Commented on own review
Jun 17, 2010 04:46 PM
Those who are suckers for
Literary brilliance, show me a better author than Umberto Eco and Salman Rushdie, I will be honoured to read. For I have not read any more literarily
inclined fiction than they writ. But then again, as someone pointed out, 'I haven't read books', perhaps. :)
And ...if you are really of a free mind and don't mind poetry either, I'd suggest your read Dante's Inferno. (Purgatory and Paradiso too, if you can actually
sit through). It is an epic write. Also try 'Astrophel and Stella by Sir Philip Sydney', a brilliant narration in sonnets.Read More
Commented on own review
Jun 17, 2010 04:46 PM
Oh, I So love debates... XD
I made this list something like 3 or so years back, and it makes me smile reading it myself. I still hold a couple of those books are in my current top five list too. :) And the 'reviews' I wrote for each book reminds me of my naivety then, but the same enthusiasm and ...curiosity I have now.
As for the comments, I find it pitiable how most people have an infinite appetite for baseless ad hominems. And they do not intimidate with their words, only reflect their own insecurity for their incarcerated minds and short sightedness. God bless.
I don't find a terra firma why people reject Dan Brown as a good author. There ARE indeed very few who put in his amount of research behind every book. The detailing is tremendous. I shall always respect his wordplay and factual backing of the same. If you are actually not interested in how a Corinthian Column is different from a Doric, or haven't heard of the Lux Aeterna or De Prestigis Daemonum, nor will to look it up, Dan Brown is not your kind of author, but not for a fault of his. Pick up his book with an appetite for knowledge and a little curiosity, you will see my point.
Harry Potter, I reaffirm is a very good book. It saw through our childhood, and made me yearn, atleast, to be apart of the magic. How can I deny its being a
good book? You may disagree, but have no right to infringe my fantasies. Even the power of critique is not that invasive just yet...
For those of you who are looking for some IQ, go read The Road to Reality by Roger Penrose, or anything at all by Robert D Barrow, Richard Dawking, Brian Greene and Fritjof Capra. If science is not much your scope, then atleast read 'The eternal golden Braid - Douglas R Hofstadter'.Read More
Commented on own review
Jun 17, 2010 04:43 PM
(Updated Jun 17, 2010 04:47 PM)
Oh, I So love debates... XD
I made this list something like 3 or so years back, and it makes me smile reading it myself. I still hold a couple of those books are in my current top five
list too. :) And the ’’reviews’’ I wrote for each book reminds me of my naivety then, but the same enthus...iasm and curiosity I have now.
As for the comments, I find it pitiable how most people have an infinite appetite for baseless ad hominems. And they do not intimidate with their words, only
reflect their own insecurity for their incarcerated minds and short sightedness. God bless.
I don’t find a terra firma why people reject Dan Brown as a good author. There ARE indeed very few who put in his amount of research behind every book. The
detailing is tremendous. I shall always respect his wordplay and factual backing of the same. If you are actually not interested in how a Corinthian Column
is different from a Doric, or haven’t heard of the Lux Aeterna or De Prestigis Daemonum, nor will to look it up, Dan Brown is not your kind of author, but
not for a fault of his. Pick up his book with an appetite for knowledge and a little curiosity, you will see my point.
Harry Potter, I reaffirm is a very good book. It saw through our childhood, and made me yearn, atleast, to be apart of the magic. How can I deny its being a
good book? You may disagree, but have no right to infringe my fantasies. Even the power of critique is not that invasive just yet...
For those of you who are looking for some IQ, go read The Road to Reality by Roger Penrose, or anything at all by Robert D Barrow, Richard Dawking, Brian
Greene and Fritjof Capra. If science is not much your scope, then atleast read ’’The eternal golden Braid - Douglas R Hofstadter’’. Those who are suckers for
Literary brilliance, show me a better author than Umberto Eco and Salman Rushdie, I will be honoured to read. For I have not read any more literarily
inclined fiction thanRead More
Commented on own review
Jun 08, 2009 12:53 PM
@ bibliophile
The premise of your allegation breeds on a satiric, rather than logical trail of thought. It would be futile for me to try to permeate the illusionary air of complacancy you hold so close unto you. I again say, these are (now rather were, W.R.T the time i wrote the article) me fav... 5 books...
