I’m a big who-dun-it fan. Poirot is my favorite detective of all, followed by Precious Ramotswe and Sherlock Holmes. Poirot is Poirot because of all his eccentricities, so when I read of a desi equivalent, it piqued my curiosity. In this book, Tarquin Hall writes about Vish Puri, a 51 year old, portly, Punjabi private […]
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Review : The Sharing Knife Series – Book 1 (Beguilement)
Call me hopeful, but I’m ideally looking for a mix of sci-fi and romance in the same novel. It’s always interesting to have a major sci-fi plotline with a minor romance thread running through it. So, I thought I’d hit the jack-pot when I came across Louis McMaster Bujold’s “The Sharing Knife” series”. I mean […]
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We’re driving along after school one day, and a nice desi song plays on the CD player. My son starts to hum along with it, offending his sister who would rather listen to the original. After several attempts to quiten him down, she finally hits upon a novel idea. Here is how it goes : […]
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I hadn’t see this when the rest of the world reported it, but here is what Stratpost says about it : ” . . .another measure of this eagerness to do business with India is also the innovative video marketing which an Israeli arms company, Rafael displayed on large screen televisions at their stall at […]
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There used to be a time when I used to look forward to “Apprentice”. It was interesting and it featured normal people who actually wanted the opportunity to work for Donald Trump. Now Apprentice has morphed into “Celebrity Apprentice”. It is essentially the same show but now instead of featuring folks who want to be […]
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