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Reviewed Orchid City Centre Mall Mumbai

Feb 22, 2007 06:47 PM 17554 Views

After the failure of Crossroads, Tardeo and a relatively lukewarm experience to CR2, Nariman Point and Atria, Worli it did come as a surprise to many that a mall should come up right at Mumbai Central. But then, business is all about taking that big risk. And for Pantaloons, the risk was well wo...Read more

Reviewed Joothan: A Dalit's Life - Omprakash Valmiki

Jan 13, 2007 04:13 PM 69111 Views

(Updated Jan 13, 2007 04:13 PM)

In the book, Joothan – A Dalit’s Life, Omprakash Valmiki writes, “ One can somehow get past poverty and deprivation but it is impossible to get past caste.” With this statement, Valmiki highlights the rigidity of the caste system in India that has resulted in the socio-economic oppression of tho...Read more

Reviewed Swades

Jan 13, 2007 02:45 PM 3715 Views

Why do you yearn to watch a Shah Rukh Khan film? Is it because he dances and sings and makes you laugh and cry? You believe that Khan is the Rahul or Raj who romances beautiful chiffon-clad women and overcomes any hurdle that may come in the way of love with his unmatchable warmth. You feel him ...Read more

Reviewed Diary of a Young Girl, The - Anne Frank

Jan 13, 2007 02:43 PM 7094 Views

A war has two sides – the victor and the vanquished. Almost all historical accounts are always one-sided, either the winners’ or the losers’. Our very own history is a perfect example. While the Indian Nationalists term the events of 1857 as “The Revolt” the British historians choose to call it ...Read more

Reviewed Suitable Boy, A - Vikram Seth

Jan 13, 2007 02:40 PM 5245 Views

"What is that book you are reading?", a friend asked me. "Vikram Seth's A Suitable Boy. I haven't started yet." "It's going to take you a long time to finish that one." I flipped through the pages of the book I was holding in my hand. "1349 pages? Oh! That sure is going to take me some time" And...Read more

Reviewed No Logo - Naomi Klein

Jun 28, 2004 11:56 AM 3072 Views

(Updated Jun 28, 2004 11:56 AM)

NO LOGO: Taking Aim Of the Brand Bullies Author: Naomi Klein ?This book is not a cry for ?eradication of logos? from our lives as he title may suggest.? ? Toronto-based author-journalist, Naomi Klein asserts in the Acknowledgements. She discusses at length, the phenomenon of ?corporatism? that h...Read more

Reviewed Proper Study of Mankind, The - Isaiah Berlin

Jun 28, 2004 11:49 AM 3196 Views

(Updated Jun 28, 2004 11:49 AM)

A PROPER STUDY OF MANKIND ? An Anthology of Essays Author: Isaiah Berlin Publication Date: 08/2000 A Proper Study of Mankind includes some of Isaiah Berlin?s most influential essays on humankind. The name of the book does suggest what it unfolds ? probably an in-depth analysis of humankind?s ...Read more

Commented on sriki's review

Jun 20, 2004 10:40 PM

Never been to Bangalore but definitely want to go there at least once. Your review was good...quite informative, I must say.

Commented on qaz1's review

Jun 20, 2004 10:34 PM

That was a neat job. I want to read that book now. Only one suggestion, please don't give away the whole story in your review. Keeep up the work.

Reviewed Ardh Satya

Jun 11, 2004 10:57 AM 4413 Views

(Updated Jun 11, 2004 10:57 AM)

ARDHA-SATYA Some characters from films live forever. There are quite a few examples from Indian commercial cinema that endorse this fact. From Radha in Mother India (1953) to Bhuvan in Lagaan (2001), there have been scores of characters etched on our minds. It?s quite rare for characters of f...Read more

Reviewed Second Sex, The - Simone de Beauvoir

May 28, 2004 10:07 AM 5840 Views

(Updated May 28, 2004 10:07 AM)

Le Deuxième Sexe (THE SECOND SEX) Author: - Simone de Beauvoir Translated from French to English by: - Jonathan Cape (1953) Published first in French in 1949 by Gallimard Published in English by David Campbell Publishers Ltd. Simone de Beauvoir?s The Second Sex (Le Deuxième Sexe) is on...Read more

Reviewed Love In The Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez

May 26, 2004 08:13 PM 2607 Views

(Updated May 26, 2004 08:16 PM)

LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA Author: - Gabriel Garcia Marquez Translated from Spanish to English by: - Edith Grossman Publisher: - Penguin Books Gabriel Garcia Marquez?s Love In The Time Of Cholera, with its interlocked love stories on the various kinds of relationships of love betwee...Read more

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