When scrolling through Instagram or Facebook, have you ever come across this ad for the app Blinkist? It intrigued me too. I did a trial run. There was a huge load of books and it…
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A Score & Four, Vignettes from Everyday life – Book Review
Short stories are tricky. Some great masters of the craft who perfected the art of long novels, didn’t dare to go near short stories. But whoever mastered the art of short stories are seduced by…
Shopping with Sayuri – A wonderful experience
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]If you are a person like me who has a poor color sense and design sense, you may understand how difficult it is to shop jewelry. I was at my wits end last week, still…
Koko – A Pantomime in Tamil
I have to admit it. I was skeptical to go to play. I have been to plays which promised a lot, and all I got was silly jokes one after another to choke me out….
Birds of Prey by Archana Sarat
Name: Birds of Prey Author: Archana Sarat Pages: 182 Blurb: You wake up, parched and famished, at the bottom of a deep well—dark and dingy with the foul smell of excreta and rotting scars and…
Noontide Toll – Romesh Gunesekara
Few things struck me when I read Noontide Toll by Romesh Gunesekara. In our day to day lives, we try to avoid a lot of questions. We only answer important questions like what movie are…
Jeyamohan’s Vellai Yanai – The White Elephant
I have always wanted to do Tamil book reviews. It is not easy. I am torn between examining the books in English and Tamil. If I do it in English, it rarely reaches people who…
A Man called Ove
I have lent this book to a couple of my friends and I guess they haven’t finished this book yet. So this is going to be a spoiler free review. I don’t really like the…
Apollo White Dental – An Experience.
When people from Chennai influence initiative called me and asked if I will be interested in taking up an appointment with Apollo Dental White, I was eating in Murugan idly shop. I last of my…
Irudhi Sutru
When I came out of the film, I wondered why the director had chosen this name. Was that something personal? Or Is she trying to say something to someone? How ironical to name a movie…
