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Blah"sphemy": BLAH BOOK AWARDS: 2014
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Tuesday, December 23, 2014. BLAH BOOK AWARDS: 2014. The Wind Up Bird Chronicle: I had read Norwegian Wood and didn’t understand why people made a big deal about Murakami. Well now I know. A surreal, powerful page-turner where imagination has no limits. Ives: This on the the other hand is a true-blue literary masterpiece. Years from now people will study how Bolano reinvented the novel between this book and 2666. Atonement: Heartbreakingly beautiful. Like reading Ishiguro. The Siege: No one who lived thro...
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Blah"sphemy": 2009/01
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Sunday, January 11, 2009. HOW TO PUT ON 4 KILOS IN 9 DAYS (YES I DID IT! 1Tandoori chicken stuffed with sausages,peas and potatoes served with finger chips. 2 Coorg pork curry with chicken mince, idiappam and sanaas. Kesar kheer with raisins and nuts fried in ghee. 3 Liver on toast. Pork sausage. Roast pork. Pork vindaloo. Smiley fries with spicy mayonaisse. Cold coffee 4. White mutton cooked in egg and milk. Bengali mutton Jhol with Potatoes. 8 Khasi pork curry with potatoes and tomatoes. Pork fry.
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Blah"sphemy": 2013/12
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Tuesday, December 24, 2013. BLAH BOOK AWARDS 2013. 2666 – Roberto Bolano. Stoner – John Williams. The Wandering Falcon - Jamil Ahmed. The War at the End of the World – Mario Vargas Llosa. Patriots and Partisans – Ramachandra Guha. Black hawk Down – Mark Bowden. When a Crocodile Eats The Sun – Peter Godwin. From Heaven Lake – Vikram Seth. BOOKS READ IN 2013. David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants- Malcom Gladwell. Mumbai Fables- Gyan Prakash. High Fidelity- Nick Hornby. India...
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Blah"sphemy": 2012/12
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012. BLAH BOOK AWARDS 2012. BOOKS READ IN 2012. 1) The Emperor of All Maladies- Siddhartha Mukherjee. 2) Open- Andres Agassi. 3) Bonfire of the Vanities- Tom Wolfe. 4) Everybody Loves You When You're Dead - Neil Strauss. 5) No Country For Old Men - Cormac McCarthy. 6) Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie. 7) Em and the Big Hoom - Jerry Pinto. 8) Absolute Sandman: Vol 2- Neil Gaiman. 9) The Green Hills of Africa - Ernest Hemingway. 10) PJ20 - Edited by Cameron Crowe. 1) Em and The...
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Blah"sphemy": 2009/02
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Thursday, February 05, 2009. Suhel Seth's article praising Modi. and a counterpoint by Jayati Ghosh along with some preliminary thoughts from me. The flipside to Suhel Seth's article is below and Suhel's article below that. It's business as usual and love for money in Gujarat. It is not an accident, therefore, that even in Britain, the first large company to demand a government handout in the ongoing slump was an Indian-owned company: Jaguar Motors, which was purchased by the Tata Group last year in an e...
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Blah"sphemy": 2010/12
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Monday, December 27, 2010. Blah Book Awards 2010. For the first time in many many years, this was a year of where fiction overshadowed non-fiction. where I read 3-4 extraordinary works of fiction.where I know my list when I revisit it will look very different in a few years, including a tie for number 1. Anyway here we go. 2010 Top 4: Fiction. 3) The Road-Cormac McCarthy. I don't know if it's because I'm a father but I have never been more moved by a tale of fatherhood. 2010 Top 3: Non-fiction. 2) All Th...
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Blah"sphemy": 2012/04
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Sunday, April 29, 2012. Very mixed feelings after lunch and gifting at a slum orphanage today with Ayaan for his b'day.You know you're doing it to make him realise that there's a world beyond the life of privilege he's been born into.But I always feel mindfucked with this experience. I found it as troubling last year. I despair and lose hope for any really meaningful change when I am surrounded by apathy, greed, selfishness. whether colleagues, clients, friends.I see far too many people who don't...And I...
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Blah"sphemy": 2015/01
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Wednesday, January 07, 2015. Bright in the dappled shade. Bright red on the streets. And cold (yet sweaty). Yellow and blue and red. And a man who burns within (it? Like the bruises after a lynching. Bright. Like the night. With the moon. And a million brilliant stars. Shining down their silver light. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Blah guide to life and the Universe. Real Madrid Discussion Board. View my complete profile.
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Blah"sphemy": 2009/12
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Tuesday, December 29, 2009. BLAH BOLLYWOOD AWARDS 2009. 3) Wake Up Sid. 4) Rocket Singh : Salesman of the Year. Didn't see Firaaq unfortunately. 2) Wake Up Sid. 3) Love Aaj Kal. Songs of the Year:. Iktara from Wake Up Sid and Emotional Atyachar (Rock Version) from Dev D. BLAH BOOK AWARDS: 2009. 2009 Top 3: Non Fiction. 1) Heroes – John Pilger. 2) A Short History of Nearly Everything – Bill Bryson (I wish every school made reading this compulsory). 2009 Top 3: Fiction. 2) Man Eaters of Kumaon - Jim Corbett.