'Lonely Words'
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I'am as lonely as a snail in the still/silent night-desert. There is no one
for me to talk to, about many things, so I am putting these lonely words in
a h...
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"Modern Arabic Fiction - An Anthology"
Edited by: Salma Khadra Jayyusi
Columbia University Press • New York
2010 / 1,080 pages
Download Link
Beginning wi...
Alcoholics Anonymous The 'BIG BOOK'
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You can read the Alcoholics Anonymous 'BIG BOOK' here, and download it in
pdf format... http://www.aa.org/bigbookonline/
Rolling in the deep
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Over a period of 6 years, I gave up most things that brought me joy. Why, I
don’t know. I didn’t even notice it. Books slipped past me, music climbed
chart...
Games or Toys: What Should You Buy for Your Kids?
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Try this simple experiment. Ask a group of adults, “How many of you can
sing?” You could substitute singing with anything creative like dancing,
painting, ...
Christopher Priest: The Glamour
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Christopher Priest landed in the literary spotlight recently when he had a
go at the judges of this year’s Arthur C. Clarke Award, and some of the
shortlis...
David Markson: This Is Not A Novel
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The tributes that followed the recent death of David Markson inspired me to
pick up one of his novels, something I’d been hesitant about before.
Cursory fl...
Ooty… a quick trip you can make from Masinagudi
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continuation to last post on Masinagudi… We took a share cab which charged
us Rs.50 per person to drop us till Ooty bus stand. From there we hired a
cab to...
We are all bad girls.
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An ex once said to me that he would only marry a girl of such extreme
immaculate wholesomeness that even her father would not have dared lay a
hand on her,...
Holiday Home work
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Some people, very few in fact have an actual glimpse of things ‘past’. The
others just get to look at aging ancestors, old photographs on Facebook or
Geni,...
Turtle Necklace
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J got me a gift from her recent field trip - a necklace with a mother of
pearl pendant shaped like a turtle. This would be the first time I have got
such a...
Moving!
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Hi everyone,
As I've hinted at previously, this blog is moving. Please direct your keen
interest toward http://imagitude.com. I've successfully imported ...
Mysore Chronicle
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Reblogged from Ghumakkar Chronicles: Continued from the Srirangapatna
Chronicle So after lunch, we proceeded on our Mysore sight-seeing trip.
Mysore is the...
You don't have to 'do' anything for the earth
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Here I am, my laptop sitting atop a lush green leaf-shaped mat on the
dining table, the mud craft clock showing a 10.40am – too late to be doing
this ...
Goodbye!
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I've realized that I have nothing more to say under this particular name. I
think I should stop hiding behind a pseudonym and be courageous enough to
write...
Green grass
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Last week the man in my life -- Mr. T -- and I drove all the way from
Manila to Naga to spend Holy Week with my family. This is the first time
someone very...
Thanksgiving in Namma Bengaluru – II
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Meanwhile, a little later, I’m kinda alone with the male half of the
engaged couple, trying to fill that thing called the uncomfortable silence.
As usually...
Cesar Aira: Varamo
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Right now a novel's length seems a neutral force. Over here, you have
Haruki Murakami and Peter Nadas lying silent for years, then storming the
shores of...
Google Goes Local (Indian) Once again
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Google Celebrates 80th Anniversary of Alam Ara : First Indian Movie with
Sound….two months ago, Google celebrated Makar Sankranthi
Working Gal
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Oh my god, it has been TOO LONG. But, I have some very good excuses. For
one, I find myself back in gainful employment once more. I finished my
third bo...
Elephant in Kerala
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So it’s about 10.45pm, and we’re headed in a tourist taxi to Siena Village,
a resort a few kilometres from Munnar. We’ve already driven about three
hours...
Come & Plant a Sapling!
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This Christmas, gift our precious Mumbai and Mumbaikars the gift of
greenery. Join me as I participate in ‘The Sapling Project’, the brainchild
of [Satish ...
Microblog: 2012-05-26
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Headbutts FTW! http://t.co/2JHJ3nWs # I heart Siri. So does John Malkovich
http://t.co/qVRvCrBd # Dear Indian women politicians, please never EVER do
this!...
me, here and there
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A post to list and collect my few writings from around the place: Womens’
Web: 1. Relationship stories for bedtime 2. The gap in the Food years
Masalamom...
Should I Star In A Reality Show?
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I received this email recently, which I'm reproducing without comment.
Hi,
UTV ( software and Communications) is producing a unique tv show for an
interna...
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Class,
Stop annoying the hell out of me and get on with your life.
- If you're November-born and have schizophrenia, it's completely
understandable. But ...
Behind the Masque
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Ahem. Where was I? Ah, yes... Hi, everyone! Sorry I missed Halloween by a
couple of weeks, but it's taken a while to get things back in order here.
The blo...
POST TENEBRAS LUX, HOLY MOTORS: Most Divisive
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Carlos Reygadas‘ Post Tenebras Lux How did Mads Mikkelsen know he had a
chance of winning the Best Actor Award at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival? In
fact, h...
Some Thoughts on the Crypt Scene in Dracula (1931)
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Notice that the vampires don't exit their coffins by simpy pushing the lid
open with the palm of their hands. Rather, they stick their hand out first,
c...
Vampyres (Larraz, 1974)
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"They shared the pleasures of the flesh, and the horrors of the grave!"
A drab attempt at horror eroticism. There's an interesting patina of decay
over La...
Prolific Psychotronic
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Taken from Michael J. Weldon's *Psychotronic Video Guide*:
"These are some directors who made the most psychotronic movies (not
necessarily the best). All...
Summer Hours
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In Paris, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down, his new memoir about the 18 months he spent working as a copywriter for a French ad agency, Rosecrans Baldw...
week in review – 05/14 – 05/20/12
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Was fully intending to catch more of the showings at both I Wake Up
Dreaming and Crossroads, but, quite frankly, ran out of steam. Which is a
shame, becau...
February 2011 Movies
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Going back through my Netflix history and various records, I was more than
a little surprised to find but one movie listed for February, a schlocky B
pictu...
Starman
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[image: Starman]
*Transformations* Carpenter’s archetypical films are comics with an
R-rating that double as comedies with a sociopolitical bent. *Starma...
“Indie blockbuster franchise” is not an oxymoron
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Kristin here: The Cannes Film Festival continues even as I type. Much of
the wheeling and dealing at the market that accompanies the festival is
being driv...
Philip Kaufman masterclass (Cannes 2012)
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PHILIP KAUFMAN UNE LEÇON DE MISE EN SCÈNE
Director of the celebrated film The Right Stuff and the film adaptation of Milan Kundera’s novel The Unbearable L...
What to Expect When You're in Dell City, Texas
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My two reviews this week cover a pair of very different films: a terrible,
regressive mainstream blockbuster and an intriguing under-the-radar
documentary....
the end: beyond fred, ginger & gene
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The final entry... Judy and Jack, as a divorced couple, bump into one
another with their respective dates at a nightclub and try to outdo one
another on t...
NYIFF 2012: GATTU and SAVING FACE Win Top Honors
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The 12th annual New York Indian Film Festival, presented by the
Indo-American Arts Council, wrapped up last night at New York University's
Skirball Center...
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