January 2012
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2011 - The year of the drama...
… all of which has been laid to rest, hopefully. I don’t think I have ever looked forward to a new year being so different as this one. As always, however messy a year might be, the reading and gaming list leaves me with a deep sense of happiness and accomplishment:
Books:
Like the flowing river by Paulo Coehlo
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Eldest by Christopher Paolini
Brisingr...
November 2011
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September 2011
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January 2011
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2010. Mostly Accomplished. A few shortcomings.
Books:
Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku
Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov
Animal Farm - George Orwell
Wheels by Arthur Hailey
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Sin City: The big fat kill by Frank Miller
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
India A History by John Keay
Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Enders Game by Orson...
September 2010
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“I read for that exhilarating feeling of magically being transported to another...”
“What worries me about religion is that it teaches people to be satisfied with...”
– Richard Dawkings; Heart Of The Matter: God Under The Microscope | BBC (1996)
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August 2010
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Eat your cosmetics and apply fruits on your skin!
Someone said “An apple a day keeps the doctor away”. They were of course referring to eating an apple, but the marketing guys at cosmetic companies took it a tad bit too seriously.
The day is not far when you will walk into Health and Glow/ Mannings, take a table and be attended to by a waiter who will hand you a menu card which will have custard apple facial cream for starters, an...
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Words strung like pearls
One Kashmiri morning in the early spring of 1915, my grandfather Aadam Aziz hit his nose against a frost-hardened tussock of earth while attempting to pray. Three drops of blood plopped out of his left nostril, hardened instantly in the brittle air and lay before his eyes on the prayer-mat, transformed into rubies. Lurching back until he knelt with his head once more upright, he found that the...
July 2010
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“As homo sapiens, we thrive on the hope to reach an ideal state of living, which...”
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When it rains
Nothing causes more panic than rain for a lot of people. I suspect more people have had panic attacks trying to escape rain than from something grave. It is a natural phenomenon that people have endured for ages. But still, most humans are simply not used to the idea and dislike it. There is a desperate urge to run for cover as if the rain would kill the person. The justification always is the...
June 2010
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“On Materialism -
Easy is buying an expensive guitar. Tough is buying a cheap...”
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James Nachtwey →
Incredible photojournalism. Each picture, so powerful.