In keeping with the rules of Thoughtful Thursdays, here is my review of “A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Husseini.
A Thousand Splendid Suns is the story of Mariam and Laila. It is the story of Rasheed the husband they share and the children Aziza and Zalmai. The book is divided into four parts. The first […]
A couple of weeks back, K and I watched this movie starring Amitabh and Tabu. Going by reviews online and comments from people who had watched it before I had no great expectations. I was gearing myself for double meaning dialogs and generally a horrible treatment of the subject. The reason I picked it up […]
Its not Thursday I know but I was way too tired to post this yesterday night. After much deliberation, I have decided on “A Thousand Splendid Suns” By Khaled Hosseini. Here is a review from amazon.com
“From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. Afghan-American novelist Hosseini follows up his bestselling The Kite Runner with another searing epic of Afghanistan […]
Indeed it does. I am talking of the book we need to pick for the next edition of Thoughtful Thursdays. Going by the suggestions in the comments thread and one off conversations I have had with a few of you. Here is the list. This is in no way complete. Feel free to throw in […]
For the first edition of this feature, readers were invited to read the book Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert, write a review and send me an email with a permalink to their post.
So, here it is - the very first edition of Thoughtful Thursdays.
A-Kay of Lemon and Chillies has her take on the book […]
I finally finished reading the book. Yayy!!
To recap, starting with this post here, three weeks later than scheduled, here is my take on the book “Eat Pray Love” by Elizabeth Gilbert.
The book is 333 pages long, divided into three sections each covering the author’s travels in Italy, India and Indonesia. The typeset is easy on […]
No. No. I am not talking of Shiva the Destroyer. All I am hinting at is the outside perspective that a different pair of eyes can bring to a situation. This happened at work yesterday. A colleague of mine was ready to give up. She was trying to get a test case to work and […]
Rushing home from work, I realized I had less than three hours to get through the book so as to have my review up before my self imposed deadline. Dinner done in a flash, I sat down with the book almost weary of having to read through it. I knew it was a losing battle. […]
Blogging changed my life. I am serious. What started off as an innocent hobby has now turned into an obsession that hogs a bulk of my ‘free’ time. Looking back, I wonder what I did with all my time then?
From a note in two months on blogger to a post a day on wordpress to […]
To read is to empower
To empower is to write
To write is to influence
To Influence is to change
To change is to live.
~ Jane Evershed ~
More than a Tea Party
I love to read. I also love to write. Who does not like to influence? I am all for living! To that end, I would like to kick-start […]
