Sudhagad (Lonavla Region)
26th Dec 2009
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Vichitragad (Pune Region)
5th Dec 2009
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Poetic, takes you to a different world!
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
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Window into early nineteenth century England
Bride of Science: Romance, Reason, and Byron's Daughter by Benjamin Woolley
Read MoreDisappointing email-format chick-lit
Every Boy's Got One by Meg Cabot
Read MoreMind Game or Footwork?
Beating the best badminton player in our group 26–24 – and the moment at 15 points when I stopped assuming I would lose.
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Goa in the rains - Sep 2009
"Goa in the rains" has been this concept in my mind and Ashok's for over a year. Finally made it this year, at the tail-end of the monsoon - 4 days at the end …
Read MoreMurphy's Day
No water in the house, gym bag left at the office, the road barricaded for Navratri – a Pune morning where everything goes sideways and the streets charm anyway.
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Very well written modern chick-lit
Playground Mafia by Sarah Tucker
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Disappointing, no attention to detail
Paths of Glory by Jeffrey Archer
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A "different" kind of detective novel, alright!
Blue Shoes and Happiness by Alexander McCall Smith
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Gripping narration: you feel the terror and the pain and the heroism as if you were there
Touching the Void by Joe Simpson
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Imaginative, eloquent – a flowing, easy read for kids and adults alike
Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie
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Good, positive publicity for the subject, but too narrow and repetitive
Open: Love, Sex, and Life in an Open Marriage by Jenny Block
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A very personal quest – eloquent, non-judgmental, moving
Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama
Read MoreCopper Sulphate Blue
Another ocean dream – stepping off pale bleached sand straight into copper sulphate blue without meaning to, then walking dripping along the shore towards a hotel at the water's edge.
Read MoreDreams of Rock
It is one more recurring theme in my dreams - where I climb down rock faces, dangerous rock formations natural or man-made, gripping the rock with my finger …
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Korigad (Lonavla Region)
1st Aug 2009
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Poignant, wistful, evocative
Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
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Pretentious
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
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"Spiritual" outpourings of a self-proclaimed agnostic – could have been shorter
Limping to the Centre of the World by Timeri Murari
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Excellent cough syrup... er.. tonic for when you're down in the dumps!
Girl Alone by Rupa Gulab
Read MorePraise for "The Reader"
A late review of The Reader – a WW2 story told from the perpetrator's side, Kate Winslet's Oscar, and a young David Kross quietly stealing the film from Ralph Fiennes.
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Kumaon Trip, May 2009
Read MoreNo Place To Hide
A snake painting and the six lines that go with it – rustling among the leaves, torn between hiding and letting you see its thoughts.
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Visapur (Lonavla Region)
13th Jun 2009
Read MoreThe Orange Skier
The orange headed one Goes skiing, A whizz of color, He starts off lazily downhill, Gathering speed as he goes, Lithe and graceful, Zooming down the slope, A …
Read MoreBittersweet
I had written this a looong time ago.. seems like a different lifetime now. Finally got around to posting it here. --------- You touched my life in a unique …
Read MoreThe mark of indelible ink
This election year somehow it has become a personal milestone for me to vote. Several weeks before the election date, R finds our names registered to vote in …
Read MoreIn a maze of colours
 <a href="">In a maze of colours</a>
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