[amazon_link id=”0446555789″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ][/amazon_link]Title : Three Day Town Author : Margaret Maron Genre : Mystery Publisher : Grand Central Publishing Pages : 288 Source : NetGalley / Publisher ARC Rating : 3.5/5 Given my love for mysteries, I’ve had friends recommend Margaret Maron to me more than once. I’ve read one of her […]
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Words to remember: The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party
[amazon_link id=”030737839X” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ] [/amazon_link]I’ve finished reading the most recent book of the “No. 1 ladies Detective” series. Of course, it is no secret that I am a super huge fan of Smith’s work and Mma Precious Ramotswe is my favorite female fictional character. Smith weaves truly interesting tales around his main characters […]
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Here are 8 simple steps to ensure a smooth transition from a Blogger blog to a WordPress blog. This post assumes that you already have a domain name (myblog.com) and web host (one of the several out there : GoDaddy, Blue Host, DreamHost etc.) Install WordPress: On some hosts (like BlueHost), installing can be a […]
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I recently moved both my blogger blogs to self-hosted WordPress installs. My movie review blog Amodini’s movie reviews which is now at : http://film.fridaynirvana.com used to be at http://hindimoviereviews.blogspot.com. and this blog used to be at http://reviewroom.blogspot.com. Now, just so I don’t forget all the steps involved and in the hope that this might help […]
Read the rest of this entry »Impressions of Paris : The Opera
The Paris Opera (Opera de Paris) is a beautiful and sprawling building, and since it was located quite close to our hotel we walked there quite often (2 Metro stations in the vicinity). Call me ignorant, but I did not know what it was, although I walked around the building marveling at it’s ornate structure […]
Read the rest of this entry »Impressions of Paris : II
This is Part II of my Paris travel series. Part is here. I have heard and read about Notre Dame (Our Lady of Paris) so much that just anticipating it was fun. It was a rainy day, which sort of reflected the building itself, since it a very Gothic, dark-looking church. Even the inside of the […]
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I am not much of a traveller. The best vacation for me is at home. But when I do go and to places like Paris, I would like to remember as much of it as I can. So I do resolve to come back and write about it to be able to read and relive […]
Read the rest of this entry »Tweaking reality, MTV style – part 3
This is Part 3 of a series, here are Part 1 & 2. The Roadies 6.0 cast had an interesting set of characters. You had the bullies Sandeep, Bobby, Roop and the first ever Sardar Roadie – Pradeep. Then you had Palak who was in a class by herself – brave yes, but with overwhelming […]
Read the rest of this entry »Tweaking reality, MTV style – Part 2
Note : This is Part 2 of a series, Part 1 is here.Roadies has become one of the most popular reality shows on Indian television, and with good reason. I think it’s because they were so raw and real and un-tweaked. They don’t have the artifice or the artificial judges, or the make-overs, or the […]
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