Beware of Yatra

How do you book flights? Do you set your start and destination airports, set the date and run search? On multiple travel sites? Then you look at the results and...read more

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VFM player that has it all

I purchased the T.sonic 630 back in August 2007. Let me not dwell too much on specification which you can always get hold of. First of all I will go over why I ...read more

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The Maruti 800 among printers

I am writing a review after more than 7 years. This too is an old story for me. I have long ended my good times with my Pixma iP1000 printer. And the ending was...read more

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Viva Goa! Paradise on Earth

Last week Diwali gave me 5 consecutive days holiday so we decided to go to Goa. Goa covers an area of roughly 3700 sq. Kms. The population of 1.2 million is amo...read more

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Let Peace Prevail

What has happened in America is a grievous crime against humanity. The perpetrators are insane in a kind of way. There is no reason in the world that can justif...read more

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Taxing Time

Having heard so much about this movie and not being able to put the children off any further, we decided to go see it. Unfortunately by the time we did go, it h...read more

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We all want to be appreciated

At heart we are all children. We are all looking for appreciation. As children, we looked for it from our elders but now we want our peers to appreciate us. It ...read more

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A Whodunit of a bygone era

This whodunit is set in Boston in the gaslight era. The “detective” here is George Maitland, a very able chemical expert who is additionally qualifi...read more

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A stitch in Time ......

Anyone who has read my review, '' I bought a lemon'' would be forgiven for demanding, ''Who gives this guy the right to write on this subject''. You may underst...read more

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Laugh-a-minute Wodehouse

P.G. Wodehouse (hereinafter called PGW) is a humorist par excellence. I started reading his books while I was in school about 3 decades ago. The Jeeves series u...read more

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I bought a Lemon

The bard of Avon said, ''A rose by any other name.......'' . With due apologies to him, I would like to speak of a lemon instead of a rose. Yes friends; I have ...read more

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El-cheapo cure for hunger and thirst

When I’m on the move in Bombay And am either hungry or thirsty, I head for the nearest outlet Selling chilled, refreshing Energee. If you are sweating fro...read more

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Among the best of Matheran

Last week I visited Matheran for the first time. I stayed at the Regal Hotel. In this rather long review, I will first write about how to get to Matheran and th...read more

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A new lease of life

I have been using Ala from time to time for over a year. I had never paid much attention to see how effective it was. All I was certain of was that it was bette...read more

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