Alienman

  • Differentiate or Die

    Life was getting pretty boring, as such. The pile-up of books to be read was getting pretty thin, it was time for me to cough up some good book from my father’s overhead storage. In that process, I came across a book ‘Differentiate or Die’ by Jack Trout (along with Steve Rivkin). After reading the… Read more

  • Mumbai Moods

    It was four in the morning and a bloody cold at that. I dug my hands deep into the pockets while I watched my friend Ronak gazing out into the night through the open portal of a railway window. Cold air swept in but I think it did not bother him, though I was freezing.… Read more

  • Don 2

    Forget everything I ever said about Mission Impossible, I can recommend you a movie even better than that- it’s a one crafted in our Desi Bollywood– Don 2. ‘Don ko pakadna mushkil hi nahi, namumkin hai’ (It’s not just difficult to catch Don, it’s impossible.)- is not the only catchphrase that will ring in your… Read more

  • Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

    Ethan Hunt is back, back with a bang. Car Chases, Gun-toting assassins, Bomb blast in Kremlin, a clever psychopath and the world on the brink of nuclear war- it’s time for Tom Cruise to set the stage on fire with his action packed, gadgets riddled new Mission Impossible movie. Thumbs Up for the plethora of… Read more

  • Shape-Shifting Ex-Spy

    In this Episode 1, you would see how Simon Putter would enroll the help of a Shape-Shifting Jupiter born alien, to get him out of a fix……. Simon, as you know is wanted by the Interplanetary Mafia, the Port Authorities and the Police Squad. In short ‘gyara mulkon ki police uski band baja rahi hain’………. Read more

  • The Terminal Man

    He is the Frission-Master, the Techno Thriller, the Tao of Tantalizing Twists and Turns and the Ultimate Grip you by your Lapels writer. He is of course Michael Crichton (rhymes with frighten!!!). Yesterday, I came across ‘The Terminal Man’ at a book sale. It takes me at least half an hour in deciding which book… Read more

  • Business Leaders & Success

    I recently read the ‘Business Leaders & Success’- it was actually a compilation of the IBD’s popular ‘Leaders & Success’ section of Investor’s Business Daily wherein they give a short biography cum inspirational article about some of the greatest go-getters ofAmerica. I don’t normally deviate from course and mostly stay focused on Crazy Fiction where… Read more

  • Poseidon

    I normally surf Television. In the process, I come across some remarkable shows which get me hooked (Ben10, Chhota Bheem, Roll No. 21!), or some really nice afternoon or after midnight flicks. I saw Poseidon on UTV Action this afternoon. I must say it ain’t no Titanic, but the action-sequences are pretty good. A Tsunami… Read more

  • Gamer

    If you think you can stomach some grime and blood for the weekend- Gamer is the ultimate movie. Full marks for the novel concept. A nano chip inside your head (which slowly replaces the cell of your brain) makes you a puppet in the hand of the ultimate puppet master (the person playing the game!).… Read more

  • Big Fish

    Well, what do you do when you are tired and frustrated- it’s midnight, dark and you are suffering from the bouts of Insomania- you watch the Big Fish by Tom Burton– well it ain’t no Sherlock Holmes but Big Fish is a tale of a tale-yarner: a story teller. Well, in the back waters, a… Read more

  • In Pursuit of Peace

    Bolo International Bhagwan ki? Jai!! Who is this International God? As the myth goes, he is the person who saved humanity from the disastrous end as it was tethering from the edge? Now there are more than 5000 ashrams on Moon dedicated to his purpose. We give you the sneak-peek… Read more

  • Last Man In The Tower

    The recently released Arvind Adiga book ‘Last Man In Tower’ is the ultimate dark novel. Sharp, cruel and and gloomy- this book ain’t for the faint-hearted… Read more

  • I have a Dream

    Here I reviewed the recently read ‘I have a Dream’ by Rashmi Bansal…… Hope you find it useful… Read more

  • Two to a Tango…

    It has been ages and I haven’t grabbed my hands on any of the recent fiction releases. Exams were hovering over my mind and I had postponed writing reviews of the four space adventures which I have read prior to it. Though, the public fascination (and the publishers who reject my stories!!) with impractical space… Read more

  • Obsession

    For me, Harry Potter is not just a passing frenzy, it’s an obsession. Herein lies the original manuscript of my own version of HP7, which I wrote in 8th standard. Hope you like it… Read more

  • Lying Low

    Being a reporter of a secret magazine is not easy, but Dash Dot is a Vampire. And Vampires are proficient at this job. Dash Dot reports at Kerza, a nebula revolving planet- which is actually a Zombie vacation haven- where nearly invisible ghosts have been sighted. Read it as Dash unravels the planet’s best kept… Read more

