The Secrets of the Dark – A Book Review

Author : Nish      Blog : Nishita's Rants and Raves      Date : 5/16/2013 7:48:16 AM

'This is the first book in a planned Fantasy series by author Arka Chakrabarti and this is his debut novel. This book is set in the mythical land of Gaya. It is a tale of wise kings and evil guardians, brave warriors and devious renegades fractured by a prophecy foretelling of doom. Involving elements of […]'

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Still Obsessed with A Song of Ice and Fire

Author : Nish      Blog : Nishita's Rants and Raves      Date : 5/15/2013 8:42:34 AM

'Knowing my love for all things ASOIAF (A Song of Ice and Fire) by George R.R.Martin, I just had to share this infographic on my blog. This is an awesome recap of Robert Baratheon’s rebellion. Since it’s not covered in real-time in the actual book series, it’s great to see it here in pictorial format. […]'

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Piglet’s Ridiculous Sleep Routine

Author : Nish      Blog : Nishita's Rants and Raves      Date : 5/13/2013 10:22:52 AM

'Piglet is probably the most contrary baby I know…scratch that second-most contrary. Snubnose wins the contrary award hands down. Anyway, when piglet was a newborn, he never had a problem sleeping, he would nurse and then turn around and sleep without any issues. All that changed after a couple of months when he would need […]'

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The Reltuctant Fundamentalist – The Movie

Author : Nish      Blog : Nishita's Rants and Raves      Date : 5/13/2013 5:55:27 AM

'I never read the Booker prize nominated The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid. I don’t know why that is, it’s been a pretty popular read in India but although I’ve always been meaning to read it, I just never got around to actually doing it. Then yesterday, while switching channels, I came across this rather […]'

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Songs we are Singing Around the House These Days

Author : Nish      Blog : Nishita's Rants and Raves      Date : 5/9/2013 1:55:42 PM

'Snubnose and I have traditionally gone through mad singing phases where we both latch on to a song, and it becomes our song for the next few weeks or months. I have mentioned some previous songs in some posts here, here, here, and here. This summer, it’s the turn of the King of Pop himself […]'

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New Experiences for Snubnose and Piglet

Author : Nish      Blog : Nishita's Rants and Raves      Date : 5/7/2013 7:33:43 PM

'Last week we went on a short holiday to Chennai to spend some quality time with my mom and grandmom. Chennai at this time of the year is always boiling hot (it’s Agni nakshatram meaning fiery star referring to the hottest time of the year), and we must have been absolutely nuts to try this [...]'

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Happy Mother’s Day

Author : Nish      Blog : Nishita's Rants and Raves      Date : 5/7/2013 6:01:53 AM

'I liked this infographic very much and just had to share it on my blog… Happy Mother’s Day to all you moms out there Via: Promocode4share.com Filed under: Others Tagged: Mother's Day'

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Piglet Loves…

Author : Nish      Blog : Nishita's Rants and Raves      Date : 5/7/2013 5:53:24 AM

'I am thinking of starting a new series on my blog called Piglet Loves…. I realized quite recently that there are so many things going on with Piglet that I just enjoy for the moment, and then forget. When the snubnose was small, I did not capture so many of the fun things she did. [...]'

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The Source – A Book Review

Author : Nish      Blog : Nishita's Rants and Raves      Date : 4/30/2013 12:39:10 PM

'Ursula James is a hypnotherapy practitioner and teacher in the UK. This is her book on how magic changed her life and how we can use magic to change ours. See here for a brief author bio. And here’s a brief synopsis… The Source is a book that comes out of time and is of [...]'

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The Homing Pigeons – A Book Review

Author : Nish      Blog : Nishita's Rants and Raves      Date : 4/29/2013 7:02:29 AM

'In the middle of the catastrophic 2008 recession, Aditya, a jobless, penniless man meets an attractive stranger in a bar, little does he know that his life will change forever….. When Radhika, a young, rich widow, marries off her stepdaughter, little does she know that the freedom that she has yearned for is not exactly [...]'

