The Epic of Gilgamesh: A Review

Monday, August 27th, 2007

I have been thinking about reading the ancient epic of Gilgamesh for a while and on a recent visit to the library I picked up Steven Mitchell's translation "Gilgamesh". "The Epic of Gilgamesh" (Wikipedia Link) is an ancient Babylonian poem written about Gilgamesh who was a Sumerian king in the city ...

Archies…young at heart…n going strong!

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

One fine morning, I woke up to remember those days when at every given opportunity, I used to demand an Archies comic (on occasions like going for shopping with mummy or getting a good rank in class or my birthday or because my brother got his favourite Chacha Chaudhry)…and I ...

Find great books online!

Monday, February 13th, 2006

Main Page - Wikibooks, collection of open-content textbooks books collection (tags: ebooks wiki books reference portal) C h e c k m a t e d ! Harry Potter Fan Fiction Site. 90% Stories are great and you can believe me cuz I have read nearly the whole archive :). One of the few ...

Angels & Demons: Dan Brown

Thursday, November 10th, 2005

Great read. After reading a few of his books you realize a definite pattern to Dan Brown's writing. A lot of well done research and interesting facts are put together in a gripping thriller with a lot of twists. Angels and Demons is another installment of the same recipe. In this, somewhat ...

The World’s Religions: Our Great Wisdom Traditions

Thursday, November 10th, 2005

The World's Religions: Our Great Wisdom Traditions by Huston Smith When looking for an introductory book that would cover a broad spectrum of religions, I was apprehensive of buying one that was either so detailed as to be boring or so superficial as to not serve my ...