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intoxicating

I will drink
Life to the lees...For always roaming with a hungry heart
Much have I seen and known, cities of men
And manners, climates, councils, governments...How dull it is to pause, to make an end,
To rust unburnish'd, not to shine in use!...To follow knowledge like a sinking star,
Beyond the utmost bound of human thought.
  • Johannesburg, South Africa
  • member since Friday, August 31 2007

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  • Jassafari

    Jassafari says

    just saying Hi....

    JASS!

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • Doris T

    Doris T says

    Come join us in the shelfari group, Women Speak. We'd love to hear from you.

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • Buchi

    Buchi says

    same here. infact i have just asked sanchita how she manages to do so much reading. yes, i agree, even the sight of new books arnd is quite a satisfaction :)

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • sanchitabanerjeerodrigues

    sanchitabanerjeerodrigues says

    hey apologies for not being in touch.. was really tied up with our annual sales meet which got over on 26th... before that it was data, data, more data and the analysis..

    december mashe kolkata jabo bhabchi... biye te.. my pop in law in keen.. last he visited cal was 1962..

    it will then me my turn to eat the egg rolls from the road side joints.. dying for some..

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Buchi

    Buchi says

    i hope u got a chance to visit daryaganj, it is a paradise for book lovers. dad and i used to freak out when he visited delhi. sigh! hw're u doing, n what r u reading? :)

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Ñimä Ràdian†

    Ñimä Ràdian† says

    Hi A...
    Glad you returned safe n sound.
    How was India? Were you there on a vacation? Official? I hope not official. lol
    Which city? The reason of this curiosity is: I’ve been to India. Not sure if I told you or not. Yeh, I spent few days in Delhi and then some more days in Bombay (where I liked Colaba the most) and then embarked to Goa where I loved the beach, nice cafes and restaurants. Long ago… 2004

    Rest is going on smooth… End of month and I got to finish up these reports and papers…

    I would love to come to Johannesburg as I never learnt this name at school… hahaha
    Believe me.

    I haven’t been to Johannesburg but this name has always been familiar to my ears coz in secondary school, I used to read crime novels and this city was mentioned in of the books I read at that time or better say a favorite cop of mine traveled to Johannesburg in search of a fugitive.

    So yeh, I promise to let you know when I’m around :)

    Be safe N happy

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Ñimä Ràdian†

    Ñimä Ràdian† says

    Hello again

    Thanks I’m doing well.

    Sadly I didn’t have the chance to update my account on shelfari in the past couple of weeks as I was on a vacation in Caribbean.

    The reason I asked if you still were in SA coz I had in mind to have a quick stop in Cape Town.
    Though the plan didn’t work out: (

    I see you have been reading a lot of great books as well.

    Back in Caribbean, I managed to buy two of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s masterpiece (One hundred years of solitude and Love in the time of cholera) and number of other books.

    Though I tried to get Paulo Coelho’s Eleven Minutes, but couldn’t find it.

    I see you are a huge fan of Paulo; no?

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • sanchitabanerjeerodrigues

    sanchitabanerjeerodrigues says

    wouldn't really know what to recommend..
    do the daryagunj second hand book market if you can over the weekend.
    a fellow shelfarian andy b seems to be quite hooked on to the market
    you may like to touch base with her to check it out..
    its paradise... footpath for miles across on both side of the roads with books :-)

    posted 2 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Ñimä Ràdian†

    Ñimä Ràdian† says

    Amendita
    right?
    How are you there?
    Stoped by to say hi and wish you good day.

    Still in SA?

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Ñimä Ràdian†

    Ñimä Ràdian† says

    Life is all about timing… the unreachable becomes reachable, the unavailable becomes available, the unattainable… attainable. Have the patience, wait it out. It’s all about timing.

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • sanchitabanerjeerodrigues

    sanchitabanerjeerodrigues says

    nachtey aami o pari naa.. this is one of those staff v/s management funda... staff challenges you, you got to take it up... thats it..

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • sanchitabanerjeerodrigues

    sanchitabanerjeerodrigues says

    ani, its not serenity.. its paranoia.. this was 15th july, our staff day... i was hyper.. the apprehension of something going wrong.. i was heading the cultural committee.. and actually 2 of my models did not turn up for the fashion show.. then there was hazaar things to be taken care of... i participated in 3 confusions.. we the entire sales team rocked to 'we didn't start the fire' of billy joel.. then i had a part in a skit and danced to the song namak of omkara (i am a lousy dancer) and then as always management puts up some item numbers.. and again i danced to 'zara zara kiss me kiss me kiss me' :-) dont remind me any more... my son will disown me if he sees the videos...

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • sanchitabanerjeerodrigues

    sanchitabanerjeerodrigues says

    this weekend menu... was pop in laws 74th birthday.. menu was:
    - port sorpotel with sanna (an idli like substance made with toddy)
    - chicken cafreal
    - tongue roast
    - chicken biryani
    - bacalheao with tons of olives

    sunday afternoon was anil's jethamoshai er grand daughter's first birthday. only family was invited (which means uncles / aunts / cousins and their families) just 300 people :-(

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • sanchitabanerjeerodrigues

    sanchitabanerjeerodrigues says

    write to amitav... i have a feeling that he will also be in town (cal) the same time you are there.. no harm in writing to him...

    shotti boier oojon khoob... its an expensive hobby.. many a times i have been warned by anil that one more charge on my credit card from a book shop and he will withdraw all my credit cards :-)

    nevertheless, it does not stop me from buying books... sadly or happily my son also has the same habit... he actually bulllies all my friends to take him to a book store as his birthday gift...

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • sanchitabanerjeerodrigues

    sanchitabanerjeerodrigues says

    hey call me on 98503 56886 or forward me your number in delhi / calcutta... will call you.

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • kunti

    kunti says

    Hiiiiiii.............U didnt reply my mail,so here i m desperately trying to reach u.How r u??..I know it has been too long a gap of communication(all my fault,reason for which i have written to u),but now i am a little free,i know u r also no less busy,but u manage to maintain yr time(guess,i will learn also gradually)not much little..hahahaha...........missed yr notes and yr warmth also lotssssssss...........bye for now.......do plsssssssssss keep in touch.........luv u always........

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • sanchitabanerjeerodrigues

    sanchitabanerjeerodrigues says

    sharat rachonaboli reached page 217 :-) party time...

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • sanchitabanerjeerodrigues

    sanchitabanerjeerodrigues says

    NRI cell is doing a gig on 12th july at our hotel... building bridges with south africa... its for people like you i guess..

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • sanchitabanerjeerodrigues

    sanchitabanerjeerodrigues says

    kono khobor nei je? aajke dinner e beef stew and local bread

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )
  • sanchitabanerjeerodrigues

    sanchitabanerjeerodrigues says

    amitav er email id ta tor gmail e forward korechi...paris j'taime dekhlam last week. i think on sony pics... its an assortment of many short stories... i found it very jeffry archer types..

    finished 'sea of poppies' last night. very heart rendering.. there are some books which make you sad once they are over.. one of those stories...

    plan to attack saramago now... full steam and big time... have a couple of his books and plan to buy a few...

    posted 3 months ago. ( send a note )


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