2021-02-20 15:34
I was in my grandparent's home. For some reason my cousins, uncles and aunt had gone somewhere leaving me alone at home. Only my grandparents were around and I was getting bored. I started t… Read More
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2020-09-06 10:29
In South Indian weddings, there is a ritual called Kashi Yatra where the bridegroom suddenly decides he no longer wants to get married and wants to walk away to Kashi and becomes an ascetic… Read More
2020-07-05 09:25
While we had fallen to the routines of whispering sweet nothings to each other, there were other things happening in parallel. I mean if you call it so. For my loud voice was anything but a… Read More
2019-09-14 18:12
“Hi….” “How are things?”“Hm… Getting on.”“Well….”“Well….”“I guess things must be hectic at… Read More
2019-09-08 18:15
I heard they are reviving the Matrix series after all these years. So I thought why not I too revive my Great Bride Hunt Series. Now what the hell is this Bride Hunt thingy and what has that… Read More
2019-08-19 15:16
Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are!Probably as a child we wondered. Now we no longer wonder. After all, we have studied physics in school. We now know that a star… Read More
2019-08-12 03:05
"Ba Ba Black sheep, have you any wool?""Yes Sir. Yes Sir. Three Bags full.""One for my master, one for my dame.""One for the little boy who lives down the lane"Now this was a good sheep who… Read More
2019-08-05 02:03
Many years back, there used to be this serial called True adventures of Johnny Quest. It was kind of paradoxical because the story was about a technology that could produce a virtual world… Read More
2018-10-20 07:00
They were at a bear’s cave. They were greeted by ferocious growls. When they entered, they found a large brown bear huddled in a corner with her cubs. The moment she saw them, she rose… Read More
2018-10-14 09:11
I have often wondered what a story at is its bare essentials. There are elements such as humor, subtext, character exploration, bringing physical scenes to life, creating moods etc. Often th… Read More
2018-10-14 05:00
All his effort had been of no avail. His sister had not been cured by the wolf’s milk. “Please, brother. It is not wolf’s milk that can cure me but bear’s milk. Get m… Read More
2018-10-13 19:24
“I am seriously ill, brother. I am dying. Only you save me, my dear brother. I saw it clearly in my dream. I need to drink wolf’s milk. Get me some wolf’s milk at once or I… Read More
2018-10-06 05:14
So, I completed all 8 books of Enid Blyton’s Adventure series back to back. And here is the overall round up. The series has interesting characters, adventure, danger, joy of explorati… Read More
2018-10-04 13:36
The last books of the series and a close contender for my favorite book of the series. This one is not rich in settings like circus of Adventure where story movies from city to countryside t… Read More
2018-10-04 13:35
The seventh book has been my favorite one in the series. That has a flip side as well. While I had forgotten some of the events in the other books, I remember this one vividly and even the d… Read More
2018-09-30 06:49
The sixth book of the series originally supposed to be the grand finale of an exciting series. After two highly adrenaline packed stories we are back to comfort zone. This time the story is… Read More
2018-09-29 02:50
The fifth book of the series, even the name has a very pleasant air to it. This time Jack, Phillip, Dinah and Lucy Ann go to the Welsh mountains. We are back to the slow relaxed beginning. A… Read More
2018-09-27 02:38
The fourth book of the series. This one has an exciting start that kind of reminds one of Sherlock Holmes’ Final Problem. Criminals are out to get Bill Cunningham the detective friend… Read More
2018-09-23 14:21
The Valley of Adventure is the third book in the series. This starts differently from the other two books. There is no relaxed fun and slow build up. It has a rapid start with Jack, Phillip… Read More
2018-09-22 15:20
The Island of Adventure is the first in the Adventure series that feature Jack, Phillip, Dina, Lucy-Ann and parrot Kiki. While every book in the series is a standalone, there is a storyline… Read More
2018-09-22 15:14
