Month: December 2006
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Orhan Pamuk – Nobel Lecture
Read Orhan Pamuk’s Nobel Lecture here. Below are few lines that I really loved from it. ‘What is happiness?’ Was happiness thinking that I lived a deep life in that lonely room? Or was happiness leading a comfortable life in society, believing in the same things as everyone else, or acting as if you did?…
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Movie List
Due to the late relase of movies in this half of the world, below is the list of movies I am waiting to watch on the big screen. Babel Flags of Our Fathers Letters from Iwo Jima Blood Diamond Apocalypto The Pursuit of Happyness It has been ages since the pipeline has been so healthy.…
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Its a dog’s life!!
Soumyadip, of “Cutting The Chai“, writes here about his job switch and pastes something he had written when he had last changed jobs. Pretty interesting stuff. “Some days you are the dog, on others the lamppost. Today I was the lamppost…” Tomorrow too wouldn’t be much different. The lamppost remains, the dogs change.
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India Wins!!
India has won the first test against South Africa by 123 runs, and has won back cricketing fans who had waned away after the one day performances in the past year. On another happy note, Delhi HC has convicted Manu Sharma in the Jessica Lall murder case. Immense happiness comes.
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You’ve Got Mail
Brrr!! It was cold. It was 2 degrees below normal. She had still not grown accustomed to “Dilli ki sardi”. Kolkata was so much better during winters. Shweta quietly peeked out from under her nice and cozy quilt. With her eyes almost closed she fumbled around for her laptop and switched it on, absent-mindedly. The…