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The Lost Symbol – Disappointing!

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Dan Brown’s cocktail of symbols, mysteries and secret societies is a cheap thriller at best.

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Thoughts on Ayn Rand’s Novels

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My thoughts on Ayn Rand after reading Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, the 2 masterpieces.

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The Monsoons Are Here

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I am enjoying the monsoons. Got drenched twice today :D Watched a movie at Urbashee, a hall on Station Feeder Road (Siliguri). Sarkar Raj, the movie, failed to stir me at all. I was bored as usual. Frankly speaking, I fail to appreciate Bolly movies may be ’cause I am not used to this crap. [...]

The Book Stalls Around Golpark

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I never failed to notice the large stacks of books every time I walked along the footpaths of Golpark. Yet it never really struck me I can actually take those books. Strange of me indeed. After all what are the books doing there other than waiting to be read by readers like me? As this [...]