The Castle of Adventure is the second book of the series. This was the one I read first and got introduced to the series. This book opens at a school. That way the settings are similar to is… Read More
2018-05-22 13:02
I am not much of selfie person. In fact, I am not even much of a photo person. My wife tells me the photo was the sole reason for my poor conversion ratio of 100:8. You might be wondering co… Read More
2018-05-06 15:30
One of the most fascinating stories from Indian mythology is that of the Ten Avatars. In some ways, it covers entire human history as per Indian myth end to end. Both the great epics Ramayan… Read More
2018-04-14 08:23
So young Padwan, all set to fly toward greener pastures. The lands of opportunity where the streets are paved with gold and rivers overflowing with milk and honey welcome you, eh, my starry… Read More
2018-04-12 13:33
Having been brought up on rich diet of Indian mythological stories told by my grandfather supplemented by Ramayana and Mahabharata serials on television and Amar Chitra Katha comics, I had a… Read More
2018-04-05 02:40
Every story is a journey of sorts - an imaginary journey on which the author takes the reader. Sometimes it can be a casual walk down the drive taking in all the sights and smells; som… Read More
2018-03-30 13:34
The inside of a sloping roof greets you first thing in the morning. You wake up, get ready and find yourself in a lawn where spread for you on the table is a typical homemade European breakf… Read More
2018-03-29 14:36
Lights, cameras, action. A huge arena lit up by lights. Thousands of people yelling their hearts out cheering as the men walk into the arena. Screens everywhere playing dramatic background m… Read More
2018-03-25 05:29
These days we see lot of innovation in fiction formats. People write plays, ballads, multiple authors writing the same story to name a few. Some of these have been fueled by mediums such as… Read More
2018-03-25 02:48
"Saturday morning was come, and all the summer world was bright and fresh, and brimming with life. There was a song in every heart; and if the heart was young the music issued at the lips. T… Read More
2018-03-22 03:46
I am a Fremen. What is that you ask. We are a tribe of people who live in the desert planet of Arrakis. Our entire culture revolves around one resource that we sourly lack - water! Yes - wat… Read More
2018-02-11 07:07
Like my last post, this post too is dedicated to blog fairies - those silent readers who keep following you around without making their presence felt in any manner. In case such fairies have… Read More
2018-01-30 03:16
Lately I was discussing with one of my friends and he said there are blog fairies lurking around on every blog and silently reading your posts. Or should I call them phantom readers. Apparen… Read More
2018-01-30 02:48
I wanted to write daily about what I read. But somehow not finding time or sometimes just don't feel like. On this blog, I am just not going to push myself. Will only write when I feel like… Read More
2018-01-28 07:59
A darkly lit room – hall, verandah, bedroom whatever you may call it – it was a room. And there sat a boy. A boy all of six or seven. His eyes glued to the television set. On the… Read More
2018-01-13 13:54
Everyone knows that Vitamin E has a wide range of health benefits; skin, hair, nutrition, fitness, etc. We'd like you to share the importance of Vitamin E and how it has benefited you - What… Read More
2018-01-08 01:54
So have managed to get to 90 pages on Parthiban Kanavu. The author did not show us the battle and directly took us to its aftermath. He creates a dramatic effect describing corpses and blood… Read More
2018-01-07 02:58
Saturdays usually turn out to be a day of low reading for me. Only read a few pages of Parthiban Kanavu over the 2 days - Friday and Saturday. Parthiban Kanavu so far moves reasonably fast g… Read More
2018-01-05 02:03
Completed one more story from the Rumpole collection - 'Summer of Discontent'. Cool story. It is interesting how Mortimer picks up a socio-political issue and had it play around in the profe… Read More
2018-01-04 02:17
So made some slow and steady progress with Parthiban Kanavu. Through the conversation between Valli and her grandfather, we get to know of the history between the Pallava King and the Chola… Read More
