Rating: ***** (5 stars out of 5) I have cried reading books, but this is the first one I can remember shedding tears just three pages in. The story…
Rating: ** (2 stars out of 5) This is a short history of maths. By short, I mean really short. Which is unfortunate, because there can be no justice…
Growing up, I used to watch a lot of dubbed Chinese Kung-Fu movies. Mongoose style against the Snake style and so on. I don’t believe they used to…
Rating: *** (3 stars out of 5) In Book 4 of the Asterix series, Asterix and Obelix go to Rome! A Roman Prefect has a crazy idea — why not capture one of the indomitable Gaulish villagers and present them to Julius Caesar for use in the circus. So Cacofonix the bard is captured and taken…
Rating: ***** (5 stars out of 5) This is a masterpiece of a history book by the author, Ramachandra Guha. It is a unique book in that I have not seen any other book cover the period after Indian Independence in any meaningful sense. During my school days, we got to read about ancient Indian civilizations,…
Rating: **** (4 stars out of 5) The Romans in the Asterix series are the villains, but they are usually portrayed as bumbling villains. In this book, we get to see another bunch of antagonists, the Goths, who are a little more evil than they are idiots, though towards the end, they also turn out to…
Yet Another List “Missing” by Everything but the Girl “I Just Called to Say I Love You” by Stevie Wonder “Landslide” by Fleetwood Mac “Stayin’ Alive” by Bee Gees “Who Knew” by Pink “Secret Garden” by Bruce Springsteen “Before He Cheats” by Carrie Underwood “I Will Always Love You” — the Whitney Houston version “Brass in Pocket” by The…