Bookless in Baghdad / Book Review

To, Dr. Shashi Tharoor, 97 Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-03 Tel: 24644035 Fax: 24654158 Subject: – A letter asking for apology Respected Sir, Like a scale firmly settled on a pipe, refusing to budge, the image that I have conjured up of your alleged persona from the various newspaper co-eds and news channels, preceded […]

Chanakya’s Chant / Book Review

All things are subject to interpretation; whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth. -Friedrich Nietzsche Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac. It is up for grabs for anyone to take, if he is willing enough to be wily enough! In Chanakya’s Chant, Ashwin Sanghi has championed utter deviation […]

Sethji / Book Review

Sethji by Shobhaa Dé My rating: 1 of 5 stars You wouldn’t have expected a book that plastic-y from a “veteran” author such as Shobhaa De. Maybe once upon a time in a distant, ancient, rural and rustic India, such indecency would have shocked the people of this country and indeed would have made her […]

Deception Point / Book Review

That’s why they call him a master of spine-chillers. He indeed knows how to rev up the book with the speedometer always pointing above 100 kilometers per hour. What the jacket of the book promises, Dan Brown delivers. ‘Deception Point’ has been the only book by Dan Brown that I had not previously read, better […]

Who Let The Dork Out / Book Review

Who Let The Dork Out? by Sidin Vadukut My rating: 4 of 5 stars Dear Diary, Today, I completed a wonderful book! As you know Diary, ‘Who let the Dork out?’ is the third Book in the Dork Series by the Mint editor and Twitter chirping Peacock Sidin Vadukut. But of course, this is his […]

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ALIENMAN

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ALIENMAN I, Vismay Harani (more popularly known as Alienman!) aged 20 years (occupation: – ……………..let’s talk about this later) hereby write my final will. Any wills written previously are revoked under the soon to be defunct laws of Government of India. I am writing this will freely and under no […]

Tryst With Destiny

My Brothers and Sisters, We still have a deed undone, a task left for us to see to its fruition. And it will be the single most important deed that you would ever perform in your entire life. Our future depends on this very moment. Because today we fight for our robust scaly skin […]

Foreign (Alien) Direct Investment in Multibrand Retail

If it’s on the Internet, it’s gotta be Alien. It turned out to be quite a weird day. Never ever read any newspaper on the internet. Now you may feel that I am a primitive and nostalgic old moron, loving the scent of the cheap faded white pulp that a newspaper emanates. Partially, it’s true. […]

Loser Writers’ Association

Good Morning all, It might suffice to say, I lost one more of those competitions and hence am writing this post so that I may be able to release my pent up frustration that had (for a moment at least!) forced me to hang myself with the noose carved from the literary thrash that I […]

Up against the Wal (mart)!!

Dear Mr. Common Man (of India!), hear my plea, I know that I am pretty much unwanted in your country, poor me. But I suppose you well know my charms, “Low Prices – always”: rather it be toothbrushes, fancy dresses or fresh grocery from the farms. Maybe Walmart strikes fear in your heart, But let […]