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10 days ago I wrote about the trouble with reading feluda. Well, the post ignited something in me and I picked up Feluda. Travel time on daily basis increased thereafter and there was some waiting time at airport as well as bad in-flight entertainment system in the Kingfisher flight I took ... All this helped me Read Read Read Feluda in the past 10 days. I have read more than 7-8 stories spanning more than 350 pages of the book ... thats about half book !!  I am feeling much better now ... Feluda's reading score had been stagnating for quite some time. I almost felt guilty for not reading it. Now that it has seen a reading spike, I feel much better

Its been some time since I have read any Feluda story; the primary reason being the small size print in the big fat volume I have. I don't really mind the size of the volume (it is pretty thick at about 1000+ pages); it is the print size that is the problem. I read during my travel times … car, bus, train, flight, airport waiting etc … and the small print size is too much of a strain on the eyes. Larger print sizes are bearable (although not great for eyes). This singular factor has negatively impacted my reading score on Feluda … And I don't know how to improve it either. Reading while being stationary does not seem to be a possibility since there are so many other things to do and there isn't really any leisure time at hand. Only traval time to spare. Wish the pages of the book gave the same feature as the tablets (iPad/galaxy tab etc) … pinch and increase the font size J

There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is ' up ' It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP ? At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report? We call UP our friends. And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver; we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car. At other times the little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses. To be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed UP is special. A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP. We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night. We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP! To be knowledgeable abou...

(came as an email forward, found it interesting, so sharing ... )   A drunk man who smelled like beer sat down on a subway next to a priest. The man's tie was stained, his face was plastered with red lipstick, and a half-empty bottle of gin was sticking out of his torn coat pocket. He opened his newspaper and began reading. After a few minutes the man turned to the priest and asked, 'Say Father, what causes arthritis?' The priest replies, 'My Son, it's caused by loose living, being with cheap, wicked women, too much alcohol, contempt for your fellow man, sleeping around with prostitutes and lack of a bath.' The drunk muttered in response, 'Well, I'll be damned. He then returned to his paper. The priest, thinking about what he had said, nudged the man and apologized. 'I'm very sorry. I didn't mean to come on so strong. How long have you had arthritis?' The drunk answered, 'I don't have it, Father. I was just reading ...

Well … the guys at HUL claim that the new Surf Excel Matic is smart enough to get rid of stains while your clothes are inside your washing machine, so you don't have to spend your precious time doing it seperately. So … the million-dollar (or lets say the lakh-rupee) question is " If you had two extra hours in a day, how would you spend it? " 2 extra hours would give u a 26 hour day and a 13 hour clock face ! Wouldn’t that be weird ?? or more than that …wouldn’t that be ‘unlucky’ ?? Having to stare at a 13 hour clock face every day … ??? 2 hours … 120 minutes … 7200 seconds … looks significant enough!! Right ?? So how would I spend it? Now that's a very interesting question which sets me thinking and even makes me nostalgic … (something that hasn't happened for a couple of days … eh … I am referring to 'nostalgic' not 'thinking') Reminds me of my MBA days when We (Nikhil and I) conceptualized the first fully online business games even...

Have been visiting blog adda and have known about it for a long time but only recently got the registration process straightened out for myself. was stuck at the 'activation' level and i had misplaced that email :) Will register for their Book Reviews program now ... I had recomended it to my friend who already started doing it and I was unable to register myself :) Now I will ...

  Travel time has increased with weekly travel to Pune and also a trip to Dubai for about 10 days in this month; so this was supposed to give me plenty of travel time to read J but juggling multiple projects and shuttling between 3 cities took its toll on my time and health too, so couldn't really read during my travels. So ultimately the score is lower than expected. But on the brighter side, I read 2 complete novels from different genres; outside my regular stories.   This month I finished off the last of the Genius trilogy and continued reading the regulars (Sherlock Holmes and Three Investigators). I also read a novel which I would classify as 'emotional' stuff. No, it wasn't another emotional novel … on the contrary it was more of a reminder about what life is all about and how we live false lives chasing false dreams (often nothing more than a mirage) and reaching the so-called destination of life completely unsatisfied; wondering what really happened?   C...