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A curious book

By Diwaker Gupta | Published: August 6th, 2007
Rating: 3/5 WARNING: Spoiler alert! This book is as weird to read as it sounds. Mark Haddon takes us on a funny, but satirical and humane journey as young Christopher sets out to investigate the mysterious murder of a dog that lives on his street. Christopher is a “special” kid. Though Haddon doesn't go into [...]
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The Kiterunner

By Diwaker Gupta | Published: July 26th, 2007
Rating: 4/5 For most of us, its very hard to imagine how life is like in war torn Afghanistan or Iraq, despite the extensive coverage on news channels. In fact, I feel that excessive media attention has de-sensitized all of us in some sense. In this debut novel by Khaled Hosseini, the reader gets a [...]
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Atlas Shrugged

By Diwaker Gupta | Published: June 28th, 2007
I finally got around to reading Atlas Shrugged, originally inspired by my dear friend N. The book needs no introduction and so much has already been said about it that I'm not sure I'll be adding anything new. Its a really long book, but persevere dear reader and thou shalt not be disappointed. It is [...]
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The meaning of it all

By Diwaker Gupta | Published: June 27th, 2007
I've been really slow on my reading this year – half the year is past and I've just read two books so far. I've been even slower in writing about those two books So the first book is called The meaning of it all: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist by the legendary physicist Richard P. Feynman. [...]
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The Big Bang

By Diwaker Gupta | Published: January 7th, 2007
Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe Rating: 4 out of 5 Author: Simon Singh Year: 2005 Publisher: Fourth Estate ISBN: 0007162200 I haven't been able to make up my mind on popular science books. Some might say that popular science books have done a lot to bring science to the masses, while others may [...]
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