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Chennai Book Fair 2016
This year (2016) due to Chennai floods in December, the annual book fair got postponed. It’s...
Chennai Pongal Book Fair 2016
The Chennai book fair by Bapasi that happens around New Year/Pongal festival has been a must go...
Facebook, Twitter & A Pair of Shoes
I just realised I haven’t posted a review of a book that I enjoyed reading some time back...
Ten kings by Ashok Banker
I have been avoiding reading any more of Mythological fiction, I have had enough of that genre...
Higginbothams book shop
Established in 1844 Higginbothams book store in Mount Road, Madras (Chennai) is India’s...
Tamil Handbook by G.U.Pope
Today while going to Higginbothams bookshop in Anna Salai, Chennai I spotted this book. Titled...
Tamil word for bookcase
Bookshelf என்பதற்கு அழகான தமிழ் பெயர் என்ன?. லிப்கோ மற்றும் ஆக்ஸ்போர்டு அகராதிகளைப் பார்த்ததில் அவை...
Scion of Ikshvaku
“Scion of Ikshvaku” is the latest book by Amish Tripathi who is known for his earlier...
Oru Puliyamarattin Katai – Tamil Novel
சுந்தர ராமசாமியின் (Sundara Ramaswamy) – ஒரு புளியமரத்தின் கதை (Oru Puliyamarattin Katai) ...
The Vanished Path by Bharath Murthy
The other day I picked up from library this Japanese Manga influenced comic novel titled The...
Books on wheels
In today’s The Hindu newspaper there was an article on a new initiative “Education on...
Chennai Book Fair 2015
After the new year celebrations I eagerly look forward to that year’s Chennai Book Fair event...
Madhorubhagan
மாதொருபாகன், எழுத்தாளர் பெருமாள் முருகனின் இந்த நாவலின் பெயரைக் கேட்டாலே அதிருகிறது இல்ல...
Life and Historical Beliefs of Baratavar by Joe D Cruz
இவர் எழுதிய புத்தங்களான “ஆழி சூழ் உலகு” மற்றும் “கொற்கை” பற்றிப் படிக்கும்...
Animal Farm play
George Orwell‘s Animal Farm book published in 17 August 1945 (minus 2 years and plus 2 days...
Book launch with Ashok Leyland’s Managing Director
G.Sankaranarayanan, a speaker and author is known to me for more than a decade now. As a former...
Washingtonil Thirumanam
1960களில் எழுத்தாளர் திரு.சாவி எழுதி ஆனந்த விகடனில் வெளிவந்து பெரும் வெற்றிப் பெற்ற ஹாஸ்ய தொடர்...
Gind – The magical adventures of a Vanara
Last weekend I saw my son reading with lot of interest this book. It had an image of Hanuman...
Beauty of Libraries
In my view libraries are sacred places of human civilization worthy of spending most of our waking...