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Wordless Wednesdays #59

By amodini Posted in 2016, images, india, wordless_wednesdays | Comments Off on Wordless Wednesdays #59
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Wordless Wednesdays #58

By amodini Posted in 2016, images, india, travel, wordless_wednesdays | Comments Off on Wordless Wednesdays #58
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Wordless Wednesdays #57

By amodini Posted in 2016, images, india, travel, wordless_wednesdays | Comments Off on Wordless Wednesdays #57
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Poetry from Pink: Tu Chal

By amodini Posted in 2016, bollywood, india, must listen, poetry, recommended, women | 1 Comment »

Recently I reviewed the Hindi film Pink on Amodini’s Movie Reviews. It features a lovely poem, in Amitabh Bachchan’s voice, as the credits roll. Here is the poem and it’s translation in English: Tu khud ki khoj mein nikal             // Go out, search for yourself Tu kis liye hataash hai   […]

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Audiobook Review : Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand

By amodini Posted in 2010, 2014, 4.5_star_rating, audiobook, books, culture and society, feel-good, humor, india, lovely things, must read, random_house, recommended, review, romance, south-asian, wit | Comments Off on Audiobook Review : Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand

[amazon_link id=”0812981227″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand Author : Helen Simonson Narrator : Peter Altschuler Genre : Romance Publisher : Random House Audio Listening Length : 13 hours 8 minutes Rating : 4.5/5 I came upon this very interesting audiobook on my library’s website. I thought it interesting because this is […]

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Book Review : Trouble Has a New Name

By amodini Posted in 2014, 3_star_rating, arc, bollywood, books, chick-lit, culture and society, harlequin, india, romance, women | 1 Comment »

[amazon_link id=”B00LZPQGP2″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Trouble Has a New Name Author : Adite Banerjie Genre : Romance Publisher : Harlequin Pages: 192 Publish Date : July 15th, 2014 Source : Author Rating : 3/5 This is author Banerjie’s second romance novel after “The Indian Tycoon’s Marriage Deal”. And in this novel, she has […]

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Book Review : Born Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier

By amodini Posted in 3.5_star_rating, arc, books, chick-lit, desi, humor, india, netgalley, romance, scholastic, south-asian, YA | Comments Off on Book Review : Born Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier

[amazon_link id=”0143031716″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Born Confused Author : Tanuja Desai Hidier Genre : Mystery Publisher : Scholastic Pages: 512 Publish Date : July, 2003 Source : Netgalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 3.5/5 I’m no teenager and generally try to keep away from Young Adult books, but I chose to read this […]

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Miss America Nina Davuluri at Macy’s

By amodini Posted in 2014, culture and society, events, feel-good, fun stuff, india, media, news, recommended, south-asian, women | Comments Off on Miss America Nina Davuluri at Macy’s

  Ms. America, Nina Davaluri, the first Ms. America of Indian descent, was in Houston recently and made an appearance at Macys.   The desi hordes turned up of course, moi included :-). Well, she really is very pretty, poised and well-spoken as she looks on television, and appears to have a good, strong head […]

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Book Review : The Indian Tycoon’s Marriage Deal by Adite Banerjie

By amodini Posted in 2013, 3.5_star_rating, books, chick-lit, desi, fun stuff, harlequin, india, review, romance, women | 1 Comment »

Title : The Indian Tycoon’s Marriage Deal Author : Adite Banerjie Genre : Romance Publish Date : September 1st, 2013 Publisher : Harlequin Source : Author Rating : 3.5/5 It’s been a really long time since I’ve read Mills & Boons. If you know not what these are, they are romances where the men are […]

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Audiobook Review : A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry

By amodini Posted in 2013, 5_star_rating, audiobook, books, contemporary, culture and society, india, literature, must read, recommended, review | 3 Comments »

[amazon_link id=”140003065X” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : A Fine Balance Author : Rohinton Mistry Narrator : John Lee Genre : Society/Culture Listening Length : 24 hours and 29 minutes Pages : 603 Rating : 5/5 “A Fine Balance” is quite a tome. I realized this when I tried to download it from the local library […]

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