Reviewed One Night at the Call Centre - Chetan Bhagat
Feb 06, 2006 08:49 AM
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(Updated Feb 06, 2006 09:01 AM)
One night @ the call center is Chetan Bhagat's second novel. Chetan Bhagat is an 'IIT-and-IIM' graduate, working in a US-based investment bank in HongKong. His first novel Five Point Something turned out to be a national bestseller. It is about the life of the elite and enviable youth of the cou...Read more
Reviewed Five Point Someone - Chetan Bhagat
Jan 28, 2006 08:21 AM
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(Updated Jan 28, 2006 08:44 AM)
I had heard about this book a lot and myself being an IITian, I had a strong desire to find out what's in this book. I was more than overjoyed when an old friend presented me with Chetan Bhagat's ''Five Point Someone''. I finished reading the book in several hours during a long-haul flight, more...Read more
Commented on imran's review
Aug 16, 2004 09:03 AM
this review of imran on India hurts national sentiments and contains divisive and atrocious comments about our national integrity (especially the part regarding Kashmir), however direct or indirect those may be. I have been a MS member since 2002 but I dont get the time to visit this site and read r...eviews too often. But of course I read some and really enjoyed those. But this review is really outrageous. In the first place, I find it strange that MS has asked a review on a country like India. India is not a commercial product whose merits and demerits can be expressed and rated in a review. I am not saying this for India only, this holds equally well for any other country. Review on India as a tourist destination is OK, but then such review should be written only as fit for the purpose and screened by appropriate MS authorities before they are posted on the web for the world to view. Any comments that hurt national sentiments of any country should be edited from the review. I know reviews with editions will not be appreciated by many, but in certain cases which are too sensitive, this is a must. Imran has not written a review on India as a tourist spot. His intentions as plainly reflected in his writing, are politically motivated. Such reviews should not be allowed to appear on the web as such and should be edited. To hurt any country's sentiments, whether India or Pakistan or any other country, through postings on web site is distasteful. And it is equally shameful for Mouthshut to allow this to happen !Read More
Commented on Venchasa's review
Aug 06, 2004 05:39 AM
the review was good as it dwelt not only upon the negative points but also the positive aspects the city has to offer. but i don't agree for some reason, that kolkata is much below par compared to rest of the Indian metropolis cities. to people making scathing attacks on bengalis and Kolkata, I woul...d say that you should look back at your own city first...and then as rightly pointed out, Kolkata has given India all that she has in her quota of nobel laureates. Even the Physics nobel laureate C.V. Raman worked in his Kolkata laboratory. But I do agree with the point that over the past twenty years or so, the communist government has destroyed the city and its charm and the city will suffer even further if the communists continue to stay in power in the state.Read More
Commented on own review
May 25, 2003 11:40 PM
I certainly do welcome any sort of constructive criticism. Yes, the description is a bit too long, as Grean pointed out. But my intention was not to write a history of BA but why I recommend this airline to others, and the reason was I had a good experience with this particular airline even as a fi...rst-time traveller. And I do think that everything I had written about BA DOES NOT necessarily apply to all international airlines. I have plenty of friends who travel in India-Europe-US sector and I do know that all international airlines are not punctual, neither is the quality of inflight service as good as BA. I don't want to take names here, but there are airlines which are frequently late which results in missing connecting flights and leads to a lot of other trouble and the airline staff have been known not to be very co-operative in such occasions. Also there are airlines where vegetarian meals are short, there are not enough meal options. All this I did not face in BA . Especially to Mr Grean, I would like to point out if you read the last paragraph of my review it basically sums up the good or bad points of BA, as far as I could cover.Read More
Commented on PROFBBMOHANTY's review
May 25, 2003 08:37 AM
