Books
My Year in Books - 2022
My favorite books of the year
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Reading is my first love. I post mini reviews of books that particularly made an impression on me.
Life
The Loss of a Writer
The passing away of an author is a loss that hits differently.
Life
The Lost Arts
Can we ever do anything to save the folk performances of yesteryears.
Books
The Bicycle Diaries
A fascinating account of the incredible journeys of cyclists from another era.
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My Top 10 books 2021
My 10 favourite reads of the year
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📒 The Diaries of Mario Miranda
The susegad lifestyle
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🚚 Truck De India
Journalist Rajat Ubhaykar’s book describing his journey to the extremes of India via trucks is one of the best books I read this year. Even the thought of attempting such an audacious journey is one that would never cross our minds. The author here spent months doing just that.
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Lone Fox Dancing
I have always loved Ruskin Bond’s stories ever since I read his very first one that had appeared in one of my school books. His love for nature always came through. At the same time I was always intrigued about what he was as person. The magic of Ruskin’
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Dilbert
I don’t read any particular comics regularly, aside from a very special one called Dilbert. Creator Scott Adams insight into the workplace culture and all of his characters biting social commentary on everything is incredible. How he has managed to come up with something unique and fresh every single
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The Luminaries
The Luminaries was the most fun I have had reading a book in ages. It’s a sprawling 832 page novel that starts out slow. It uses a very interesting conceit to structure the narrative and it’s characters. It’s also written like a book from another era yet