Apologies for having misled you in believing that Soorarai Pottru post has good plot and script. My readers have pointed out that I was wrong, and I was indeed wrong. In my defence, I was not aware of the socio-political and economic background of the story depicted in the movie, fiction or otherwise, which quite … Continue reading Soorarai Pottru Review – Apologies
Category: Reviews
Book Review: Hit Refresh
The primary author of "Hit refresh" is Microsoft's current CEO - Satya Nadella, and he co-authored it with Mr Thesaurus himself! 😊 As you are familiar with my posts, I try to keep it casual here. This is my blog. If you are looking for a more serious review, you are free to go to … Continue reading Book Review: Hit Refresh
Reading challenge – 2019
As posted previously, I am very much on track to complete reading 52 books for 2020. This challenge is one of the only two resolutions I had taken for this year. The other resolution was to start blogging again and to post 52 posts. As you can see, I am far behind on the second … Continue reading Reading challenge – 2019
Jack (Propaganda) Ryan
Question: Why do Hollywood names most of the protagonists protecting western interests as "JB". There's James Bond, Jason Bourne and even Jack Bauer and maybe, just maybe - Jack Black 🙂 Let's add Jack Ryan to that list. Technically he is not a JB, but we can always change it to Jack Blatant (lies), or … Continue reading Jack (Propaganda) Ryan
Blue-light eyeglasses scam
Snake Oil (e.g. Homeopathy) the central theme of scams dominated our previous few centuries. However, during the last couple of decades, a new theme has emerged, and the trend is 'Filtering scams'! The basic premise of this scam is to filter good stuff and make it better. For some unfortunate reasons, 'we the gullible' can … Continue reading Blue-light eyeglasses scam
The Bach 