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R K Narayan’s ‘Malgudi Days’ – My Reflections

I guess blogging came about when folks moved away from their ‘Dear Diary’ moments onto the web. I wish Anne Frank had lived to see this day.

I read somewhere that if you own a blog, it better be something special. I have also read that if one is not putting up something useful or interesting, they are not blogging, they are ‘blagging’. Needless to say, I have no intention of doing the latter! Who would want to read about boring and sub-standard stuff? Not me, for sure. I feel…

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>Digital Fortress by Dan Brown

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When the United States National Security Agency’s code-breaking machine (TRANSLTR) encounters a new and complex code—Digital Fortress—that it cannot break, Commander Trevor Strathmore calls in Susan Fletcher, their head cryptographer to crack it. She discovers that it was written by Ensei Tankado, a former NSA employee who became displeased with the NSA’s intrusion into people’s private lives.
What she discovers has the power to create the largest devastation in the history of U.S. intelligence. Betrayed by all and pitted against an ever-quickening clock, Fletcher finds herself battling to…

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>The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

What is better than sinking into a cosy blanket with an interesting novel on cold wintry days? Well, I believe nothing like that ! I finished reading another interesting novel, ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’. By the name of it, I was under an impression that some magic and occult practises might be involved in the story. But, I was wrong.
“ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” by Stieg Larsson is a sensational thrilling and a complex crime novel that deals largely with a murder mystery, financial fraud,…

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>Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Review by LindyLouMac
I have been avoiding this book for a long time simply because I so often find that books that have been hyped up are a big disappointment. However hearing that it has recently been released as a film made me decide that I really should read it if I was going to want to see the film. It is my policy to always try and read a book first, so I have my own visual pictures when I am reading and not those of the film. Well…

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