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Writing a book is a matter of an author’s choice, reviews are a matter of a bloggers discretion. The Bloggers community has been up in arms these days. The issue being the hostile reaction of an author whose work didn’t receive a favourable review. With the exponential increase in the number of Indian authors, the…

The sting of the cobra, which sent banks scurrying for anti-venom serum, was the first sting to have struck the banking industry with a force never felt before – definitely not felt since the days of If God was a Banker, which had sent the banking industry gossip into an overdrive. Cobra Post’s expose on Thursday…

Originally posted on Illuminati: About the reviewer: Mrinalini Majumdar is all of 13, goes to school, is a brilliant student and a book worm. This book was given to her by me, her aunt, for I thought that she would like reading it. Coming up with a review was totally her idea. This review comes…

I won’t be surprised if the next big development on television news comes with channels signing on ageing Bollywood stars as news anchors. In any case designer wear trotting, loud &  acoustically unfriendly reporters have already started making their presence felt.  Serious discussions happen in the fish market of news channel studios. Weird guests, having…

Late evening on Friday, I was travelling by car from Delhi to Agra, to attend the Taj Literary Festival. Driving on the New Yamuna Expressway was a pleasure. I was going to Agra for the first time and was quite excited about it. A few minutes into the drive, I got to know, through twitter…

“Did you really want to die?” “No one commits suicide because they want to die.” “Then why do they do it?” “Because they want to stop the pain.” This quote by Tiffanie DeBartolo brings to fore the pain behind a suicide. Any death is painful, and more so if the death cuts short a life…