I know, I know. It is rather late in the day for this. But I have been tied up real bad since yesterday at work. :-( In fact, if one of my friends hadn't SMSed me about it, I would have most likely found out only in the evening.
I won't say much. Someone sent me the following on SMS. I am sure that will say it all!
Do all your crimes while Sachin is batting because God is watching Sachin playing
- Poster in Sydney
Friday, February 26, 2010
Book exhibition by Welfare Of Stray Dogs(WSD)
I got the following mail from Welfare Of Stray Dogs(WSD):
The Welfare Of Stray Dogs(WSD) has organised The WSD Book Exhibition of donated new and secondhand books from February 25-28, 2010 (Thu-Sun) from 10 am to 7 pm at the garage of Vaswani Mansions, Opposite K C College, Churchgate, Mumbai. A treasure trove of books for book lovers. Come browse around and pick up thousands of books on self- help, best sellers, travel, humor, spirituality, philosophy, Indian and foreign fiction and non-fiction and children's books at throw-away prices. Prices start from Rs 10 only.
Here is a sneak peek of some of the titles and authors of the books that are on display.
P.G. Wodehouse, Aldous Huxley,Robin Cook, Agatha Christie,P D James,John Grisham(hardback editions),Dale Carnegie,Jhumpa Lahiri, Mills and Boon and many many more
Collected Works Of Joseph Conrad ( 22 volumes) with a printed autograph ( Rare books category according to Blackwells) Published: The Gresham Publishing Co. Ltd, London. 1925.
Each volume has a printed autograph that reads "Cordially Yours J. Conrad".
History of French Literature, Pub 1923
The New Standard Encyclopedia and World Atlas
Pears Cyclopedia (1954-55, 1969-79 editions)
Arthur Mee's Golden Years 'Over the Hills and Far Away'
Human Origin by S. Laing Pub 1900.
and thousands more...
All proceeds from the book sale will go towards our sterilization and rabies prevention programme.
If you love books, please go and check this one out. It's like having your cake and eating it too :-)
Monday, February 22, 2010
Here we go now - the people are taking to the streets to support some militant. That’s what my first reaction was when I saw the veiled figure and his sympathizers. I was wrong! The guy in question is the ERF chief who has been sacked for daring to speak against the stupidity of the administration that resulted in the massacre of at least 24 of his soldiers at the hands of the Maoists.
But his troops and their families know better. And so they are demanding that he be re-instated. What sets these protests apart is that so far they have been peaceful - no burning down buses and destroying public property as has become the hallmark of any protests in West Bengal.
Way to go people! If the government has even an ounce of wisdom, they will have to listen to you.
But his troops and their families know better. And so they are demanding that he be re-instated. What sets these protests apart is that so far they have been peaceful - no burning down buses and destroying public property as has become the hallmark of any protests in West Bengal.
Way to go people! If the government has even an ounce of wisdom, they will have to listen to you.
I admit I chanced upon the movie while surfing the channels. I found the title - “The Dark Is Rising”- intriguing and so I hung on for a bit to watch the story of this boy who must find the 6 signs that will bring back the light in 5 days or the Dark forces will overrun the world. (Not an original plot!)
One scene was, however, too much for me. The boy, you see, doesn’t believe that he is the “Seeker” as an assorted bunch of oldies would like him to believe. So what does he do? He powers up his laptop and hits Google! Needless to say, he does find an article about forces of light and darkness.
Aaw, if that’s not banal, what is? Why don’t we all Google for “Ways to save the world”? Who knows, we just might find the solution. Only if they had called Google as Oracle instead :-)
One scene was, however, too much for me. The boy, you see, doesn’t believe that he is the “Seeker” as an assorted bunch of oldies would like him to believe. So what does he do? He powers up his laptop and hits Google! Needless to say, he does find an article about forces of light and darkness.
Aaw, if that’s not banal, what is? Why don’t we all Google for “Ways to save the world”? Who knows, we just might find the solution. Only if they had called Google as Oracle instead :-)
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