Cereals are supposedly meant to be taken with cold milk especially , as you said, to preserve their crisp taste and texture. But in India, people have the habit of taking cereals with hot milk. I do know of some Indians in the USA who have this strange custom of taking cereals with milk heated for ...2 minutes in the microwave....dont know from what angle they like those 'wooly' things floating in hot milk !!!Read More
Commented on PROFBBMOHANTY's review
May 25, 2003 08:25 AM
Great review once again..sometimes trips go beserk, so planning carefully can help...i have toured many parts of Orissa including Puri,Bhubaneswar,Konarak,Chilka. at some places the red-faced monkeys do create great trouble, I remember one such incident concerning myself at Udaigiri and Khandagiri n...ear Bhubaneswar. Anyway thanks sir for writing such nice reviewsRead More
Commented on PROFBBMOHANTY's review
May 25, 2003 08:02 AM
Sir,
Your reviews are simply a pleasure to read. They are so informative as well and have a homely touch ! Especially all those home-made food you mentioned in this particular review makes me reminiscent of my own home and the food we used to have there !! Thanks and do keep on writing such great... reviewsRead More
Reviewed British Airways
May 25, 2003 06:19 AM
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(Updated May 25, 2003 09:19 AM)
I was to travel from India to USA in the fall of 2002 to begin my study there and since it was going to be my first international flight, I wanted to take an airline which would be most convenient for first-time travellers. One particular criteria I was looking for was minimum waiting time, beca...Read more
Commented on PROFBBMOHANTY's review
May 24, 2003 04:53 AM
Hi Prof Mohanty,
I read your reviews on both Northwest and KLM and both were excellent reviews. I am travelling in the US-India sector by Northwest Airlines in a few months' time. One question I had always in mind is whether KLM and Northwest are the same or not. I do not know whether they are diff...erent names of the same company or are they related in some way. In your review, you have given a high rating to Northwest but a relatively low rating to KLM, so I wanted to know what's the difference between the two, I do know some people who say that both are essentially the same.Read More
Commented on haleysmom's review
Apr 24, 2003 02:55 AM
isn't it time you switch over to some veggie stuff? ..just kidding..nice review. Tyson Chickens are not having a very good time, I guess !!!
Reviewed Jungle Lore - Jim Corbett
Apr 21, 2003 04:06 AM
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(Updated Apr 21, 2003 04:45 AM)
Jim Corbett is known to the common man as a famous hunter who tracked and shot man-eating tigers and leopards in the Indian Himalaya. His books like 'Man-Eaters of Kumaon' , which have already gained immense popularity among readers of all ages and also have been translated into different langua...Read more
Reviewed Temple Tiger - Jim Corbett
Mar 29, 2003 04:53 AM
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(Updated Mar 29, 2003 05:14 AM)
My interest in Corbett books stems from a deep love for the natural world of flora and fauna and my craving to know more about wildlife and nature. 'Temple Tiger and More Man-Eaters of Kumaon' is one of the three classics by Colonel Corbett on his encounters with man-eating tigers and leopards i...Read more
Commented on corbett's review
Mar 25, 2003 10:05 PM
I think the price in INR is misquoted as $65. I bought the cheap paperback edition for INR Rs 60 but that was way back. I don't know the price now, but the paperback cheap edition should not price as high as $65 !!!
Commented on corbett's review
Oct 05, 2002 07:09 AM
I was just going through the comments posted here and I found that some of the commentators have confused leopards with cheetahs. Cheetah and leopard are different species of cat. Cheetah is a great sprinter and is known to achieve the fastest speed on land by any animal, is generally solitary, som...etimes lives in small groups. Its range is Africa. Leopards are found in Africa as well as in India. It is an extremely shy and solitary animal, the leopard is usually smaller in size than the cheetah but what distinguishes the two is their spots. The shape and design of the spots are different for leopard and cheetah. Read More
Reviewed The Man Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag - Jim Corbett
Oct 05, 2002 06:43 AM
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(Updated Mar 27, 2003 01:52 AM)
Jim Corbett's ''Man Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag'' has already topped the charts as one of the most celebrated animal stories. The villain of this piece is a cunning leopard which, according to Corbett himself, was 'one of the most publicized animals' that has ever lived. Jim Corbett had shot t...Read more
