August 7, 2023 · 4:52 pm The Booker Prize longlist was announced on Tuesday. The 13 titles are: A Spell of Good Things by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀Old God’s Time by Sebastian BarryStudy for Obedience by Sarah BernsteinIf I Survive You by Jonathan EscofferyHow to Build a Boat by Elaine FeeneyThis Other Eden by Paul HardingPearl by…
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Books I Read in July 2024
August 19, 2023 · 9:49 am Stasiland by Anna Funder won the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction in 2004 (now known as the Baillie Gifford Prize) and chronicles the lives of several people who lived in the German Democratic Republic, also known as East Germany, during the Cold War. Funder, an Australian journalist, was working…
Books I Read in August 2024
September 9, 2023 · 12:28 pm The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell is a fictionalised account of the marriage of 15-year-old Lucrezia di Cosima de’Medici to Alfonso, Duke of Ferrera in sixteenth century Florence, merging two powerful family dynasties. Lucrezia would be dead barely a year later, allegedly of “putrid fever” but rumours persist that…
Books I Read in September 2024
October 13, 2023 · 7:54 pm The Fraud by Zadie Smith weaves together three storylines based on true events in the 19th century. A Cockney butcher arrives in London from Australia claiming to be Sir Roger Tichborne, the heir to a baronetcy and previously thought to have been lost at sea. His sensational fraud trial…
Books I Read in November 2024
November 15, 2023 · 11:57 pm Nine Pints by Rose George is a non-fiction about “the mysterious, miraculous world of blood”. The title refers to the approximate amount of blood we have in our bodies, and George explores various blood-related topics across nine chapters covering disease, cultural attitudes and medical breakthroughs. George‘s global tour includes…
16-Year-Old Makes Electric Bike From Scrap For Rs 15,000
It is beyond fascinating how creative people in our country can be. It is even more inspiring and promising to see young minds display their talent for the benefit of others. I came across a motivational tale of a 16-year-old boy who successfully created an electric bike from scrap materials for a price of just…
Books I Read in June 2024
July 27, 2024 · 3:58 pm Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein won the first Women’s Prize for Non Fiction last month. I read Klein’s first book No Logo several years ago, which I felt had already dated somewhat over a decade after its release. In contrast, the ideas explored in…
Tata CURVV Seen Hanging from Crane During TVC Shoot
Tata CURVV is gearing up for launch on August 7 in electric guise first, followed by petrol and diesel in the following weeks. In a viral video, the upcoming Tata CURVV coupe SUV was spotted hanging from a crane during a TVC shoot somewhere in Gurugram. It is common for soon-to-be-launched vehicles to feature in…
Books I Read in October 2024
November 17, 2023 · 8:26 pm The Running Grave by Robert Galbraith is the seventh outing for Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott’s private detective agency. When they are approached by the family of a young man feared to have been brainwashed by a religious cult, Robin goes undercover at Chapman’s farm in Norfolk to find…
Armoured Suzuki Jimny For Military Special Forces Looks Dope
Suzuki Jimny is the successor of the iconic Maruti Gypsy which was used by the Indian Army back in the day. This armoured Suzuki Jimny looks perfectly capable of being a part of the military special forces of any nation. Jimny is an iconic name among the international off-roading community. It has a rich legacy…
Books I Read in December 2023
January 11, 2024 · 8:51 pm I often seek out the books which receive rare positive reviews in Private Eye magazine and Wasteland by Oliver Franklin-Wallis is a truly eye-opening look at where our waste actually ends up. Franklin-Wallis probes a lot of uncomfortable truths about recycling and greenwashing on his travels around the world…
New Swift Available with 4WD and Hybrid Abroad
The international version of the Swift comes with 4WD and hybrid for a long time now but these capabilities have eluded the Indian market. The 4WD version of the new Swift along with a hybrid powertrain is showcased in this video. It looks like the Japanese model. For the uninitiated, the Swift has always been…