An important part of travelling is being away from hometown so one can look from far their regular life. This gives people a new perspective about their lives. They can see their mistakes without bias and they can feel how much better their lives can be with few changes here and there. Hence like New … More A Big Leap For A Reader
[Statutory Warning: This piece is borderline narcissist. I am ashamed about that but I felt as if I must write this.] If one goes through their social media feed it will feel as if whole world is eating or travelling. Travelling has become some kind of virtue lately. No one is a greater hero than … More Journeys, Memories and Invisible Cities
I had never thought I could ever again read a book whose main plot is romantic love. But not only I read Yukio Mishima’s love story Spring Snow, the first book of The Sea of Fertility Tetralogy, but also I am profoundly affected by the book. It is one of those books, after reading, which … More Spring Snow: A Beginning of a Tetralogy
When the trailer of 20th century Fox’s latest adaptation of Agatha Christie’s “Murder on the Orient Express” came out few weeks ago I did not like it so much instinctively. But there was no question of me not watching the film given my obsession with anything Christie. But due to this thing called life my … More Adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express
As a couch foodie I participate in lots of food pages, food groups and food blogs, but given the “couch” prefix, mostly silently and inactively. Going by the foodie activities outside Indian one can feel, in many developed countries vegetarian and vegan culture are being embraced by more and more people and thus creating a … More Being Political Correct while being Foodie, Feminist and Whovian
One may think what is the relevance of this blog when any fact about the Queen of Crime can be checked in Wikipedia. Thinking that would be totally fair but the thing is here I have dealt with some subjective issues along little factual ones. Since the issues are subjective so the answers are my … More Frequently Asked Questions about Agatha Christie and my version of the answers
This year has been good reading wise. I have been reading some amazing books. I am getting more and more awestruck by writers’ creative imagination and experimentation. There is so much to read and so much to feel. I always get affected, as any other reader would be, by weaving of words. But only some … More Musing on Chronicle of A Death Foretold
I am rewatching Seinfeld once again. I go back to Seinfeld and 30 Rock again and again because as a humour fan and an aspiring humour writer these shows are pure pleasure to watch, study and learn. Jerry Seinfeld and Tina Fey show us again and again you can make people laugh without demeaning another … More Musing on Three Men on the Bummel
Karan Johar is arguably the second most influential person in today’s Indian Film industry after, again arguably the numero uno Aditya Chopra. Aditya Chopra is reclusive and inaccessible to press personally while in contrast Johar is all over all kinds of media and every who’s who in Bollywood is his best friend. He is most … More AN UNSUITABLE BOY: REVIEW
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” is a gorgeous film and under no circumstances to be missed by the fandom and, children and spouses of the fandom. Generally it is said to be a prequel to the Harry Potter series but I would not say it is a prequel. It is a story which … More The Expanding Wizard Universe: Musing on Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
