Harrowing reality of the First World War

“This book is intended neither as an accusation nor as a confession, but simply as an attempt to give an account of a generation that was destroyed by...Read more

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Quite the Knockout

?Boxing involves everything backwards. Unlike a sane person, you rush to the pain instead of running away from it.? That is actually a line from the movi...Read more

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Another feather in the hat for Marathi cinema!

Riding high on the success of Shwaas, the Marathi film industry now has another film which will add to their list of accolades. Devrai ? The Sacred Grove is...Read more

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Black - a let down

What would it be like to live in blackness? Never hear a sound, never see a glimmer, never know that anything exists beyond an achingly empty black corridor...Read more

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Return to innocence

?When the first baby laughed, its laughter broke into a thousand pieces and each piece became a fairy.? I do not know how many of you are familiar with t...Read more

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An Odyssey through space (sorta)

Anybody looking for a hilarious ride through Life, the Universe and Everything need look no further than these great books. Hitchhiker?s Guide to the Galaxy...Read more

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Dont call this nature's fury

I do not think there is any person who can truly say that he or she is not affected by what happened in Asia on Boxing Day. The tragedy that occurred is so ...Read more

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A filmmaking revolution?

All hail a revolution!? Well almost. Swades as a movie will commercially fail. It is bound to. We, as an audience are not ready for the movie. This movie...Read more

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Fabincredible (Fabulous + Incredible)

Incredible!!! I know I know, cliché and all that, but that?s exactly what this movie is. Pixar has always given us more than our money?s worth and I kn...Read more

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And you thought your job was Hell!

?Knockdown, Spectacular First Novel? screams GQ. I agree. This is indeed a brilliant effort by first time novelist Joe Connelly. This 1998 novel may not ...Read more

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Of Family,Revenge and a code of honour

After being told that I write reviews on too many obscure books, I have decided to give reviewing a classic, a shot. This is the book that spawned three mov...Read more

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Of sentiments and ornaments

Gifts. They are wonderful things. These are things that are meant to signify to the other person that you consider them special. They are meant to signify t...Read more

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Meri Mumbai jhakaas!

First let me wish everyone at MS a belated Happy Diwali and Eid Mubarak! I came to Mumbai in the June of 1991 from a not-so small town, Nagpur. I had lov...Read more

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Dark and intense

I will not be active for about a week and a half after this one review. In fact Juggers, am coming to your gaon, which is incidentally my gaon too, Nagpur. ...Read more

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A piece of soul

I will never forget the day I heard Jeremy for the first time. I couldnt get it out of my head for weeks. Images of a poor tortured little kid boiling in hi...Read more

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A tribute to courage

I have no idea how many of you on MS actually go out and see movies on your own. Just you, all alone, sitting in the darkness. It is quite a depressing expe...Read more

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A magical tale of doomed love

I have been toying with the idea of a review on Marquez?s works for quite some time. But you know how it is, if there is something that has deeply touched y...Read more

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Dont drive us to drugs Ms Chadha!

It is my great misfortune to have had to go to this movie. But the kind father had already bought tickets with such enthusiasm that it was impossible to ref...Read more

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Of Robbed Innocence and Revenge!

Well before I begin I want to thank mouthshut.com for being such excellent company for me during the past weeks while I was bedridden with a burnt arm. I co...Read more

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A pleasure to read

There are certain books that one just doesn?t want to give away. These are books that we are loathe even to lend to other people. We have different reasons ...Read more

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