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Reviewed The Day After Tomorrow Movie

Ice and Sobs

I was kind of weary of going to another movie where New York City gets converted to a dump. And on seeing it, I knew my senses were right. The use of special effects inThe Day After Tomorrow is terrific, and the events have been brought about as close to reality as possible. But as usual with...Read more

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Reviewed The Last Samurai Movie

Cinema at its best.

The Last Samurai I remember reading somewhere that making movies is a much more complicated form of story telling, and it takes the effort of many men to make it a good entertaining one. With this in mind, I have to say that The Last Samurai does not fail to deliver. Coming back to my firs...Read more

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Reviewed Malgudi Days - R K Narayan

Short stories from the master!

Malgudi Days R.K. Narayan is known for his ability to create worlds through words. This is just another one that fails to fall short of the high expectations that one is bound expect after having gone through his other works like Swami and Friends, The Dark Room etc. Narayan creates his ch...Read more

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Commented on saaz_ar's review

The Iron hand in a Leather Glove!!
Symbiosis Centre For Management and Human Resource Development-Pune

my brother is also there..and he has warned me about all the things you said..a good review...the work load is i guess the main aspect of life there.. keep writin.. with rgds, arun

Reviewed Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering-Kollam

A shadow of the past.

TKM or more commonly Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering is set on the out skirts of the town of Kollam, in Kerala. It is about 150 KM south from Cochin, and around 50 KM north from Trivandrum. I am an alumnus of the college, and the review is basically what I have inferred from my da...Read more

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Commented on last_kiss's review

The Best Band in the World...
All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2

Great review. I haven't brought the album, but I can tell you that after reading ur review, I shall definitely get it. Thx a lot. Arun

Commented on Jeff_Wilder's review

U2 Does It Again
All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2

Yeah, I agree with ur point that u2 is the best around for the time, better than the scores of boy-bands and rap stuff. Good review, and let's hope they have more to give in the future. Arun

Commented on Greenman's review

T K M
Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering-Kollam

Hi, The college is not professionally run. It has it's share of good professors, and a healthy share of the bad ones. But pre-2000 when there were only 13 colleges in Kerala, this would have been a prefered destination. The college has failed to keep up with the times. And like you said, the fut...ure is definitely bleak. By the way, I too am an alumni. Regards, ArunRead More

Commented on blaster's review

Best(east+west)
Amrita Institute of Technology and Science-Kollam

Hi, Nice review there. I have come to the campus and seen it all. But I feel the management does get religion and education mixed at certain times. rgds, arun

Reviewed Talkative Man - R K Narayan

TM, Rann and Co.

R.K. Narayan is known for his ability to create worlds through words. This is just another one that fails to fall short of the high expectations that one is bound expect after having gone through his other works like Swami and Friends, The Dark Room etc. Narayan creates his characters with th...Read more

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Commented on utakin2me's review

A Masterpiece
Guide, The - R K Narayan

I think you are very much right in saying that the movie was a relative failure compared to the literature. Regards, Arun

Reviewed FountainHead, The - Ayn Rand

The Creators of the World

The Fountainhead was my first Ayn Raand book. I chose to read it since it was suggested to me by my brother. From an overall perspective, this book is one that can change our perspective towards life, and the rest of society as such. It is a philosophical book dealing with mind set of man, his a...Read more

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Reviewed Swami and Friends - R K Narayan

Best of RKN

I have to be very frank about why I ever picked up this book from the book store. First of all, during one of my interviews for an MBA admission, I proudly told them that I read R.K. Narayan’s books. Their response seemed almost spontaneous, “Have you read Swami and Friends?” I...Read more

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Reviewed English Teacher, The - R K Narayan

Signature Stuff

This book is an authentic R. K. Narayan work. As usual, the description of his characters is nothing short of astounding, you can really feel as if you have met these characters or that you know them personally, such is the level of description in the author's writing. The story is primarily ...Read more

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Commented on sunilj20's review

Bike that makes you go Wild!!
Bajaj Pulsar

Other than the use of a set of adjectives, this gives very little to a person who wants to buy one of these.