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Sikkim Day 3 – Tea, Gangtalk, and the legend of Pawan Chamling

The alternate plan we chose consisted of the tea estates in South Sikkim, and the Padmasambhava statue in Namchi. Our driver was the same, and that’s when we figured that we still didn’t know his name. Our expectations of a … Continue reading

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Shashi Tharoor, a real account… of the Bangalore Tweetup

And that would explain why, when I saw the invite for a tweet up, it was an easy exception to make to my otherwise steadfast stance against tweet ups and reserve a place to meet the Minister of Status. That’s … Continue reading

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Kerala Kerala, Quite Contrary

This is an anthology of 26 works, edited by Shinie Antony, who also contributes a few as author, interviewer and chronicler. The title, IMHO, is a bit misleading since the works themselves, while touching upon various aspects of life in … Continue reading

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The Five Dollar Smile

Shashi Tharoor This is a collection of Shashi Tharoor’s early works.. really early It has 14 stories and a two act play. While they are not of the fantastic quality of say, The Great Indian novel, it definitely shows the … Continue reading

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