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Last Summer in the City – Gianfranco Calligarich

by Venky February 4, 2023 0 comment

The Shubman Show

by Venky February 2, 2023 0 comment

Look Here: On the Pleasures of Observing the City –by Ana Kinsella

by Venky January 23, 2023 0 comment

Antlers of Water: Writing on the Nature and Environment of Scotland –...

by Venky January 19, 2023 0 comment

How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division – Elif Shafak

by Venky January 12, 2023 0 comment

Year In Books – 2022

by Venky January 5, 2023 0 comment

Bookend - Where reading meets review

Last Summer in the City – Gianfranco Calligarich

February 4, 2023

(Image credit: Marlowbooksuk.com) Reading Last Summer in the City is akin to driving blindfolded and at a speed that is positively indiscreet. One…

by Venky February 4, 2023

Look Here: On the Pleasures of Observing the City –by Ana Kinsella

January 23, 2023
by Venky January 23, 2023

Antlers of Water: Writing on the Nature and Environment of Scotland – edited by Kathleen Jamie

January 19, 2023
by Venky January 19, 2023

How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division – Elif Shafak

January 12, 2023
by Venky January 12, 2023

Tom Gates Spectacular School Trip (Really) – Liz Pichon

January 3, 2023
by Venky January 3, 2023

Tales of Imagination

Don Quixote’s Regret

December 26, 2020

(Image Credit: Crispina Kemp) In an alternate universe, Don Quixote, oblivious to the pleadings of Sancho Panza would have made a full tilt…

by Venky December 26, 2020

Call of the Wild

July 24, 2020
by Venky July 24, 2020

Pipelines and Pipe Dreams

March 2, 2020
by Venky March 2, 2020

COVID-19 & a world gone nuts

February 26, 2020
by Venky February 26, 2020

Big Pharma – Thy Name is Profit

February 8, 2020
by Venky February 8, 2020

Freewheeling

Year In Books – 2022

January 5, 2023

If the readings in and of 2021 was to a great extent, directed towards preserving the last vestiges of sanity in a world…

by Venky January 5, 2023

READING THROUGH 2021

December 28, 2021
by Venky December 28, 2021

Neeraj Chopra – The Yudhishthira of Tokyo 2020

August 7, 2021
by Venky August 7, 2021

The closing lines of Great Gatsby and the genius of F. Scott Fitzgerald

July 27, 2021
by Venky July 27, 2021

The Magician of Melodies

July 10, 2021
by Venky July 10, 2021

Keats Corner

Harvesting Souls

November 26, 2022

(Photo by Marek Piwnicki on Unsplash) A benevolent disposition that hides a belligerent murderer A paid assassin sheathed in the skein of a pious mendicant The…

by Venky November 26, 2022

Wisdom

November 21, 2022
by Venky November 21, 2022

Diffraction

November 13, 2022
by Venky November 13, 2022

Depth Depth Depth

October 10, 2022
by Venky October 10, 2022

Manufacturer of Memories

September 24, 2022
by Venky September 24, 2022

Straight Drive

The Shubman Show

February 2, 2023

(Image Credit: http://www.mykhel.com) At 11.00 P.M on a pleasant Chinese New Year night, the skyline of Kuala Lumpur erupted into a dazzling kaleidoscope…

by Venky February 2, 2023

Shane Keith Warne – Cricket’s Last Icon & Iconoclast

March 5, 2022
by Venky March 5, 2022

Lords – A Plot Gone Awry

August 19, 2021
by Venky August 19, 2021

The Irreverence of Rishabh Pant

March 5, 2021
by Venky March 5, 2021

Death by Aesthetics: The Rohit Sharma Way

February 13, 2021
by Venky February 13, 2021

SilverScreen

PONNIYIN SELVAN 1 – A FITTING PAEAN TO THE GENIUS OF KALKI

October 2, 2022

(Image Credit: Sifynews.com) It is on many counts and at multiple levels a travesty to compare a silver screen adaptation with the literature…

by Venky October 2, 2022

‘Gehriayan’ – An Unappetising fare for the hungry

February 13, 2022
by Venky February 13, 2022

Mimi – Medium is the Message

August 1, 2021
by Venky August 1, 2021

Haseen Dilruba: A Poor Man’s Roald Dahl Gone Awry

July 24, 2021
by Venky July 24, 2021

Pagglait

April 11, 2021
by Venky April 11, 2021

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