Alas...Read More
Commented on own review
Jun 08, 2009 12:40 PM
@ bibliophile
The premise of your allegation breeds on a satiric, rather than logical trail of thought. It would be futile for me to try to permeate the illusionary air of complacancy you hold so close unto you. I again say, these are (now rather were, W.R.T the time i wrote the article) me fav 5... books...
Alas...Read More
Commented on own review
Feb 12, 2008 01:07 PM
In all due respect id like to thank you spikeguard for appreciating my review...
These shows are really a 'spike' in the 'ur choice of organ to be entered here'...
Thanx...
Commented on own review
Feb 09, 2008 04:17 PM
So seems as im voicing the masses, huh...
Thanx nonetheless. Its time something is done.
Reviewed General Tips on Reality Television
Feb 09, 2008 04:05 PM
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Just the other day, a friend of mine advised(The way he insisted, forced would be a better verb) to watch a reality show that promised to replace the "pumice" by a "microphone", for it claimed to recoganise talent among "bathroom singers"(huh?).
So far so good, on the scheduled time I was in ...Read more
Commented on amateurabe's review
Jan 23, 2008 07:35 PM
Ironic, though, snakes are the humblest and least dangerous of all reptiles, unless of course, instigated...
They have found a 'Gulshan Grover' status among the reptilian abundance....
However, snakes and Ladders was the only game i played and never won...
Never...Nil....Nada...
The ladde...rs always seemed to evade me...The farthest i ever got was somewhere between 87 and 93...
So after giving up the 'dicey' game, my memories of loss were rejuvinated as i read this review...
But the read was another memorable experience....
Amazingly put together, compiled, expressed and edited,i must say...
Abha(ji), you deserve a round of applause (And hissing too, for that may be the snake's way to say encore)....
Regards
SiddharthaRead More
Commented on own review
Jan 23, 2008 07:25 PM
Firstly, let me extend my gratitude and humble thanks for taking time out to read , and even more so, to rate my review...
As far as editing is concerned, i'll make it my 2nd priority JUST after review quality.... Hope that complies...
So ur 6 month old 'Cubby' is ready to rock the theatres....... Nice experience for him, too...
Also, thank him from me (Maybe in years to come) for it was because of him you read my review...
Abhaji, I must risk to confer to you that, did you watch 'The Golden Compass' movie trailer???
All the special effects on the backdrop of a heavily dressed Daniel Craig was done right here in INDIA!!!!
PIXAR could take a leak, the animation is MIND BOGGLING....
Only thing is that 'Hanuman(ji)' could not, with the help of all his powers, gather enough sponsorship....
The animation couldve been aeons ahead....
But lastly, i'd like to reveal a little secret of mine...
I still prefer Hanuman in 2D, with his cute little avatar doing stuff onscreen... The 3D and effects take away the innocence, upto a LITTLE extent, i.e
Thank You
SiddharthaRead More
Reviewed Hanuman Returns
Jan 21, 2008 09:16 PM
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(Updated Jan 22, 2008 12:46 PM)
Expected Headline: Hanuman touches Spidey's Record.
Reality Offered: TZP shrouds all cinematic productions.
(Maybe because our beleaguered Hanuman(ji) was bitten by no radioactive irridiated member of
the insect familia, or maybe because he did'nt have a Giorgio Armani costume to accent...Read more
Reviewed Red Bull
Sep 25, 2007 05:47 PM
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(Updated Oct 23, 2007 12:00 AM)
I happened to chance an eye pleasing blue can of Red Bull, more to quench a building curiosity rather than thirst itself. The local store offered a chilled can, moist with condensed water vapour, the bluish glint almost resembled a matte finishing, the packaging was slim but firm enough. The bil...Read more
Reviewed Indian Cricket Team
Sep 23, 2007 02:39 PM
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These "numbers" quite uncanilly have become the most famous "words" as per the day. Indian team's applaud worthy performance in this latest cricketing innovation, the WORLD 20-20 blowed to oblivion any uncertainity someone may have brooded over its damped performance days.
