achieved lot of name and fame in his profession and is respected and admired all around. He leads a very simple life and does not have desires like the other millionaires. Ruth is the daughter of Van Aldin. She is an easy going lady who enjoys her life. Van ...Read more

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New Direct Tax Code - Good, Bad and Ugly

Ugly part I dont quite agree that the tax on PF would be ugly. At best it can be termed bad for the following reasons: (1) When the time comes for us to actually take the PF amount, we would have retired. So, supposedly, we will not have any other source of income. Now there should be 2 Parts t...o the story Part 1: Lump Sum payment PArt of PF might be paid as a lump sum. This might get taxed as the amount might be relatively substantially. Part 2: Annual Payout Rest of the amount is paid annually. Typically like a pension every month. This Might not get taxed much as (I presume) the amount would not cross the higher limits.... (2) Lets assume we are all 35 years old (I am much younger though), and we plan to work for another 20 years. In that case the Tax slabs would have obviously gone much higher than what they are today (compare today's slabs with the ones that were 5 years back. IF in 5 years we have increased the slabs to such an extent, you can imagine what they would be after 20 years...). So when you take the lump sum you might not get taxed so heavily (one can argue that our salaries also will increase in the next 20 years so PF contributions will also increase... Well Yes I do agree...)Read More

Reviewed First Among Equals - Jeffrey Archer

Politics at its best

Charles Seymour was unlucky to be born 8 minutes later to his brother which deprived him of the earl status, a castle in Scotland, 22000 acres of somerset. But Charles had the potential of both the brothers put together, and the desire to succeed in life. He understood early in life that he w...Read more

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Reviewed Airport - Arthur Hailey

Airport - Arthur Hailey

Characters: Mel Bakersfeld(Manager Lincoln International airport) Cindy(Mel's wife) Keith Bakersfeld(Mel's Brother who works at the Radar Control) Tanya Livingston( Trans World Airlines passenger relations manager) Joe Patroni(Trans World Airlines head of maintenance operations at...Read more

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Reviewed Barah Aana Movie

Barah Aana : Okey Dokey

Cast : Naseeruddin Shah, Vijay Raaz, Arjun Mathur, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Violante Placido, Benjamin Gilani Barah Aana is the story of 3 people, a watchman (Vijay Raaz), A driver(Naseeruddin Shah) and a Waiter (Arjun Mathur). Naseeris a driver of Mr Mehta (Benjamin Gilani). Vijay Raaz is t...Read more

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Reviewed No comebacks - Frederick Forsyth

No Comebacks : Frederick Forsyth

Frederick Forsyth: No Comebacks No Comebacks is a collection of 10 stories with a mystery angle in each of them. No Comebacks: It revolves around aBritish Millionaire who is very famous.Women are a dailystaple for him. But behind this life is a lonely man craving for theelusive girl. Someo...Read more

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Reviewed Hakki Harutide Nodidira

Play : Rangashankara : Hakki Harutide Nodidira

Hakki Harutide Nodidira is an andaptation to kannada by Prema Karanth. It was originally written by Vijay Tendulkar. The original play goes by the name Ashi Paakhare Yeti Arun has just missed his bus to bangalore and is angry about it. When he is cursing the driver and his fate he notices a b...Read more

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A Dangerous Game!

one more thing I have no right to add to the article. But if I were you, I would have added the below line: =============== PS: If someone asks for help or wants my suggession because he/she values it, I would give him/her my frank opinion and help the person to the best of my abilities and circ...umstances. =============== I think this is what you would have probably meant and missed in the post.Read More

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Play : Rangashankara : Hakki Harutide Nodidira

i could not find any noted faces I could not find any noted faces in the play. Sarsu was played by some unknown actress (atleast unknown to me).

Reviewed Piccadilly Jim - P.G.Wodehouse

Great story with layers of twists

My wife is a big fan of P.G.Wodehouse and she wanted my to read one. Sothis time when I went to the library I did inny miny maina mo andpicked Piccadilly Jim by P.G. Wodehouse. Needless to say that the moment I started reading I was pulled into the magic of P.G. Wodehouse. A Jist of the bo...Read more

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The Shawshank Redemption
Shawshank Redemption Movie

Great Review Kanika. I will watch the movie if I get it on DVD