2018-01-03 03:16
Current I am reading Rumpole a La Carte and murder on the Orient Express. The story in the Rumpole book has Rumpole reflecting on the rude French Irish cook while Orient express has Po… Read More
2018-01-02 01:04
I picked up a book titled Tsarevich Ivan and the Grey Wolf. This was another version of the Fire Bird story, one by Irina Zheleznova, a bit longer and more interesting one. Here we have Baba… Read More
2018-01-01 02:22
The Russian fairy tales book had 2 more tales - Emelya and the Pike and Valisila the beautiful. Emelya is know as Emelya the fool but he acquires almost God like powers just for the mere act… Read More
2017-12-31 02:41
I finally found one of the old Russian fairy tales I had read as a child. I have so far read 3 of them in the book - The Fire Bird, The Frog Tsarevna and Chesnut Grey. All these 3 were… Read More
2017-10-17 12:45
I am not a sports enthusiast. There was a phase when I got in Sports enthusiasts. For those 4-5 years, I used to ardently compile a cricket scrap book full of pictures and all statistics of… Read More
2017-10-15 11:29
Detective stories tend to follow a regular pattern - a crime, an interesting investigator, clues, investigation and final apprehension of the criminal. Now the way each author makes their wo… Read More
2017-09-09 06:15
Ho Ho Ho! Wait! No. I shouldn’t be doing this. I am not Santa Claus. I am God. I should be more serious and sober. Let there be light. Now does this sound better? Go forth and take my… Read More
2017-05-13 02:27
Crime used to be my famous genre during my childhood days. In addition to the children’s crime stories – Famous Five, Five Find Outers, Secret Seven, Three Investigators, Hardy B… Read More
2017-03-25 06:54
Horror is not a genre I normally favor. But when I heard an Indian author has attempted this genre, I was curious to pick up the book. And Maya’s New Husband did not disappoint me. Hav… Read More
2017-02-13 07:52
Around 12 years back, I read a book called Razor's Edge by Somerset Maugham that made me rethink my priorities in life and see the whole idea of the meaning of life from a new perspective. I… Read More
2017-02-03 04:04
We frogs are such pitiable creatures. Always living in fear. Fear of storks. Fear of snakes. Fear of humans. Living in ignorance. You must have heard of stories of frogs in the well. I used… Read More
2017-01-25 03:40
“This upstart thinks he is the new God of love. And it almost seems as if he is. The girls are all so crazy over him.”“Calm down, son! And tell your mother everything right… Read More
2017-01-21 08:59
For long I have stopped taking books for reviews. But now and then I take up one if someone I am well acquainted with has written a book and wants me to review it for them. So here comes my… Read More
2017-01-16 10:01
The dark one is rising. We stand by and watch helplessly. We alone cannot stand against him. He is too powerful for us. We need the other races to stand with us when we make the final stand… Read More
2017-01-12 05:59
I hate this place. I totally hate this place! What a majestic being I was supposed to be and what these humans have reduced me to! We were supposed to be the king of the skies and out very a… Read More
2017-01-07 13:55
"You are a complete wastrel of a husband. You just go to the counting house from morning to evening and then come back and lie around doing nothing.”Why does she keep nagging me all th… Read More
2016-12-28 13:46
There was this time when I conceived upon an idea to pay a tribute to our grandfather. What is so great about a grandfather you may ask. After all everyone has one. Well, my grandfather is u… Read More
2016-12-22 08:09
Whizz! That stone just missed me. Whizz! That was yet another one. Ouch! That one found its mark. But nothing fatal. I have seen worse. Ah! Finally some cover. I just love these projects tha… Read More
2016-12-10 08:07
I have this thing for fancy covers. For a long time I have been attracted by the cover design and title of this book. Otherwise I have never heard the name C S Friedman mentioned on any fant… Read More
2016-12-08 04:53
As I took a quick round of the imperial gardens, I tried hard to make myself feel good. I now had my first original paintings and a handmade calligraphy by an artist. The girl had acted more… Read More
