Finding newer stories, always
A few days back a few friends and me were in a car ride together, and quickly the conversation moved to gossip about a common acquaintance. Now, I call this gossip because this is someone who we love to hate. She has these quirks that get on all our nerves and conversations with her can... Continue Reading →
As a kid, I had heard that if in the US you dig deep, you can dig through all the way to China. Of course, it's not the ‘hole’ truth, but it signifies how obtuse China is; not just to America, but because of the American influence, to the rest of the world. A land... Continue Reading →
Precisely two months ago, in July, I quit my job in advertising. The obvious question/s I was asked: Where are you headed? What are you going to do? Are you pregnant?? I could see the questions being framed in the person's mind before it came out of their mouth. And then I said words that people... Continue Reading →
Book-lover is such a simple term, so boring. I'd rather be called a bookworm or even a savant. Here are 10 reasons that you, a bibliophile, can be categorised as a book-lover: For you,window shopping for books can be done three ways- the bookstore window, Amazon's window, and looking through the car window for the... Continue Reading →
A lot of us are going to watch ‘The Mummy’ this weekend. But we all know, it's really not for Tom Cruise or the storyline and SFX. For most of us, it brings back memories of the Brendan Fraser movies that got us hooked onto the comedy/ horror/ adventure/ supernatural genre. It is also exactly... Continue Reading →
In January last year I bought the eBook for the Gone Girl. To begin with, its a story of a couple who completes 5 years of their marriage. At first they seemed 'normal'. As I flipped page after page, they start getting creepier. To make things worse, I was reading the book on our 5th wedding anniversary. I... Continue Reading →
Last evening I finished reading this book called Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail. The author is a woman named CherylStrayed. The idea of where the surname came about was interestingly revealed in the book. Like every other ‘woman-driven’ book I felt like I understood the author. So much, that yet again... Continue Reading →
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