In the world of the creative arts, liberty in the form of imaginative license is an indispensable attribute for success. However, when such…
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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(Photo by Joshua Freake on Unsplash) With the devil perched behind one ear and doubt assailing the other An unrepentant world looking like a hotbed of…
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(Image Credit: routemybook.com) The late R. Mahadevan or ‘Devan’ in short, belongs to that select and gifted breed of writers capable of capturing…
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(Photo by Teslariu Mihai on Unsplash) Dissolution Unlimited, Goodbye dear world of books, time to choose your coffin! Would classy teak do in line with your…
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(Image Credit: Routemybook.com) Aindhu Varuda Mounam (“Silence of five years) is an alluring collection of short stories ranging from the profound to the…
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(Image Credit: http://www.penguin.co.uk) Writing for the online publication ‘Psyche’, Jonathan Malesic argued that the biggest bane plaguing the contemporaneous world was the element…
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(Photo by Javardh on Unsplash) Only when the observer merges into the observed, Is there a realisation of the words spoken that are hasty and absurd.…
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Bookend - Where reading meets review
Scandals & Scoundrels: A Collection of Essays on 1MDB & related issues – R. Nadeswaran
by Venky(Image Credit: Visal Print Trading) The now infamous 1MDB scandal that roiled Malaysia beginning 2015 and whose reverberations are felt even today represented…
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(Image Credit: http://www.goodreads.com) Acknowledged by Jayakanthan himself as the favourite amongst all his works, Oru Manidhan Oru Veedu Oru Ulagam, literally translating to…
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Bookend - Where reading meets review
The Book of Ichigo Ichie – Hector Garcia & Francesc Miralles
by Venky(Image Credit: penguinrandomhouse.com) The words ‘Ichigo Ichie’ in Japanese, in their rudimentary parlance literally translate to ‘what we are experiencing right now will…