Quite honestly, as ...Read more
Commented on own review
Sep 20, 2007 10:16 AM
Thanks for your comments, first of all....
Now if i may be modest enough to mention, you may have misinterpreted the title....
'The best 5 books in 'CHRONICAL' order'......
CHRONICAL, i made mandatory to include, so as to disregard comments not unlike yours Neeraj ji and Amkazmi.....
The wor...ld itself rules out the possibility of your saying 'dan brown' over 'mario puzo'....Its just that I came to read the books in that order....
'chronical' and 'alphabetical' orders are intended to prevent such backlashes.....
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Commented on own review
Sep 20, 2007 10:14 AM
As for your attack on the genius of Dan Brown, quite honestly, i disagree. I know the order of publishing of Angels and Demons and DVC....
A person looking to draw parallels between the two, will indeed come out with a multitude....
i may have no right, but would insist upon your reconsidering the... grounds for criticising...
Just saying out that Mr. Brown deserves no place in the top 5s doesnt make him legible for it either.... Consider this : Robert Langdon, the main char. in both books is an iconologist....If you want to see him in a backdrop of Science fiction, adventure, prose, family drama, romance or any other genre for that matter is quite unlikely to happen......Im not being sarcastic, only practical.....And a child guessing the books 'climax' halfway doesnt reduce its quality....Couldnt you guess that Michael Corleone would become the next don seeing as Santiono was dead, and Freddie was incapable.......Did that dampen Mario Puzos genius or the Godfathers intrigue.....At least for me, it didnt.....But you arent the first to dissect away at Dan Brown....Many critics and reviewers have done the same before.....
Lastly, these were my favs. , maybe not the entire human populace's, and im sorry to being unable to live upto your expectations, but its our 'differences' that make us 'individuals', not our 'similarities......Read More
Commented on own review
Sep 20, 2007 10:02 AM
Thanks for your comments, first of all....
Now if i may be modest enough to mention, you may have misinterpreted the title....
'The best 5 books in 'CHRONICAL' order'......
CHRONICAL, i made mandatory to include, so as to disregard comments not unlike yours Neeraj ji and Amkazmi.....
The world i...tself rules out the possibility of your saying 'dan brown' over 'mario puzo'....Its just that I came to read the books in that order....
'chronical' and 'alphabetical' orders are intended to prevent such backlashes.....
Read More
Reviewed Orkut
Apr 08, 2007 12:54 PM
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(Updated Mar 12, 2008 12:59 PM)
Check out the History option on most Internet enabled systems, you will definately come up
with a few entries of Orkut. Most of the people who've heard of it are IN it, rest haven't
heard of it and are partly better off.
Orkut is serving as the new age Opium for he tech savvy(A kind of ...Read more
Commented on own review
Mar 23, 2007 10:41 AM
It's actually N O T 'bullshit' as you claim, my friend. As for the Battle of Thermopylae, its a real HISTORIC event.
Xerxes HAS been depicted in a different fashion than he was but again, above the movie promo poster , just MAYBE, you forgot to read 'An adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic ...novel 300'. Miller portrayed him that way too, so not much option there.
The Hot Gates WERE at war!
Even some dialogues in the movie had been ACTUALLY said during the REAL battle! (Some have been adapted as mottos ny many CURRENT Military Organisations)
Ephialtes of Trachis(The Traitor), Persian Immortals, Dienekes (The one who jests of fighting in the shade) are all HOSTORIC CHARACTERS too.
But hey, dont take my word for it, just do a Wiki search and you'll come up with the real story.
'Its better not to tell the truth and destroy the STORY!' - Frank Miller in the novel 300.
But still, I like your coment and want to share that ONE'S POINT OF VIEW.........IS SOLELY HIS OWN and NO ONE CAN CHANGE anyone's POINT OF VIEW.....Read More
Reviewed 300 Movie
Mar 21, 2007 12:36 PM
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Ahem.....I hate giving OBVIOUS reasons and explanations. See the small pic with the apparent lunatic (Leonidus in the movie) with that funky cloak and battered shield? You cannot expect him to be a "GENTLEman" as apparent. How would you react if I say that he along with 299 "soldiers" annihilate...Read more