  • Shor in the City

    I squinted at the pigeon. There it was squatting on the tilted tube light in our classroom (the reason of the tilt partly being its guano dumped at one of the corners) feeding its baby in the nest, it had created a place so niche that it had survived all the hazardous conditions out there… Read more

  • A stupid suicide note

    A Stupid Suicide Note   Why live? Nevertheless, a rhetorical question asked thousands of time by philosophical stalwarts and nutcases alike (who consider themselves as one). Why did entropy go to all that trouble only to create something that had properties far different from it? (Maybe it was far reaching in its thoughts, and it… Read more

  • Star Trek- Next Generation- Exiles

    Being a late entrant in the Book Worm’s Club- I am discovering pleasure in the writings that had inspired a generation. It’s a small consolation that I have been born in one of those where we live and breathe Harry Potter (though the best!). But this is a different generation I am speaking about- it… Read more

  • Dreams of A Final Theory

    At last, respite! Finally there comes a writer who does not evoke God when writing a book on physics for general public, finally I get to read someone who brings out his point with little or no historical bullshit or brings in no orientalism or mysticism when dealing with the interference pattern!!      Maybe if… Read more

  • Rock n’ Roll

    I do think he did this to spite me, he thought acidly, as he scooped out one more bug clinging to his neck, squishing it between his thumb and index finger. Maybe I shouldn’t have got involved in that brawl at all. He coughed. The fat asshole was puffing the smoke on his face as… Read more

  • Christopher Paolini- Inheritance Cycle

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  • Angels and Demons- a relook

    The first time I read the book, I could be no means understand it’s content. Afterall I was in eighth grade. I was just beginning to get sucked in the vortex of happy reading, when I pounced upon this book and obstinately determined, if my dad could read it, so could I, I decided to… Read more

  • Facsimile

    He could not imagine how that stupid technology, out of all the gadgets spurting out of the electronic maelstrom survived so efficiently in a market effervescent and stooped over the back of rash and irresponsible younger generation. Yet there it was, fitting perfectly on his grandson’s upper body, in bright yellow color taking the form… Read more

  • Captured

    Well, what would you do if you receive an S.M.S. from an alien?!!!! Read more

  • The Match Maker

    WANTED BRIDE Ponta family invites proposals for their son 25 year old, 6’4”, engaged in family business of Fabric Designing, sector29, Planet UVZ; handsome seeks good alliance from a good homely and beautiful girl from well cultured family. Respond with BHP to ……………… You might ask me how I manage to do the seemingly impossible.… Read more

  • The Match Maker

    WANTED BRIDE Ponta family invites proposals for their son 25 year old, 6’4”, engaged in family business of Fabric Designing, sector29, Planet UVZ; handsome seeks good alliance from a good homely and beautiful girl from well cultured family. Respond with BHP to ……………… You might ask me how I manage to do the seemingly impossible.… Read more

  • Attention Guaranteed

    They did that again. They pronounced my spelling wrong, along with just a varying body scent index number, forgot even to mention from which planet I sprouted from, sigh, it always makes me dejected. Is it my fault that I don’t have a universally attractive body or for that matter universally super ugly body to… Read more

  • SUICIDE NOTE- MUNDANE FINALITY

    So this is my suicide note. I don’t know if this were the right way to write a suicide note- but here it is. By the time I pull trigger you might have become grand-paa to someone. But if you have time to spare and have nothing better to do, remember me- a lonely guy… Read more

  • SUICIDE NOTE- PERSONAL HISTORY

    You would ask, why I took such a lonely job? I had no intention to. If I say that my family was facing rough times and I wanted to support my family, I would be stupid. As it were, I was stupid. By the time I received my first monthly check my entire family had… Read more

  • WELL, WHAT’S THE POINT

    Sorry about last…. You and ship with it’s tonnes of metal scrap will whirr past me straight into the blackhole without even noticing my humble abode. WINDOW TO ANOTHER UNIVERSE-that’s what it is but it’s my ill luck that the another universe which sits beside me across the wormhole is quite useless. Not many humans… Read more

  • SUICIDE NOTE- IT’S NOT SUCH A LONG TALE

    Okay, where I was. Yup, I was talking about my dock no. You don’t really mind these short ramblings from my side, do you? I won’t make my suicide a single note. Never. You see time slows down near a black hole. And as I write in these small tweet-sized documents- I am able to… Read more

  • SUICIDE NOTE- CONTINUED

    The space bars aren’t the places where you would see me. Nope, if you truly wish to find me you would have to look somewhere else. Well to find me- you would have to travel 10 light years to the east, respective to Sun in those hyperdrive crafts that take you from one part of… Read more

  • LOG 2312- SUICIDE NOTE

    Dear Reader, I am Krampla. Most probably you don’t know me. Nope, you don’t. You will graduate out of your college, marry, have children, die old and all that happily ever after shit stuff- still you won’t get to know me. Not that I would occupy any part of your mind as you would definitely… Read more

  • HELLO FAN!!!

