Category: Review
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Understated, Elegant, Queenly.
As the weekend wrapped up and the chores for the day were done, I propped my feet up and decided to watch a movie. A luxury I had not had the chance to afford in months now. Streaming from my handheld device, the large TV screen hooked our attention from the word go. As Rani…
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Kalyana Samayal Saadham – Good fun!
In that hazy hours between three and five in the afternoon when sleep comes abegging, I decided to skip the nap and catch up on a movie that has been doing its rounds in my chat circles. Finally a ‘brahmin’ flick that is enjoyable claimed one. Tamil movies have come of age proclaimed another. I…
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The Lowland – Reflections
The story starts with a description of the Lowland and somehow you feel desolation fill within you. The story ebbs and flows with the two brothers and their wife. As the chapters alternate between the characters and flip back and forth in time, you are caught in it. By the time the novel reaches its…
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2013 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog.</p> <img src=”http://www.wordpress.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/annual-reports/img/2012-emailteaser.png” width=”100%” alt=”” /> <p>Here’s an excerpt:</p> </p> <blockquote>The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about <strong>12,000</strong> times in 2013. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about…
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The year in review
The end of the year brings with it nostalgia. For the days gone past and the milestones left behind. Each year as I stare down the end of December, I give in to a personal ritual. One of reading my posts from the beginning of the year. Re-living the moments, the angst, the happiness, the…
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Twenties Girl – For the free spirit in you
Once in a while you stumble on a book that resonates with you. With the kind of person you were. With the kind of person you are. Twenties Girl was that for me. Standalone, it falls under rom-com, chick-lit, beach read or any term you use for feel good, light reading. To me, it was…
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Airbrushed reality
I snuck back home a little before 1:00 AM this morning. As I slipped under the covers, in the last few moments before sleep claimed me, my thoughts about Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani was that it was airbrushed reality. Sitting in my patio, sipping on hot kaapi, watching the kids pick wildflowers for me, I…
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2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 6,600 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 11 years to get…
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The year that was: The little big things
Each year in the last weeks of December, I dredge out old forgotten memories, haunt my blog and reflect on the months past. I travel back in time to the January that started with so much promise and pause to think if the year lived up to it. I gear myself mentally for the year…