Category Archives: Strands of Thought

Tamarind City

Posted on March 11, 2018 by vandysnape

A Tamarind City by Bishwanath Ghosh Back when I was in college, one of my favourite things about Sunday was reading the Magazine and Metro Plus supplements of the week’s The Hindu newspaper. The kind of stories published and the style … Continue reading →

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Triffids, Thoughtcrimes and Travelling Symphony

Posted on February 5, 2018 by vandysnape

my friends and I used to play this little game of planning for a zombie apocalypse. We’d have animated discussions about where we would store food, whether our office glass doors were strong enough to protect us (one more problem, they were see-through) and elaborate escape routes. So macabre, yes! This book scored big time in that regard. Continue reading →

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Virtue in the Quality of Insincerity

Posted on June 1, 2016 by vandysnape

treading the thin line between frank and irritatingly frank… Continue reading →

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The Castle

Posted on February 1, 2016 by vandysnape

Mama says I have a wild imagination. Is that good? Maybe. But Mama always says it with an eye roll. She thinks I will make a damn good writer someday. I doubt that because I am awful at grammar Continue reading →

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Remembering Alan Rickman

Posted on January 15, 2016 by vandysnape

There are thousands of potterheads all over the world now, mourning the loss of their favourite Slytherin. Continue reading →

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Serendipity

Posted on September 21, 2015 by vandysnape

I waited for a message in a bottle. Not even a soda bottle came my way. Buried treasure in my back garden. Nothing. Kind little notes from strangers. Nada. Continue reading →

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The Martian By Andy Weir

Posted on August 15, 2015 by vandysnape

The story of ‘The Martian’ was probably everyone’s fantasy at some point of time. What would you do if you get stranded in a desert with no sign of life for a million kilometers. Only the desert here is Mars. Continue reading →

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The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling)

Posted on August 12, 2013 by vandysnape

Cuckoo’s calling is essentially a murder mystery. Lula Landry, a supermodel, falls to death from her penthouse window. Given Lula’s history of supposed drug problems, a fragile mental state and lack of solid proof her case is closed as ‘Suicide’. However, Lula’s distraught brother John Bristow doesn’t think so. He is obsessed with his belief that Lula was murdered and seeks the help of a private detective Cormoran Strike to find the killer. Continue reading →

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Miracles do happen

Posted on June 19, 2013 by vandysnape

People talked to Gods all the time. Sudama’s humble hut miraculously turned into a palace. Rishis gave boons. The list goes on. I wondered how miracles happened all the time in the previous Yugas. Continue reading →

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To read, or not to read, that is the question…

Posted on February 6, 2013 by vandysnape

Ebooks or printed books ? I’d pick printed ones over Ebooks any day. I have three main reasons for that :
I talk to my books. (Oh no.. I am not mad ! )
I want a huge personal library.

Oh the smell of books ! Continue reading →

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