The Race; The Rivalry; The Result and The Recrimination. on the 24th of September, 1998 at 1.20 P.M in Seoul, 7 athletes limbered their bodies, trying to slacken and relax their muscles and limbs. However, Robson da Silva, Raymond Stewart, Lindford Christie, Desai Williams, Calvin Smith and Dennis Mitchell merely made up the numbers. The … Continue reading The Dirtiest Race in History: Ben Johnson, Carl Lewis and the 1988 Olympic 100m Final (Wisden Sports Writing) by Richard Moore

First, let us get some inconvenient truths out of the way. I am not even a fan of 'Dilbert', let alone an incorrigible fanatic. In fact, most of the times I find the cartoon to be a condescending strip masquerading and showboating as a medium of art. However, heaping scorn of Scott Adam's work would … Continue reading How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life -Scott Adams

In this "where Gabriel Garcia Marquez-meets-Lewis Carroll" story, Haruki Murakami once again demonstrates with powerful precision that he is the undisputed master of a unique genre, an intricate blend of fictional realism, horror and metaphysics. An intrepid little boy, having been spontaneously incited in the mind to learn more about the methods employed by the … Continue reading The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami, Ted Goossen (Illustrator)

In this deeply unsettling and original screenplay by one of the most renowned authors of our time, raw and contradictory human emotions tug and pull to create a confounding situation of pain, greed, deceit and death. Robert McEvoy, a restless, energetic and impulsive youth leaves home after an unfortunate accident that leaves him crippled. William … Continue reading The Gardener’s Son: a screenplay by Cormac McCarthy

Ambrose Bierce once laconically remarked "All are lunatics. But he who can analyse his delusions is called a philosopher. James M.Rusell in his work takes on the unenviable task of penetrating the veil of delusion surrounding his reader. In his hope of making his reader a more credible and evolved lunatic, the author embarks on … Continue reading Philosophical Classics: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Great Philosophical Books by James M. Russel