I find the title of this book oh so exquisitely ironical. Fragile things … Mr. Neil Gaiman, it is my personal belief, has a talent for the truly horrific that should be illegal. Really. I first came to this particular conclusion when I read his Coraline a while back. And no, I wasn’t a child. […]
The passage of time … and The Wedding Countdown
It has occurred to me recently that now that I’m no longer a middle-grade reader, young adult or even (alas!) a new adult I have been reading far more of the books meant for all these mysterious age groups. When I was a young library-hunter (it was almost always the first thing I would look […]
The Visitant
It has been so long since the last time I smelled these pages! Metaphorically speaking, of course; please, don’t panic.) Life (and, more often, my own mind; alas!) get in the way. It’s not as though I’ve stopped reading, no. I promise you I’ve put in as many “prone hours” with my nose in some […]
Of Byomkesh Bakshi and other mysteries
I wonder how many of you remember the days of DoorDarshan (that’s National television in India and what some of us fondly refer to as pre-cable days). Ah, now those were the days! When television was basically about a few (read, 3) good shows and endless hours of News delivered in that beautiful newsreader monotone […]
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Just something I tripped across today… My personal favourite…
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