I finished reading S.L.Bhyrappa’s AvaraNA yesterday. This is my first Kannada Novel. Yeah, despite being in Karnataka for almost a quarter century now,  I didn’t bother to check out the literature apart from whatever was being taught in the school. The last Kannada book I read was my 10th grade Kannada text book . [...]

I have a huge backlog of books to be read before this calender year ends. And I don’t think I can meet my expectations.

Mahabharata - C Rajagopalachari.
Great Indian Novel - Shashi Tharoor.
The White Tiger - Arvind Adiga

I am a Strange Loop - Douglas Hofstadter
Tamil Pulp Fiction.
Sacred Games - Vikram Chandra
A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled [...]

It’s been almost a month since my last blogpost. But no apologies. I spent time doing some really interesting things. Some of which I am going to write about now.
I started off by applying to the various universities in the United States. Yes, I have finally decided that it’s time for me to look [...]

“One of the ironies of courage, and the reason why we prize it so highly, is that we find it easier to be brave for someone else than we do for ourselves alone”
Lindsay Ford, from Shantaram

Opening Mood: I’m back!
Opening Song: Romantic Piano - Chopin
Spent the last week at this place called Kudremukh. It used to be one of Karnataka’s famous mines before the operations were shut down in 2005. So now it is just a nice little place with lots of greenery and very few people to bother an occasional [...]

Opening Mood: Read Read!
Opening Song: I’m shipping up to boston - The Departed
Celebrated a booky-booky birthday last weekend. Got four books as gifts
The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book - Bill Watterson
A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
Shantaram: A Novel - Gregory David Roberts
Thanks Kev, Shuaib, Dhaval, Pooja, Balu for the books! And [...]

Opening Mood: Lazy! Totally!
Opening Song: The God that failed - Metallica.
Finished the Harry Potter series recently. I must say, I am a bona-fide fan of the series now. True, the story is great and the characters are so lively and all that! But what I loved the best was her ability to “invent” magical [...]

Opening Mood: Relaxed.. It’s a weekend.
Opening Song: None. Been listening to music all morning.
I’m back after a sabbatical . A lot of time has elapsed since I last blogged and a lot has happened during that time. For instance,

I went on a Road trip to Western Ghats, just before the monsoons and was amazed [...]