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Reviewed Ten Best Authors / Poets

10 needles in 10 haystacks!

I don't think I will ever be able to justify all my favourites when I am only writing about ten-best!!.. Its harder than finding needle in a haystack I suppose - but I have never tried the latter, so I can't really use that, can? As you have figured out, I don't really care about what I can a...Read more

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Reviewed Namesake, The - Jhumpa Lahiri

Never trust the judges!

Ever read a book, cause it reminded you of another indian pen that had won international acclaim? Ever read a book, which had pushed you into the dark world of despair and gloom, when you expected it to be otherwise? I bought this book as some friends suggested it was beautiful and moving ...Read more

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Reviewed Favourite Books Of Childhood

My Kingdom of Treasures!

The things we truly enjoy pass away so quickly. Present is always too slow and never ending. and the future? - always so distant! I think I can include all the books till now, as I am still a child at heart! I dont know where I began with, perhaps it was a small nearby library where my ...Read more

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Commented on gunzi's review

MY PERSONAL LIBRARY
Favourite Books Of Childhood

thats quite a nice pick....i think all these authors and stories especially had that amazing power to keep us still and fixed to the books till we finished them!! Wonder why my academic book writers are always so pathetic... keep penning..

Commented on indiegurl's review

Tempered Steel
We the Living - Ayn Rand

nice story...ayn R ( **** this MS site wont let me spell her surname) has quite a different set of thoughts when it comes to matters like love, purpose and significance.... Wonderful review, howard roark and dagny taggart of her two books have remained my best friends! I dint like the end in this o...ne, could have been much better,, but then perhaps maybe thats the reason why i still remember it. wonderful review, keep penningRead More

Commented on rawraj's review

The truth about the nehru/indira/rajiv dynasty.
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read was really interesting.... even if there is some element of truth in it, it shows the dynasty as a corrupt and manipulative one!! thank you.. you should try blogging it elsewhere and spreading it to more n more people, who knows? evidence for and/or against may shed light on truth...

Commented on amorfati's review

How miss chamko met her man, and got a life
Chashme Buddoor (1981)

yup, just remembering the movie title made me smile.. nice review, keep writing more.

Reviewed All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) - New Delhi

The Way to Show others - Rang De Basanti Follower

I have never been to the college. I never knew I would come to admire it for the audacity and persistance the students have shown in the on going protest against reservation. They were united against a government in the Centre, which was very powerful. They are still united. The government tr...Read more

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Is India A Democracy or A 'QUOTACRACY'?
Ministry of Human Resource Development

kindly try to spread the knowledge of arjun singh in this interview to karan thapar, if u have not read...READ it thoroughly, take your time, and know what it means to india's future... http://www.ibnlive.com/news/decision-on-quota-is-final-the-chapter-is-closed/11063-4-single.html

Commented on kirti.rath's review

Quota Politics but at whose cost?
Ministry of Human Resource Development

let merit be the only basis on which 1 shud be selected... the government should give financial support no doubt, but there should be an open merit/playing field for everyone...

Commented on vasudevbehere's review

Stand Up, Speak up and Shut Up
General Tips on Public Speaking

your ideas seem worth following.. you kept the advice very short!!! should have written a bit more - maybe given some of your examples.. but i loved the idea of being brahmna!!! wowwwww..hahaha

Commented on juggernaut's review

How They Insulted Their Mother
Rajya Sabha

but being angry, and writing out the feelings here doesnt seem to be an action/deed... We need to have an Idealist party, that can really change things upside down,, ... following example of Films - nayak, arjun, or Rang de basanti, is very hard...

Commented on johny_bravvo's review

The Dark Knight reborn !!
Batman: The Animated Series

in the series!! perhaps thats the strength of cartoon,, they let your imaginations fly........... nice review keep it up

Commented on thakurman's review

Great poets...
Ten Best Authors / Poets

Keats - I think U missed him!! A thing of beauty is a joy forever@Endymion... And my favourite - Oscar bhai wilde!!!! Each man kills the thing he loves...... and what about sarojini naidu and tagore? Rise brothers rise , the wakening skies, pray to the morning light....... proba...bly by English poets u meant, those who came from england! Wordsworth was worth all the words that he wrote!!! Some of his poems (eg. daffodils here) were ultra super!!! Bill who shook this Earthly sphere (william bhai ki baaat karing!! ).. was also good.... lovely words@thakurman! and lovely lines too@hardy n wordsworth..... others toh i m totally ignorant.... keep it goingRead More

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Proud to be an indian
India - General

Could have written Tons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For a first review, you did quite well... is desh kaa yaaro kyaa kehnaa? ye desh hai veer jawaano kaa........ India is Rich, but Indians are poor!! keep writing more......... DOU HAVE IT IN U?? YOU DO HAVE THAT FLAME ALREADY :d

Commented on amateurabe's review

Lust for WordsWorth
Blossoms - Bangalore

what do you mean sometimes?? MS is always funny!!! I have had that experience,, fell in love with a book store, after 2 months, all the books started hitting the wallet,, so changed for a simpler one, again the same effect!!! book lovers world over have d same problem,, may their tribe inc...rease........book lovers and store/keepers as well.. keep it flowing,, nice one abhaRead More

Commented on Andrew14's review

Secularism or Pseudosecularism
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Hinduism is a philosophy! a very necessary 1 for life... I think, our being tolerant has been the reason for our progress and survival... As for others i can only say, fanaticism is the key to extinction... be it the dinosaurs ( who wanted only their particular species), or the nazis or anyone... else... Dr. Togadia might be very good orator, but i think, i will appreciate his efforts, if he can give his volatile speeches in Pakistan!!! till then, he is as anti-national as the shahi-imam......Read More

Reviewed Ministry Of Home Affairs

Quota - Should be 80%!!

I am Definitely for quota.... Why?? I did a lot of analytical thinking, and found out why I was so biased and wrong!!!! I am terribly sorry, but India's future lies in Quota.. and so does this whole world's... I think we should have job reservations in all the fields. I completely support ...Read more

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Quota - ?? No ways....
Dept. Of Education

only 1 statement i found to be right,,,, every system has its own pros and cons... I dont think, you understood the story.. please read it again, very carefully!!! :P This is a Present state of affairs,,, and Quota, for your kind info, has been rotting this country ever since 1950s.....