(Image Credit: goodreads.com) Fecundity in thought and fastidiousness in deed, are not attributes one associates with a man who has accidentally plunged headlong…
Venky
Venky
Possess a maniacal penchant for books, more books, still more books & lots more books -When not watching cricket that is! Love my Scotch &scribble for fun; Spend a great part of my professional life unraveling (or at least attempting to) the mysteries of International Tax and Transfer Pricing. My eclectic interests include Philosophy; Booze; Military History; Metaphysics; Quantum Theory and such. Mush being a strict taboo though! Led Zeppelin is ambrosia but never ever talk to me about Justin Beiber! I derive inspiration from Henry David Thoreau's immortal lines, "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away."
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Ann Cleeves is back with another offering forming part of the Two Rivers series and she manages to pull off a riveting thriller…
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(Image Credit: http://www.amazon.com) The only text by Anaximander (c. 610 – c. 546 BCE) that has been privy to us reads: “All things…
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Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business – Neil Postman
by Venky(Image Credit: Penguin Books) Lewis Mumford, in his seminal book on the invention of clocks – Technics and Civilization– concluded that the clock…
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(Photo by Isaac Chou on Unsplash) Spouting balderdash and spewing malarkey Attempt to be magniloquent and going on an insane spree. Brachydactylic hands, face characterised by…
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At The Existentialist Cafe: Freedom, Being & Apricot Cocktails – Sarah Bakewell
by Venky(Image Credit: http://www.amazon.com) In the early and middle half of the 20th Century, Paris found itself in the grip of a unique ferment.…
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Look: How to Pay Attention in a Distracted World – Christian Madsbjerg
by Venky(Image Credit: Penguin Random House) In 1967, J.A. Baker, an unpretentious individual from Essex, who left school at the age of sixteen to…
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(Image Credit: http://www.indiaglitz.com) If Karthik Subbaraj resurrected the ‘Rajini’ Brand with Kaali in Petta, Nelson Dilipkumar has reinforced it in no uncertain terms…
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The Growth Delusion: The Wealth & Well Being of Nations – David Pilling
by Venky(Image Credit: The Sydney National Herald) Yemi Kale held the lofty designation of Statistician General of The National Bureau of Statistics in Nigeria…
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The Rare Metals War: The Dark Side of Clean Energy & Digital Technologies – Guillaume Pitron
by VenkyIn the year 2006, a company boasting the imaginative name of “Magnequench” shut down its plant at Valparaiso to begin operations anew, 2703…