The Seven Deadly Sins

Jeffrey Archer is one of my favorite short story writers, along with Frederick Forsyth. ''A Twist in the Tale'' was written in 1998, and is a collection of 12 s...read more

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Emotionally yours ..

Wow, awesome. I mean, they serve Baskin Robbins ice-cream on the flight – it’s really cool. And that box of assorted toffees that they gave us when ...read more

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No choice …airline.

Want to go to Manali from Delhi and spend the least time on travel ? No choice – you have to fly Jagson Airlines. This private operator operates flights ...read more

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I want to see snow !

That was the refrain of our 9 year old, Akash, ever since his school closed for the summer vacations. ''I am nine years old, but have not yet seen snow''. We di...read more

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An insiders story : Lepisma saccharina

I was born in a tiny room in a little lane off Brigade Road, Bangalore. My earliest recollection of the room was that it contained hundreds of rectangular objec...read more

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Let the kids have a blast !

• After submitting this to Mouthpad and waiting for 2 weeks for MS to create a category for this, I have run out of patience and am adding this review here. Forg...read more
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And what shall I call thee ...

This review is on the whackiest review titles I have come across at MS. I have read about 500 reviews - I am deliberately leaving this one open so that I could ...read more

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To see or not to see-that is not the question

This show is a must see ! All of Shakespeare's 37 plays in approximately 97 minutes . But if you thought this is serious stuff, you had better think again. This...read more

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My hostelmates and other animals !

(with apologies to Gerald Durell and my hostelmates, wherever they are !) What is it like to live away from the protective environment that is your family ? To...read more

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A Collectors Item !

What does one say about a book written about a cult movie like Sholay ? a) That it adds another new dimension to the already multi-dimensional movie ? b) That i...read more

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The extinct come to life.

The first thing that I wanted to say about this 20th Century Fox animated movie was that I thought it was a movie for kids - and realized how wrong I was after ...read more

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Of Oranges and Coffee...

It all started when I got a call from the Times of India informing me I had won a contest that had figured in their Financial Times Supplement. The prize was a ...read more

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If there is a heaven on earth ...

Ever closed your eyes And wished for wings, to take you away To a land breathtakingly beautiful, peacefully serene and wholesomely pristine? These are lines I b...read more

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Lilting Notes

Very rarely do you come across an album that features so many good krithis. Magnasound came up with this great concept of bringing together 2 generations of mus...read more

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Some chat about Chaat

The next time you are on M G Road in Bangalore and you feel those nasty pangs of hunger take hold of you, hold yourself together and haul yourself to Oriental C...read more

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Very Speedy Network Link (VSNL)

I have been a VSNL dial-up user for the last two years and am glad to report no complaints. They have this 100 hour dial up TCP/IP plan (Plan 100) that is valid...read more

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Salivating Salvation

Aptly named, this unique 'concept vegetarian restaurant' has several items on the menu based on ayurvedic and medicinal principles. If that conjures up an image...read more

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Tug at your heartstrings

This book was gifted to me by a friend and it now occupies a pride of place in my collection of books. A simply told story of two individuals who are opposites ...read more

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Walk in the clouds

We went to Munnar in April - getting there was the difficult part. You have to drive down from either Coimbatore or Cochin, which are the nearest railway statio...read more

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