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amright

"It is impossible to report from a dream without ending it"
---Jostein Gaarder

Still remain a compulsive dreamer,happy in my world of books.....
  • member since Friday, September 21 2007

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  • Code Red

    Code Red says

    hello amright,
    Amitav will have to wait..have better choice at hand as of now than ABCD (American Born Confused Desi)..
    The library building is under renovation..trynig to detatch...politics! reading Trial..this is another spiral of windmill...this world of book is really amaging..is it safe to order books online and how about quality and reliability..do you have to pay in $ ?
    Happy weekend and Happy reading,
    take care...

    posted 4 hours ago. ( send a note )
  • Code Red

    Code Red says

    Hello amright,
    Could not get IMHO ? Amitav gets a life line and Somerset Maugham is out of print and so is "No One Writes To Colonel" as told by many shop keepers after they have come in the wrap of Penguin..oh! Jugalbandi must have been good..finished Labirynth..great read..I found striking parallel with what happened to General and in our context to Field Marshal Manekshaw in some aspects..was fortunate to be under him in Bangla Desh campaign in 1971 and then occupied an office sharing a common wall with the room where he was housed during last days...
    Thanks for greetings and we reciprocate the same to you and your family..

    posted 2 days ago. ( send a note )
  • dimpy

    dimpy says

    thx for ue suggetion... i will look for it...byee

    posted 2 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Shikkha

    Shikkha says

    Hi Jayati

    Happy Dussehra

    Let all your -ves get distroyed by the +ves and you go beyond -ves / +ves in the process. Go beyond your limitations and allow yourself to flow in the presence (infinite possibilities)

    Let Ravana with his ten faces (anger, hatred, lust (desires), fear, greed (attachments) , limitation, judgments, comparison, kapat, chinta) get dissoved and true nature of you (Ram) is experienced (shines) through realization of love, compassion, trust, faith, peace, stillness, oneness and infinite presence.

    Looking forward to delicious 'sandesh' :D

    Love

    Shikkha

    posted 2 days ago. ( send a note )
  • dimpy

    dimpy says

    hii...
    hey u hav total different sort of collection...
    i mean a very hi-fi one...
    is all those books good??
    well i will try some day..
    any suggetions frm ur side

    posted 3 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Code Red

    Code Red says

    Hello amright,
    All well read need not be good and vice versa...no intention to be hypocrite..think some diconnect there..will keep it in mind..
    Yeah, could get TheTrial, My Name is Red, Istanbul, The Hungry Tide, The Agony and The Ecstacy,Love in The Time of Cholera, Autumn of Patriarch and Great Stories by GGM..have hand full for the time being..
    A book by Anita Jain titled Wedding Anita (or is it Marrying Anita) is making lot of news and critics are recommending it..
    Mumbai may not be as grand as Kolkatta as for as puja celebrations are concerned or is it equally good ?
    on that note bye and take care...

    posted 3 days ago. ( send a note )
  • uplandpoet

    uplandpoet says

    none, havent been following it this year. do we have the nominees?

    posted 3 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Shikkha

    Shikkha says

    Greetings to you & your family!! Hope you enjoyed the celebrations.

    Love

    Shikkha

    posted 4 days ago. ( send a note )
  • uplandpoet

    uplandpoet says

    Welcome to Better than Starbucks! Look around, make yourself at home, start a new thread or dig up an old one or just read and jump in on the more active ones.

    We are honored to be one of your first groups!

    posted 6 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Ghazale von Limburg

    Ghazale von Limburg says

    Hello amright,
    As for the next Booker to read, I did a lot of searching and read many reviews and decided for "From A to X" and then "Netherland".
    I finished "Salmon fishing in Yemen" last week. Having looked into your shelf, I thing you will also like it. I really did, and it was a lot fun reading it.
    Sea of Poppies... yeah I finally managed to start enjoying it. After page 150 it was suddenly easy to read, and characters were following me day and night. Amazing book. I have some high hopes for it to win the prize this year.

    posted 6 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Code Red

    Code Red says

    Hello amright,
    Please do me a favour ! donot drown ! as it is good people are far and few in this world and it needs you badly.. may mallu be strong enough to shoulder this responsibility..yeah not learning a language is always a regret..but then I always count my blessings..(there are so many who cannot have even spell thier name)have learned Hindi & Chattisgarhi..exposure has been wider and learning in any case does not stop..am not a foodie either..some time cant even notice discripancies..yeah aapam and stew is yummy and you must have tried fish currie mallu style.. then there are host of vegie dishes during onam that you must already have tried since mallu at arms length for help...
    Person giving does not realise the worth of what is parted, it is only the receipient who does so..it is kind and generous (also influence of Gibran..just may be) of you to think it to be so trivial but it can help in greater ways than we percieve..in a way it is our responsibility and some how it is my desire too...
    Have taken note of the suggested books and try if I can lay my hands on them...am so happy to join this site and having excavated a gem...thanks you..
    Off to Mumbai and Indore for four days..will try to fish out some books on the list...by the way I am carrying GGM this time with me...
    So long then...till then wish you a wonderful reading, be cooooooooooooooool and take care, bye...

