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Teaser Tuesdays – I’ve Got Your Number

I’ve never shared an in-box with anyone in my life. I didn’t expect it to feel so…intimate. It’s as if we’re suddenly sharing an underwear drawer or something. – I’ve Got Your Number – Sophie Kinsella Totally fun, hilarious book that I highly recommend for chick-lit lovers. Book review coming up soon. Teaser Tuesdays is…

Roald Dahl on Television

When I came across this poem by Roald Dahl on Thank God for Books, I just had to share in my blog. For the past year, I have been very pre-occupied with the piglet because of which the snubnose has been slowly but surely getting sucked into the idiot box. It’s taking a huge effort…

Teaser Tuesdays – Hard Times

Here’s another teaser from Hard Times by Charles Dickens. Really this book is full of awesome quotes. No wonder, it is a classic. I wish,’ whimpered Mrs Gradgrind, taking a chair, and discharging her strongest point before succumbing under these mere shadows of facts, ‘yes, I really do wish that I had never had a…

Teaser Tuesdays – Hard Times

If he had only learnt a little less, how infinitely better he might have taught much more! – Hard Times by Charles Dickens Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your current read Open to a random page Share…

And yet another reason to love Salman Rushdie

It’s an open secret among my blogger buddies that I am a huge fan of Salman Rushdie. Now, after reading this interview with him that took place at the India Today Conclave, I all the more love his brashness and his fierce belief in freedom. Here is one excerpt: Q: At what point of time,…

Khalil Gibran’s Poem on Marriage

Some time ago, I had blogged about Kahlil Gibran’s poem on children and loved how it gelled with my personal philosophy governing my attitude to my daughter. And now, I came across another lovely poem on marriage, and I am again struck by how much Khalil Gibran’s poems resonate with me. A lack of personal…