Travelogues are not my thing!!

As I mentioned in the previous post, I am reading the travelogue, “Travels with Charley” by John Steinbeck. And I hereby declare that I am not a travelogue person. I usually read a book from the preface and finish it at the very last page, without skipping anything in between.
But here, I am not compelled [...]

Reading….. is such fun….

It is nice to have a book, an interesting book, waiting for you when you have some spare time. I’ve always loved reading. When I was smaller, I used to dream that I could finish reading all the books in the school library or the municipal library and then brag to others that I have [...]

Babies in signals never cry???!!!

If you do not live in Bangalore, you might not be familiar with this phenomenon. Women come begging near cars in traffic signals, carrrying babies and also an empty feeding bottle. I have never understood why they carry the feeding bottle, which is empty and so dirty too. The women also have unkempt hair, dirty [...]

Why should we read?

I like reading, fiction mostly and sometimes non-fiction books like Tipping Point or Blink. (only if they are really really interesting, and read like fiction). And I think movie-versions of famous books are not nice. Ask me why?
While reading a book, you always create a picture of it in your mind. The house of Atticus [...]

Arthur Hailey is good

His books are absolute page-turners, and you just can’t keep them down. I loved all the books I read of Arthur Hailey. Airport, Wheels, In high places, Strong Medicine, Overload, Hotel, The Moneychangers….. each one was better than the other.
I wish he had written some more books.
For those of you who are not familiar with [...]

Proverbs Chapters 1 through 30 – try it in your life!!

I wanted to read the whole bible for a long long time. Lot of unsuccessful attempts later, here I am, on a venture that started about 6-8 months back. I am on Proverbs now, the 20th book. And I guess, one of the most beautiful books in the Bible.
Starting with “The fear of the LORD [...]