    posted 6 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Code Red

    Code Red says

    Hello amright,
    Personality can be developped or polished and tastes can be refined.Feel right time to navigate , set course and provide impetus. Suggested road since it has certain bond which we share in abundance..Nameshake, God of small things and Accostomed Earth has been read by her. Actual exercise is to wedge a paradigm shift towards quality..have not red most of suggested package so could not talk about it..knew where to look for help and.... thanks a miilion ton..take care..

    posted 7 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Code Red

    Code Red says

    Hello amright,
    Planning to help graduate "dreamer" to a higher plane in reading..beggining was with nancy drew and stuff like that..now after gold medal in economics, MBA and two years post married life in US and plans for green card, and most importantly my own discovery of this wealth I think time is just ripe...but need to be gradual and smooth without imposing myself so that transition is lasting..has tasted fiction like jeffery archer, john grisham, sydny sheldon but nothing serious...yesterday while chatting I was able to coax to start "Road" by McCarthy..some how have a feeling it might just click..cant dump in the vicinity of GGM right now..it will be a disaster..but would like to culminate at Garcia Gabriel Marquez. there after it will be on auto pilot that I am very sure...aim is to pass on the batton to the next generation and one more good human being in this world so that all dreams could be achieved by dreamer..what else could be more satisfying ...this can happen if the desire is ignited,your ideas will be more authentic and time tested..any tips on next step will be great help...
    GGM is swinging me left,right and centre..it feels as if his eyes are always piercing your soul...what great creation of God..
    well ! be good as usual and take care..bye..

    posted 8 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Code Red

    Code Red says

    Hello amright,
    Name is so notorious?..no,no,names can be deceptive..
    Gandhi Jayanti went in organising blood donation camp and watching Gandhi movie, idiot box where else...
    Hope you were able to keep rendezvous with trafic signal girl..I can see the wide grin on her face and spark in your eyes...may God be with you..ever thought of joining a NGO ?

    posted 8 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Shikkha

    Shikkha says

    Hi Jayati

    Of course i remember you. Have been too occupied with studies health travel etc Hope you are doing great!!

    Gandhi Jayanti ki shubhkaamnayen. Yes i love that poster. The events are indeed sad & depressing however there is not much we can do except pray and work toward inner peace which is our essence. Unfortunately each one of us is responsible in creating what all is happening around us. The task is difficult however not impossible.

    Spent the day watching the movie -- Gandhi. Am seriously looking forward to learning 'charkha'. Heard spinning just like pottery or any other art form has its own therapeutic properties.

    How is the weather there? Do you normally fast during 'Navratras'?

    keep in touch dear friend. You have promised to teach me bengali cuisine. Courier me some meetha you make on Durga Puja :D

    Stay Healthy

    Lots of Love

    Shikkha

    posted 9 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Code Red

    Code Red says

    ha!ha!ha!..can visualise students booing me out ...did I spot you too some where there ? just joking (JJ)..any way thanx

    posted 9 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Amit J

    Amit J says

    now that we know each other... what is your favorite Genre and which one is your fav book

    posted 9 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Amit J

    Amit J says

    ws that for me.. seems that you have posted a right note on the wrong profile

    God Bless

    posted 9 days ago. ( send a note )
  • bookchica

    bookchica says

    Havent reviewed "Sea of Poppies" yet. Just finished it last evening. Work has been brutal last few weeks - but hopefully I'll find the time to catch up on my reviews this weekend. :-))

    posted 9 days ago. ( send a note )
  • Code Red

    Code Red says

    Hello amright,
    Your compassion for humanity is very rare to be seen in this present situation..hats off...but then, are you not doing what you can.. and isnt there desire to do more...are you not making efforts to mitigate the problems, what ever tiny way possible...so take solace and continue..drops make ocean..why trivialise efforts put in..you are in the right professiion to make the difference and have said so before..there is always dawn after the dusk..by the way why surmons, you know it all..
    GGM is out to his own tricks, let me finish it..
    New logo is thought provoking..my daughter's logo says" I am a dreamer but I am not the only one" so there is company..cheers..
    bye and take care

    posted 9 days ago. ( send a note )


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