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Commented on mouthshutdotcom's review

Jul 31, 2003 02:50 PM

i never really knew much about the community centre but now i know pretty much all about it. cheers!

Reviewed Red Earth and Pouring Rain - Vikram Chandra

Of students and warrior-poets

Jul 29, 2003 12:10 PM 4686 Views

(Updated Jul 29, 2003 02:21 PM)

Finally a modern Indian author who understands what good (possibly great) fiction is all about- stories. And if it's stories you're after then Vikram Chandra has copious amounts to offer in his first book- Red earth and pouring rain. Taking its name from a 4th Century Tamil poem, Chandra's no...Read more

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Followed savi

Jul 20, 2003 07:00 AM

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Commented on own review

Jul 20, 2003 06:39 AM

Hey guys, thanks for the comments. much appreciated. kalyani, sorry to disappoint on the stylistic front. the problem lies, most likely, in the way i read poems and the way i gauge and judge them. basically, when i read a poem, the most important thing for me is the image and emotions that ar...e evoked within me as opposed to the stylistic aesthetics of the poem itself. to break it down into a sum of its parts like a car, in my opinion, is doing it a grave injustice. but these things are subjective so thanks anwyays, for pointing it out. Cheers, RohitRead More

Reviewed 100 Love Sonnets : Cien sonetos de amor - Pablo Neruda

100 ways of saying ''I love you''

Jul 19, 2003 03:15 PM 14305 Views

(Updated Jul 19, 2003 04:55 PM)

I normally write my reviews as impersonally as possible and try to be as objective towards a book as I can be. But Neruda, by God, makes me break all those rules. Sometimes, you come across something in life that leaves you so awe-stricken that you lie in bed slack-jawed and pensive for hours on...Read more

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Commented on kalil.rahman's review

Jul 17, 2003 04:47 PM

great review. i've not known many people who have watched Bronenosets Potyomkin so seeing it get a mention made my day. kudos. rohit

Reviewed Use of Weapons - Iain Banks

Symphonies of Destruction...

Jul 17, 2003 11:42 AM 2843 Views

(Updated Jul 17, 2003 02:26 PM)

The Culture? What is it? Who is in it? What's it all about? Well to really understand Iain M. Banks’ Science-Fiction writing one needs to understand the Culture. Essentially, the Culture can be described as ''...a group-civilisation formed from seven or eight humanoid species, space-living...Read more

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Commented on own review

Jul 15, 2003 07:45 PM

true, it's in the wrong section but that's cos the request was in the wrong section. didn't notice that and didn't realise it'd be an issue...sigh...oh well rohit

Commented on own review

Jul 15, 2003 06:41 PM

Hey Selina, Thanks for the comment and the recommendation. Glad to see someone has similar tastes :-) Cheers, Rohit

Commented on warrior's review

Jul 15, 2003 04:16 PM

...oh, if only aesthetic beauty counted as well. Then Anna K would be tops...sigh. Such is life. roh

Reviewed Five Best Brands You Should Have

Top 5 colognes/smells for men?

Jul 15, 2003 03:57 PM 5259 Views

(Updated Jul 15, 2003 03:58 PM)

Well, it's not easy rating something as subjective as your own sense of smell so I thought I'd just provide my own perspective and see how it goes. Well then, in any old order: 1. Eternity, Calvin Klein As the name rightly suggests, this one has been around for an absolute age. It has been...Read more

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Reviewed Perdido Street Station - China Mieville

''Parasites, infection and rumour...''

Jul 11, 2003 11:17 AM 1928 Views

(Updated Jul 11, 2003 11:17 AM)

Fantasy? Horror? Sci-Fi? Steampunk? What’s in a name anyways? China Mieville’s “Perdido Street Station” goes beyond genres in just the same way Rushdie did with “Midnight’s Children”. The plot is set in the imaginary world of Bas Lag, with the main ac...Read more

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Followed karana23

Jul 09, 2003 04:28 PM

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Reviewed Romantics, The - Pankaj Mishra

Not for Indian palettes

Jul 09, 2003 01:51 PM 2096 Views

(Updated Jul 09, 2003 01:51 PM)

I was expecting great things having read all the other rave reviews of Pankaj Mishra's debut novel (or is it his 2nd after Butter Chicken in Ludhiana?). They seemed to promise it all- a wonderful story, beautiful insights into India and especially Benares (Varanasi), wonderful prose, enchating c...Read more

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Reviewed The Pianist Movie

In a word: Exceptional

Jul 08, 2003 09:44 PM 2382 Views

(Updated Jul 08, 2003 09:48 PM)

THE PIANIST is based on an autobiography by the Polish classical pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman. The movie is a depiction of the life of Szpilman, played superbly by Adrien Brody, as a Jew in Poland during the time of the arrival of the Nazi Holocaust. Director Roman Polanski draws on his own person...Read more

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Jul 08, 2003 08:46 PM

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Reviewed Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe

Interesting...ish....

Jul 08, 2003 08:18 PM 6976 Views

(Updated Jul 16, 2003 10:13 PM)

I had heard so much about Robinson Crusoe that I was really looking forward to a compelling read about human resilience and high drama. But to my greatest surprise, I found this book started off with some quite uninteresting topics (to the modern reader of course). Crusoe doesn’t have any ...Read more

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