Aug 19th, 2007 | Uncategorized | No Comments
For all those Calvin and Hobbes fans, here is the ultimate collection of all Calvin and Hobbes strips, in chronological order. Calvin and Hobbes was published from Nov 18th, 1985 to Dec 31st, 1995.
Calvin and Hobbes is a comic strip written and illustrated by Bill Watterson, following the humorous antics of Calvin, an imaginative six-year old boy, and Hobbes, his energetic and sardonic—albeit stuffed—tiger. (The pair are named after John Calvin, a 16th century French Reformation theologian, and Thomas Hobbes, a 17th century English political philosopher.
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Aug 13th, 2007 | Uncategorized | No Comments
Well, why didn’t anybody thought of that earlier? Eventually, when Shilpa Shetty won at the Big Brother show, the British must have a craving to know what the controversial Indian Foods are!
TV cook Anjum Anand’s book Indian Food Made Easy has soared to the top of the bestsellers’ list even beating Harry Potter.
Her cut-glass accent and flirtatious on-camera manner have led to her being dubbed the “Nigella” of Indian cuisine in Britain.
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Jul 25th, 2007 | Uncategorized | No Comments
Beware: This article and the Interview at Today has spoilers for the last book.
Confirming the rumored 8th Book of Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling tells TODAY she will write an “encyclopedia” on the Harry Potter characters.
In her first tell-all interview since the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling said that she “probably will” publish a Potter encyclopedia, promising many more details about her beloved characters and the fate of the wizarding world beyond the few clues provided in the seventh book’s epilogue.
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Jul 21st, 2007 | Uncategorized | 7 Comments
Just got my copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Will do a review once I finished reading it.
Few days back, TorrentFreak reported the leak of the book complete with photographs on the internet. Techcrunch was legally attacked by Scholastic for publishing the news and an image of the leaked photograph.
The book was released in India today, the 21st July, 2007.
Jul 19th, 2007 | Uncategorized | No Comments
Empress Eve have a nice write-up of difference and similarities between the movie and the book of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
If you haven’t read the book or seen the movie, let me warn you that this article is filled to the brim with spoilers.
May 16th, 2007 | Uncategorized | 5 Comments
The multi-millionaire writer of the Harry Potter fame, J.K. Rowling, is understood to be preparing for one last look at the world of Harry, Hermione, Dumbledore and Voldemort after the publication of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in July. There will indeed be an 8th Harry Potter book, which will be like an encyclopedia of magic to create the ultimate guide to the world of wizardry.
I can see this book being sold as much as any other Harry Potter series. The book is expected to cover historical figures, such as the founders of Hogwarts school, along with elaborate genealogies of the main characters. It would also provide a chance to flesh out other figures who merit only a passing mention in the books.
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May 12th, 2007 | Uncategorized | No Comments
“Dollar Bahu” is the English translation of one of Sudha Murty’s most popular novels “Dollar Sose”, originally written in Kannada and earlier translated into four other Indian languages. It even ran as TV-Series between 2001-2004.
Like most other novels of Sudha Murty, this novel too dwells on the aspirations, dreams and struggles of traditional middle–class Indian families — this time vividly portraying the promise of plenty that the US dollar holds for the Indian steeped in middle–class mundane living.
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