What: The place for THE Pedicure , by trained professionals. Where: Woodlands Hotel, 5 Raja Rammohan Roy Road, Sampangi Rama Nagara, Bengaluru, Karnataka – 560025. Landmarks : Opp Hotel ITC Gardenia Timings: 9:30 to 7: 30. They wrap up early during the months of Ramzan. Contact: 080-65976678 (Landline no) Cost: INR Rs 500/- for a Pedicure Rating: 5 Stars Hey Listen …
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Book Review:The Peshwa by Ram Sivasankaran
I first read about Bajirao as part of a history lesson in school. Very recently Film maker, Sanjay Leela Bhansali recreated and romanticized Bajirao to etch a memory that would stay in mind for some time to come. Now you have Author Ram Sivasankaran who makes his debut with yet another version of Peshwa Bajirao. I loved the bright and …
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Movie Review – Pink
Pink is the color of a blush. A blush that blooms on your face from embarrassment and shame. The shame when you realise that the prejudices shown in the film could be yours. The embarrassment which makes you cringe for keeping quiet when you shouldn’t have. The shame, remembering when you judged something you shouldn’t have. Watch #Pink for the …
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Book Review : Before We Visit The Goddess by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
I have been a huge fan of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni ever since I read her first book of short stories, Arranged Marriage. Sister of My Heart and The Palace of Illusions have been amongst my constant favourites among all of her books I’ve read so far. When ‘Before we visit the Goddess’ was released I looked forward to reading it, …
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#BookReview : Dying To Be Me by Anita Moorjani
Pages: 216 Genre: Non-Fiction Available in : Kindle Edition, Hardcover, Paperback and Audio CD Each of us has grown up listening to, believing in and following certain ideologies which have been passed onto us from our parents, our religions, our cultures and later got firmly entrenched into our being from our experiences. More often than not we’ve followed these without …
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Book Review: The Pearl That Broke Its Shell
With her debut novel, Nadia Hashimi takes us to Kabul where women were child brides to men thrice their age, were rarely the first or only wives and were treated depending on the number of sons they gave birth to. Rahima is the 3rd of 5 sisters. Of a father who fights for a warlord, when he isn’t delirious on …
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Movie Review: Slumdog Millionaire
Slumdog Millionaire – A very ‘poor’ film As I read Vikas Swarup’s Q & A, his simple, conversational style writing and perfectly etched characters brought the novel alive before my eyes. When I finished reading the wonderful book I eagerly awaited the release of ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ promising myself that I wouldn’t compare the movie to the book, or the picture …
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Book Review: Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
Human Nature will not flourish, any more than a potato, if it be planted and replanted, for too long a series of generations, in the same worn-out soil. My children have had other birthplaces, and, so far as their fortunes may be within my control, shall strike their roots into unaccustomed earth – Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Custom-House.” 333 Pages. Hardcover. …
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Book Review : The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
With his debut novel, author Khaled Hosseini takes us to Afghanistan. An Afghanistan still untouched by the Taliban, where we weave through crowded streets, climb poplar trees, nibble on dried mulberries and walnuts and spend lazy holidays readings books with 12 year old Amir and his servant boy and best friend, Hassan. To gain the approval of his silently critical …