Comments on: Retail therapy http://varun.net.in/blog/2008/01/22/retail-therapy/ ~ Miles to go before I sleep ~ Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:17:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Varun http://varun.net.in/blog/2008/01/22/retail-therapy/#comment-1754 Varun Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:28:50 +0000 http://www.varun.net.in/blog/2008/01/22/retail-therapy#comment-1754 I have read hardly 100 pages of 1984 and I must admit that it does make you think about what "factual" means. It is very easy to get into the skin of the protagonist, I actually feel as if I am Winston Smith and that makes me pause every now and then and live through his thoughts and emotions. Unfortunately not getting enough time to read it in one sitting (which it clearly deserves), hopefully this Sunday. Settling down (see the comment above yours) - "Settling down means living in a place for 2 years or more. I keep moving around. Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Trivandrum, Pune, Delhi and now Mumbai. And of course you know what is in the pipeline. I am very materialistic when it comes to books (including comics) ;-) I buy them, cover them, preserve them, don't mind lending them to friends but shout at them if they spoil the pristine condition the book is in when I give it to them :-) I have read hardly 100 pages of 1984 and I must admit that it does make you think about what “factual” means. It is very easy to get into the skin of the protagonist, I actually feel as if I am Winston Smith and that makes me pause every now and then and live through his thoughts and emotions. Unfortunately not getting enough time to read it in one sitting (which it clearly deserves), hopefully this Sunday.

Settling down (see the comment above yours) – “Settling down means living in a place for 2 years or more. I keep moving around. Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Trivandrum, Pune, Delhi and now Mumbai. And of course you know what is in the pipeline.

I am very materialistic when it comes to books (including comics) ;-) I buy them, cover them, preserve them, don’t mind lending them to friends but shout at them if they spoil the pristine condition the book is in when I give it to them :-)

]]> By: Prude http://varun.net.in/blog/2008/01/22/retail-therapy/#comment-1753 Prude Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:27:44 +0000 http://www.varun.net.in/blog/2008/01/22/retail-therapy#comment-1753 1984 is one of the scariest books I have ever read. To think all of yesterday probably never was...a complete farce each and every word of history could be! Shall eagerly wait for you to read the book to discuss :-) My all time favourite classics have been Gone with the wind and Wuthering Heights...beautiful books! Ummm define sttling down... I LOVE asterix...my fav line is "these romans must be crazy" he he And and I'm dying to eat wild boar someday!! :-) 1984 is one of the scariest books I have ever read. To think all of yesterday probably never was…a complete farce each and every word of history could be! Shall eagerly wait for you to read the book to discuss :-)

My all time favourite classics have been Gone with the wind and Wuthering Heights…beautiful books!

Ummm define sttling down…

I LOVE asterix…my fav line is “these romans must be crazy” he he And and I’m dying to eat wild boar someday!! :-)

]]> By: Varun http://varun.net.in/blog/2008/01/22/retail-therapy/#comment-1634 Varun Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:45:22 +0000 http://www.varun.net.in/blog/2008/01/22/retail-therapy#comment-1634 Yeah man! Importance of Being Earnest was very good. In fact the unabridged complete version is even better. And we also had that phoenix waala story remember? The one with the robot called Biddu. For many years after that Phoenix was my nick in many places. We also had Ogden Nash's dentist waala poem ("This is going to hurt just a little bit" I think). He he. No re. Settling down means living in a place for 2 years or more. You know how I keep moving around. Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Trivandrum, Pune, Delhi and now Mumbai. Actually that "settling" down would be quite unsettling, don't you agree? Yeah man! Importance of Being Earnest was very good. In fact the unabridged complete version is even better. And we also had that phoenix waala story remember? The one with the robot called Biddu. For many years after that Phoenix was my nick in many places. We also had Ogden Nash’s dentist waala poem (“This is going to hurt just a little bit” I think).

He he. No re. Settling down means living in a place for 2 years or more. You know how I keep moving around. Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Trivandrum, Pune, Delhi and now Mumbai.

Actually that “settling” down would be quite unsettling, don’t you agree?

]]> By: krakoosh http://varun.net.in/blog/2008/01/22/retail-therapy/#comment-1632 krakoosh Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:20:58 +0000 http://www.varun.net.in/blog/2008/01/22/retail-therapy#comment-1632 I vaguely remember 'Importance of being Earnest" in 10th - you actually enjoyed it?? By the way, you said you were "settling" down ... does that mean what I really think it means?? :) I vaguely remember ‘Importance of being Earnest” in 10th – you actually enjoyed it?? By the way, you said you were “settling” down … does that mean what I really think it means?? :)

]]> By: Varun http://varun.net.in/blog/2008/01/22/retail-therapy/#comment-1595 Varun Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:31:26 +0000 http://www.varun.net.in/blog/2008/01/22/retail-therapy#comment-1595 Sure! Though self-help books usually do not appeal to me I will give this one a try. Sure! Though self-help books usually do not appeal to me I will give this one a try.

]]> By: Pankaj Upadhyay http://varun.net.in/blog/2008/01/22/retail-therapy/#comment-1566 Pankaj Upadhyay Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:21:04 +0000 http://www.varun.net.in/blog/2008/01/22/retail-therapy#comment-1566 Retail Therapy is great when u've some coupons or vouchers to spend ;).Wasie i've seen a movie based on this classic novel -Great Expectations, Movie was good. Try one book or one movie- To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee,You will love it..(Hope so) Retail Therapy is great when u’ve some coupons or vouchers to spend ;) .Wasie i’ve seen a movie based on this classic novel -Great Expectations, Movie was good. Try one book or one movie- To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee,You will love it..(Hope so)

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