2016-12-06 17:46
I smiled sheepishly at her. “I have cash. But I need for expenses. Can’t spend all of it here.” I somehow was not liking being pushed about so much. But still 4000 ₹… Read More
2016-12-06 07:19
It was an intricately sketched piece depicting a scene at a market place in ancient China. The level of detail was just mind blowing. There were merchants trading wares, customers bargaining… Read More
2016-12-05 18:12
I turned around. It was…..not her. “The Forbidden City is closed. But you may pay two Yuan and see the garden,” said the ruddy faced plainer looking girl. “Thank you… Read More
2016-12-05 13:43
It was a Sunday afternoon. There had still been no mail from my boss. I was out on the streets. The sun was out in the sky. And there was a song in my heart. For the first time while on a pr… Read More
2016-10-31 06:20
Rubina Ramesh is usually very visible on social media as a marketeer and an entrepreneur promoting books. In the book "Knitted Tales", she takes off the hat of reviewer, entrepreneur and dig… Read More
2016-10-30 11:27
I see books to be of two kinds – ones that make you think and others that give you instant experiences to lighten your mood. There are many that do both as well. But that is beside the… Read More
2016-10-26 18:34
When I try to think of an occasion when I was in a complete no safe zone, the one that comes to my mind immediately is on the day I bought my car. I had learnt driving not once but twice and… Read More
2016-10-07 05:00
“Did you hear about the surgical strike?”“Surgical strike? What is that? I don’t think any such thing could have happened without my knowledge. I would have known if… Read More
2016-09-25 09:17
The chamber was dimly lit, a lone smoldering candle in the middle of the table the sole source of light. Darker than the room was the expression on Cardinal Erasatz’s face as he stood… Read More
2016-09-24 07:17
The moment they heard the word "run", they all ran. They looked neither left not right. They just kept running. They had to put as much distance between themselves and Omnius. They did not w… Read More
2016-09-18 03:40
The roads were becoming narrower and dirtier. He was leading them rapidly through so many side lanes and gullies it was becoming difficult to keep track. They were now fully at his mercy. No… Read More
2016-08-02 02:24
The release of the new book ‘Harry Potter and the cursed child’ brought back my memories of my journey with Harry Potter. It also has a personal meaning for me. So I thought I wo… Read More
2016-06-01 06:08
The T F Carthick Archives: Why India can never be friends with Pakistan, Chin...: One of the first things I learnt when I started my career in consulting was something called issue based pro… Read More
2016-05-15 17:02
I have known Ruchira Khanna for a long period as a fellow member of the The Book Club group I am part of. While many of the members in the group focus on romance, she is one who experi… Read More
2016-05-15 06:32
VOYAGERS INTO THE UNKNOWN BY RUCHIRA KHANNABlurb In the historic Indian town of Agra, you can find a very unusual tour company, which is owned by a charming young man named Ra… Read More
2016-05-08 17:38
Sumana Khan was one of the first people I met when I started my writing journey around 6 years back and I probably owe it to her and the other folks I associated with back then for my not ab… Read More
2016-05-04 01:56
The T F Carthick Archives: The strange incident of the boy in the craft class...: Say you are an eight year old school girl. A good girl who attends classes diligently, listens attentively a… Read More
2016-04-28 02:08
The T F Carthick Archives: Ender's Game - A gripping tale of strategy in acti...: In the early days of my professional career when I started out as a software engineer, we used to have lot o… Read More
2016-04-25 16:13
The T F Carthick Archives: Jewel of the Jungle: He was in love! With the jewel of the jungle! He was totally spellbound by her enthralling beauty and the mesmerizing tunes of her song Read More
2016-04-24 09:03
The T F Carthick Archives: Demystifying Indian Middle Class Politics: I have always felt the behavior of the educated working middle class in Indian democracy is a paradox of sorts. We are t… Read More
2016-04-20 04:54
