Monday, November 07, 2005
A brilliant CTRL+H job … taste of India, and gambling vacation
Last week was Holiday Bonanza with Eid following Diwali … and the way I spent it
Angels & Demons
This Dan Brown Novel was written before the famous ‘Da Vinci code’ ,but to those who are aware of Ctrl+H command that’s commonly used in computer world to replace a set of words/characters. Da vinci has too many similarities with A&D ,rather I would put it this way , Dan brown kept the framework of A&D untouched just changed names of characters, & central plot and voila we have a Bestseller that has broken all records of its time. Having said that I should still say Mr. Brown has done lots of research to add enough factual information, for his readers to believe fiction too true and too logically organized to be brushed off as flight of imagination. The process of selection of new Pope, to lead the catholic church, landmarks in Rome , works of Galileo &Bernini. Chronology of historical events have been used with so much accuracy , I won’t be surprised if Mr Brown’s novels are being used by tourists visiting Rome & France.
The Mango Season
A nice novel by Amulya Malladi which captures the story of Indian Girl returning to India on a Short trip after spending seven years in the USA as student and working professional, the flavor of West and the contrast of east and the way she is torn between her ‘Matrubhumi’ & ‘Karmabhumi’ . Nice novel using simple words. It has something for every reader ,while small details like the family politics in traditional pickle preparation session with extended family will be relished ,by those who haven’t ventured out of India, Indepence shown by US returned Priya which rubs off on her Aunts of two different generations ,Rapid changes in Urban India in past few years and present teen generations have been aptly depicted by Amulya
Gambling Vacation
Wasn’t the first time that I was visiting a casino , but this one in Malaysia is located at hillstation resort ‘Genting Highlands’ a very small place with nothing but Resort hotels having theme parks and casino. Just an hours drive from Kuala Lumpur the climate of Genting Highland is world apart watching clouds ascending up the hills and chill in air was a welcome change
Amusement parks and rides don’t amuse me at all so most part of my Genting visit I was lazed in Hotel Room reading the books reviewed above and on final morning went to the casino gambled on slot machines for couple of hours. Tried to understand nittie gritties of blackjack ,dice and whatnots for a while
FYI did come back with some good memories & making some moolah from my gambling trip
I
Last week was Holiday Bonanza with Eid following Diwali … and the way I spent it
Angels & Demons
This Dan Brown Novel was written before the famous ‘Da Vinci code’ ,but to those who are aware of Ctrl+H command that’s commonly used in computer world to replace a set of words/characters. Da vinci has too many similarities with A&D ,rather I would put it this way , Dan brown kept the framework of A&D untouched just changed names of characters, & central plot and voila we have a Bestseller that has broken all records of its time. Having said that I should still say Mr. Brown has done lots of research to add enough factual information, for his readers to believe fiction too true and too logically organized to be brushed off as flight of imagination. The process of selection of new Pope, to lead the catholic church, landmarks in Rome , works of Galileo &Bernini. Chronology of historical events have been used with so much accuracy , I won’t be surprised if Mr Brown’s novels are being used by tourists visiting Rome & France.
The Mango Season
A nice novel by Amulya Malladi which captures the story of Indian Girl returning to India on a Short trip after spending seven years in the USA as student and working professional, the flavor of West and the contrast of east and the way she is torn between her ‘Matrubhumi’ & ‘Karmabhumi’ . Nice novel using simple words. It has something for every reader ,while small details like the family politics in traditional pickle preparation session with extended family will be relished ,by those who haven’t ventured out of India, Indepence shown by US returned Priya which rubs off on her Aunts of two different generations ,Rapid changes in Urban India in past few years and present teen generations have been aptly depicted by Amulya
Gambling Vacation
Wasn’t the first time that I was visiting a casino , but this one in Malaysia is located at hillstation resort ‘Genting Highlands’ a very small place with nothing but Resort hotels having theme parks and casino. Just an hours drive from Kuala Lumpur the climate of Genting Highland is world apart watching clouds ascending up the hills and chill in air was a welcome change
Amusement parks and rides don’t amuse me at all so most part of my Genting visit I was lazed in Hotel Room reading the books reviewed above and on final morning went to the casino gambled on slot machines for couple of hours. Tried to understand nittie gritties of blackjack ,dice and whatnots for a while
FYI did come back with some good memories & making some moolah from my gambling trip
I
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