    This is a totally hypothetical title. For it to be absolute reality, there has to be someone to carry on that prestigious title. Anyway I would be starting my novel soon. It is titled ‘You don’t crash land on Lunar Surface’- it may turn out to be a long short story or a novella, but… Read more

  • Survival of the Fittest- Stage 1

    Date: 12-03-3045 Subject: CLDR-234 Classification: Unknown Description: Subject is responding to external stimuli. It is characterized by high level of neural activity. High Brain Body Ratio. No apparent arsenal to hunt. Food: It is in infantile stage. It can be taught to eat any type of food. Based on the its initial conditions, probability of… Read more

  • In Pursuit Of Peacefulness-Part 1

    “Are you dejected from your monotonous life? Are you tired of the daily routine and strive to live life differently? You know the path, don’t you?” A middle-aged lady from the brochure nodded gently, as if understanding his plight. Well, maybe she could. He knew that he was being nudged gently by that visual brochure,… Read more

  • You Don’t Crash land on Lunar Surface

    “Sir I think it’s a dead end. There happens to be no sizeable stone in this perimeter to hide a pirate.” “Watch again. This was the last acknowledged position of the hostage by the probe R-12. Juice up all the radars, and stick out all the passive detectors that you have got in this ship.… Read more

  • Vulnerable

    “You said that everyone died.” The commander roared. “Everyone, worthwhile is dead, my Supreme Lord.” “What is that?” He pointed at the screen. The sepoy took his time to reply. “That freak somehow managed to live.” The Commander thought over the situation. “You know what that means?” The sepoy shuddered at the anticipation of answer.… Read more

  • The Train Journey- Part 1

    It happened to one of those people for whom even the train journey was a big deal.         There they were, two of them, one tinkering with a large package in his lap, gauging that it had not suffered any damage from the air resistance, while other was busy squeezing out the last droplets of… Read more

  • TCB-Introduction- Part 1

    Well, I am starting with my first serial novel. Hope that it would last atleast 200 ms word pages. Read more

  • Probability

    “Sir, we have completely evacuated the planets. No human casualty is reported. All of them feel a little awkward on the new planet, but they would settle there quite soon.” “What about the animals and plants?” “You said that humans were first criteria.” “What about them?” “Till the time the last human infested craft could… Read more

  • The Lonely Planet- Part 1

    “Arvind, I told you we are god damn ruddy lost.” “We are not, don’t worry we would find a habitable planet soon.” “You never ever, listen to any one.” His wife was frustrated beyond imagination. “It must have been better if we stayed in queue.” “Now this is reaching a saturation point. You have been… Read more

  • The intruder- Part 1

    “Hey there you stupid, fat assed invisible, pulling shit of a black hole, I think that I deserve an apology, I deserve an apology from you, the radiations you suck, these pompous geologists and archaeologists, physicists and mathematicians, technicians and that stupid space shuttle that has brought me in the midst of this gooey quick… Read more

  • Heat

    Ragna12 to Earth, 7-8 to 14-8 Just got a job. It’s excruciatingly painful. Am clumsy due to small fingers. Singed my upper coat of fiber. He felt that this much message was ample enough to be understood by earthian officials. He was traveling at extremely high speed. The heat was seething, twice this day his… Read more

  • On lazy municipality and elusive konti krampla

    Dear Mr. Municipal Bribe taking Stupid Corporation Handyman,   This is my thirty fifth letter to your lazy and lousy corporation, that you please wipe off the dump besides the UNICEF recognized archaeological site, so that our archaeologists can work without the fear of catching Dengue, malaria and smell-harassment. If you do not make your… Read more

  • Remote control to human life

    He was systematically destroying the things around. Many of my junior scientists looked fascinated by the cheek of this berserk man. His hairs were wild, as he was crushing each and every of our solutions very precisely. His hands were bloody due to the glass pieces but he did not seem to care. He jeered… Read more

  • The rising of God

    It was a super large bed of infinity. And on the bed of infinity was a large hooded snake in whose lap slept the supreme Lord Vishnu himself. Well, this must have been a poetic description made by humans fit for celestial super beings, but when you are out of numbers you call it infinity,… Read more

  • Recruited by Heaven, for Heavensake

    He was piece of cake, piece of cake to spot of course He was piece of cake, piece of cake to spot of course. Both the brothers were recalling their acquaintances of what of class of alien this one belonged. He was luminescent, he had sharp humanoid features, so these creatures had superb genetic machines,… Read more

  • Portal to hell

    “Sahukar, open the door, please are you listening?” Sheela cried worriedly. “Mr. Sharma, are you alright, please respond, are you okay?” Chintan, the neighbour asked as he rapped at the door. “I think we have to break open the door.” Mr. Patel suggested. Sheela nodded worriedly. She prayed to God that nothing bad happened to… Read more