When Will I Read This?

and time, it marches ever on, originally uploaded by morning breath.
What a picture! The clock is ticking. And I have still not attempted seriously to read this book. I bought Sartre’s Being and Nothingness around 6 months back but have yet not managed beyond the first few pages. This is definitely one [...]

Read Full Post »

Clicks on Your Blog is Not Your Readership

In my year long experience of blogging (not here, though), I have come to believe that every blogger wants maximum number of clicks on their blog. Understandable. I guess, two things fuel this desire – first, the money and second, the feel good factor of being read.
However, I have also realized that the readership of [...]

Read Full Post »

Feed Journal – New innovation on the net

I recently stumbled upon this latest online gadget – Feed Journal. The idea is simple yet innovative. Despite the ‘everything online’ mantra of today, it remains a fact that for true lovers of literature, the printed paper still holds good. For all of you who fall in that category – Feed Journal is what you [...]

Read Full Post »

In Praise of Tehelka

 
This post is also available on Mutiny
People say it’s the age of ‘media’. The very fact that a simple blog with articles ranging in interest from movies to hardcore social critique being written by a handful of non-experts has an enviable readership of its own (reference to mutiny.in) is a testimonial to this claim. However, not [...]

Read Full Post »

Bookreco – The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

This, surprisingly, turned out to be a great book. One of the best I have read in recent times. I picked it up for the innovative style that it promised from the exteriors, but got much more than that.
I would recommend it to anyone except those who are completely averse to reading a long nove. [...]

Read Full Post »

Bookreco – The Little Prince

This is a must read for anyone and of any age. It is categorized generally as a children’s book but can rightly be placed in the meta-fiction category. Surprisingly simple in both its language and narrative, the book amazes one with the sheer magnitude of ideas in such a short and simple book. This is [...]

Read Full Post »

Bookreco – Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce wrote this as an early life autobiography. It’s properly fiction, though resembles his own experiences of growing up. It’s called by the critics as a “stream of conciousness” novel, which you know when you read. Language is too british, as in the conversation etc. The last 50 pages are brilliant. A must read for [...]

Read Full Post »

Bookreco – Plato Papers by Peter Ackroyd

This is a science fiction by a historian. Rightly placed in metafiction category. Has nothing to do with the greek Plato. Great humour and brilliant exposition of a future world if all records of current world are deleted. Shows how susceptible human beings are to conditionining.

Read Full Post »