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Polka Dots, Pony Tails and Purple Pouts – A Book Review

Author : Nish      Blog : Nishita's Rants and Raves      Date : 4/24/2013 5:50:39 AM

'This book is a story about three young girls – Jazmine, Tia, and Leena who rent a house together in Pune. The book deals with their loves, life, and their friendship with each other. This is a light (very light) chick-lit novel that will appeal to younger readers who are looking for more contemporary/modern romances [...]'

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Piglet’s Literary Journey So Far

Author : Nish      Blog : Nishita's Rants and Raves      Date : 4/23/2013 8:50:26 AM

'I’m pretty excited to see that the piglet seems to show signs of loving his books. His introduction to books and story-telling happened when he turned 3 months old. He loved it when I opened picture books and read out to him. He even started showing his preferences. He didn’t like (and still doesn’t like) [...]'

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The City of Devi – A Book Review

Author : Nish      Blog : Nishita's Rants and Raves      Date : 4/23/2013 7:49:04 AM

'The blurb on the back of the book says that this book is A dazzling, multilayered novel that not only encompasses a searing love story but, with its epic reach, encapsulates the fate of the world. It makes the love … Continue reading →'

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Mailbox Mondays: April 15, 2013

Author : Nish      Blog : Nishita's Rants and Raves      Date : 4/15/2013 4:15:30 AM

'Welcome to this week’s Mailbox Monday which is hosted this month by Mari Reads. I received an interesting set of books by different publishers this week. The City of Devi by Manil Suri is an interesting book for sure. I am halfway into it, and it’s gripping and well-written. It’s a dystopia set in Mumbai [...]'

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Snubnose’s Humble Contributions to US National Poetry Month

Author : Nish      Blog : Nishita's Rants and Raves      Date : 4/12/2013 12:32:59 PM

'April is National Poetry month in USA. We don’t have anything equivalent in India, but when I saw The Picky Girl’s post on blackout poetry month, it reminded me that I needed to post about the snubnose’s efforts at poetry. In her school, they encourage different forms of creative writing. Some of the more verbal/linguistically [...]'

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Back to My Reading Comfort Zone

Author : Nish      Blog : Nishita's Rants and Raves      Date : 4/9/2013 10:29:16 AM

'After the rather distressing but still lovely Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, I knew I needed a break from heavy-duty literary fiction and get back into my comfort zone, which is serial killer thriller zone . It might seem strange that reading about blood and gore and rape can comfort me, but in a strange [...]'

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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close – Book Review

Author : Nish      Blog : Nishita's Rants and Raves      Date : 4/8/2013 5:15:11 PM

'Nine-year-old Oskar Schell has embarked on an urgent, secret mission that will take him through the five boroughs of New York. His goal is to find the lock that matches a mysterious key that belonged to his father, who died in the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11. This seemingly impossible task [...]'

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Mailbox Mondays: April 1, 2013

Author : Nish      Blog : Nishita's Rants and Raves      Date : 4/1/2013 5:00:24 AM

'Welcome to this week’s Mailbox Monday which is hosted this month by Mari Reads. Last week, Random House India sent over the following books: The Bat by Jo Nesbo – After a wonderful reading experience with Stieg Larsson’s Lizbeth Salander trilogy (see my reviews here, here, and here), I’m back for some more Scandinavian crime [...]'

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Wordless Wednesdays: Krishna and his Two Mothers

Author : Nish      Blog : Nishita's Rants and Raves      Date : 3/27/2013 4:34:04 AM

'Snubnose does an art work of Krishna with his two mothers using oil pastels A proud snubnose showing off her work Filed under: Jahnavi, Tags Tagged: Art, Wordless Wednesdays'

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Teaser Tuesdays – Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Author : Nish      Blog : Nishita's Rants and Raves      Date : 3/26/2013 4:43:29 AM

'I felt, that night, on that stage, under that skull, incredibly close to everything in the universe, but also extremely alone. I wondered, for the first time in my life, if life was worth all the work it took to live. What exactly made it worth it? What’s so horrible about being dead forever, and [...]'

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