The T F Carthick Archives: Opening of a Magical Portal: The jackal was looking at him from the dark pink cover of the slim book. Next to it stood a large war drum almost twice its height. It… Read More
2016-04-17 18:31
Book BlitzI Don't Wear SunscreanbyKavipriya MoorthyBlurbFor Laksha, life is a gift wrapped in red ribbon. But that's all shattered when she falls for a misogamist. His ambivalence and vacill… Read More
2016-04-17 10:52
Book BlitzWith You I DancebyAarti V RamanBlurbMeera Sagar had everything—the perfect job as a principal ballerina (for a prestigious New York ballet company) and a man who loved her as… Read More
2016-04-16 02:36
Today I present a guest post by Sundari Venkatraman who I have known for 3 years now through various writer and reviewer forums. She is a very enthusiastic person and a prolific writer and p… Read More
2016-04-13 01:42
A Dog Eat Dog-Food World by C. SureshA Fablery Publications Blurb A hilarious pseudo-history of marketing management, which explicitly denies resemblance to any actual hi… Read More
2016-04-11 02:57
Complete Works of T F Carthick: The Heart's True Music: The summer had lasted too long. The sun was blazing and the earth was parched. There was no sign of clouds. The workers at the plantat… Read More
2016-04-07 04:37
Complete Works of T F Carthick: Understanding Gandhi's real contribution: For long time I have been cynical about the greatness of Mahatma Gandhi. I am sure many of my fellow educated Indian… Read More
2016-04-05 02:19
Complete Works of T F Carthick: The Hunchback of Ernakulam: Some people are born great, some people become great, some people have greatness thrust upon them. Similarly some people are born… Read More
2016-04-03 07:48
Complete Works of T F Carthick: Dune - a 20th Century Epic of the Distant Future: As far as good writing goes, usually the devil is in the details. When writing about the present, many… Read More
2016-03-30 01:34
Complete Works of T F Carthick: The True Message of Christ: I am not a great fan of films. Either the films have a total crappy story line or if they are based on a famous novel, they fail t… Read More
2016-03-27 17:52
Book Blitz Seduced in Spain by Devika Fernando Goodreads Blurb Sometimes all that two people need to make things right is a second chance… Nine years ago, A… Read More
2016-02-24 08:51
Back in 2008, when I started writing my blog, the idea was to express my views on various topics. I have this tendency to involuntarily start contemplating on topics that catch my fancy and… Read More
2016-01-18 19:19
Find below, a promotion of a book that has one of my stories - one of my first science fiction stories where I have done elaborate world creation - you may not see all the world here - but t… Read More
2015-11-02 02:00
What image comes to your mind when the word vacation is mentioned? I know some of you might start conjuring images of summer vacations from childhood, good times with friends, cousins and a… Read More
2015-10-20 02:53
I have already written two posts about our visit to Kerala. I continue with the account of our trip not necessarily in the chronological order of occurrence of events. After the boat trip an… Read More
2015-10-11 13:12
I don’t know how many have read this book Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Since this is a Western book not suitable to the Indian ethos, I wondered how it would be if it were t… Read More
2015-10-05 15:53
I had prepared hard and cracked the entrance exam to the county’s most prestigious management institution. All that lay between me and every Indian’s dream was an essay and an in… Read More
2015-10-02 16:52
“Why is the village looking so deserted? Where is everyone gone?”“Don’t you know, Obelix? The entire village has gone digital.”“What the hell is that? Is… Read More
2015-09-25 10:37
People go for years, sometimes even decades just going through the motions leading their mundane lives, being just another face in the crowd, a cog in the gargantuan mechanism of human civil… Read More
2015-09-18 01:53
I was having this discussion with my European friends. They had me cornered to the wall. We have clean roads, better healthcare, great education, and people with more civic responsibility an… Read More
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