Blogs about: Shantaram
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Happy Birthday Better Man
For Norbert If you can lose your hair when all around you Are keeping theirs and laughing loud Do not let wigs or transplants ever tempt you Take a real pride of the way you look DO work hard and not… more →
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Slaying the Dragon: Shantaram
wrote 4 days ago: Okay, so a the metaphor’s not perfect. But still, there’s something about closing a 900+ … more →
The Puzzle of the Autobiographical Novel and "Shantaram"
wrote 5 days ago: “Shantaram” is written by a man who, according to the blurb, escaped from prison in Aust … more →
Book Review of Shantaram
wrote 5 days ago: It is a nicely deserved assertion that “there is at least one Hindi film track for each time a … more →
Why do we choose the books we choose
wrote 1 week ago: I’ve been wondering that a lot lately. What made me start this 950 doorstopper of a novel, Sha … more →
A Wise Author
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wrote 1 week ago: Some authors, within the first few pages of their books, give an impression of great and hard-earned … more →
You're still the one who sets the fire in me
wrote 1 week ago: RUN! I had this moment of dread yesterday as I was grocery shopping. I got up early and was at Domi … more →
Ah, Summertime!
wrote 1 week ago: Ah, sunshine, blue skies, summertime! And, back again at the library is the Summer Reading For Grown … more →
Paraphrased from Shantaram. Supported by Depeche Mode. The clash of civilizations.
wrote 1 week ago: But somehow, in some way, for some reason, the love had died in me, and I suddenly realized it, it w … more →
TBR June | Bookish Thursday
wrote 2 weeks ago: Welcome to Bookish Thursday! Weekly I will be doing a book review, this is what I am reading for the … more →
Justice
wrote 2 weeks ago: “…. because justice is a judgement that is both fair and forgiving. Justice is not done … more →
Book Review: Shantaram
wrote 3 weeks ago: It took me a long time to get into this book, but once the plot started to unfold and the series of … more →
Shantaram
wrote 4 weeks ago: I knew it. I knew it when I started reading Shantaram that it will take me a long time to finish it, … more →
Day 34 - Sleazy riders
wrote 1 month ago: Koh Lanta, Thailand (15.05.2013) It’s low season in Koh Lanta right now, but there are still p … more →
Catching up
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wrote 1 month ago: Hi everyone, I hope you’re all having a great week! The weather has been quite bipolar here in … more →
"It took me a l...
wrote 1 month ago: “It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what I know about love and hate, and th … more →
50 Shades of Grey ..... meet me out in the shed
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wrote 1 month ago: The only positive thing I can say about 50 Shades is that it did for adult reading what Harry Potter … more →
A day at the Delhi slums
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wrote 1 month ago: Track spinning | Is Pal, Aaja Nachle I remember passing by the slum areas often while gazing out … more →
YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL! Love Story? Ah…sort of.
wrote 1 month ago: Disclaimer: There is nothing special in this story. The plot, the characters and the events are very … more →
On Shantaram
wrote 1 month ago: Follow him down, into Bombay like a rabbit hole. The slums, the goonda mobsters, the dancing bear, t … more →
