Chilli, Chicks and Heart Attacks

Author : Hema      Blog : TELL A STORY - MY WAY      Date : 3/21/2013 2:20:00 PM

'SynopsisDr Manju Mendis, a Sri Lankan living in Australia, comes through medical school with first class honours and is chosen to intern in the much vaunted St Ivanhoe Hospital. But right from the word go, the author leaves the reader in no doubt that this is no mere diary of hospital life.Even as Manju deals with the rigours of an exacting job, he finds himself in the midst of a series of ill-timed misadventures – from a prolonged case of priapism, to the ‘murder’ of a well-heeled (...)'

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Urban Shots

Author : Hema      Blog : TELL A STORY - MY WAY      Date : 3/11/2013 12:05:00 PM

'Its already March and this is my first post of the year.  OMG! it's so easy to lose track of time, especially if you have a kid to keep you on your toes.  I took part in a few events last year, thinking that would get me to complete some of my TBR books.  But guess what, when life catches up, esp. blogging takes a back seat.  Now I feel really guilty.  At least I have posted now in this blog, where as my other blog has been dormant for about a couple of(...)'

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Yellow

Author : Hema      Blog : TELL A STORY - MY WAY      Date : 10/15/2012 3:18:00 PM

'Yellow, a photo by HemaTJ on Flickr. A crouton plant near my house.. The yellow brightens the dull cement wall'

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Leaves

Author : Hema      Blog : TELL A STORY - MY WAY      Date : 10/13/2012 2:56:00 PM

'Let your life lightly dance on the edge of time, like dew on the tip of a leaf.- Rabindranath TagoreThis is one of the most popular plant, called the money plant.  I do not know how it got its name, but its a main part of the decor be it interior or exterior.'

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The Krishna Key

Author : Hema      Blog : TELL A STORY - MY WAY      Date : 9/26/2012 3:08:00 PM

'This is my fourth review book from Blog adda, but the first fictional novel from them.  This is the first book I am reading of the author Ashwin Sanghi and it was very good.  The Chanakya Chant, the second book by him is still in my TBR.  The Krishna Key is a thriller story bringing out the religious heritage of the Hindus. Ravi Mohan Saini, the professor at the St. Stephen's college, is arrested for the murder of his best friend Anil Varshney.  Varshney had alre(...)'

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The afternoon sky

Author : Hema      Blog : TELL A STORY - MY WAY      Date : 9/3/2012 12:15:00 PM

'This is a flower from the tree above. Such a small flower for a big tree with such big leaves. It flew away right after I shot it. I wanted to shoot some really cute, colourful birds. I see a lot of new birds as there is a marsh nearby. Next time if I am lucky I will shoot some.  Does anyone know the name of this tree?'

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பறவைகள்

Author : Hema      Blog : TELL A STORY - MY WAY      Date : 8/30/2012 2:02:00 PM

'This is my first post in Tamil.  I had just written a very common topic.  The crux of this essay is to show how birds were such an integral part while growing up and how they are slowing being endangered.  The future generation, like my son, might never get to know the pleasures of nature.  Its such a sad thing.  It has been more than a decade since I have written anything in Tamil (and I feel ashamed as I say this, this being my mother tongue).  Please(...)'

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Tamarind City - Where Modern India Began

Author : Hema      Blog : TELL A STORY - MY WAY      Date : 8/14/2012 6:54:00 AM

'When Blogadda had put up this book for review I was sincerely wishing that I receive one.  It is about my own city Madras.  "Madras Nalla Madras".  The author, Bishwanath Gosh, though a North Indian, has moved to Chennai and made its home for almost a decade now.  The way he has potrayed Madras and its people is a big eye opener to even a native Chennaiite like me.  Though my father's ancestral home still remains in Northern Madras (Royapuram) and my mother'(...)'

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The Devil Wears Prada

Author : Hema      Blog : TELL A STORY - MY WAY      Date : 8/9/2012 6:27:00 AM

'Andrea sachs, fresh out of college, takes her time to enjoy life before she finds herself a good job.  Little did she know that this was her much needed break before her employment with The Runway.  She is assigned under the boss from hell or the devil herself, Miranda Priestly.  Lauren Weisberger, starts there and never gives a break about how Miranda has turned Andrea's life a living hell.  Andrea put up with all the torture because she has been assured that a (...)'

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Remember Me?

Author : Hema      Blog : TELL A STORY - MY WAY      Date : 7/24/2012 4:49:00 PM

'When all her friends are celebrating their bonuses, Lexi Smart is disappointed as she has missed her first year bonus by just a week.  To add to the injury, her boyfriend, Loser Dave, stood her up; her shoes are killing her and all she wants is a hot bath before attending her father's funeral.  Desperate to get home she runs to hail a taxi and stumbles down a few steps and bumps her head.When she opens her eyes, she sees a different person.  A better pe(...)'

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Big Girl

Author : Hema      Blog : TELL A STORY - MY WAY      Date : 7/19/2012 2:41:00 PM

'Summary:A chubby little girl with ordinary looks, Victoria Dawson has always felt out of place in her family, especially in body-conscious L.A. While her parents and sister can eat anything and not gain an ounce, Victoria must watch everything she eats, as well as endure her father’s belittling comments about her body and see her academic achievements go unacknowledged. Ice cream and oversized helpings of all the wrong foods give her comfort, but only briefly. The one thing she know(...)'

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House Rules

Author : Hema      Blog : TELL A STORY - MY WAY      Date : 7/16/2012 11:40:00 AM

'Summary:When your son can't look you in the eye...does that mean he's guilty?Jacob Hunt is a teen with Asperger's syndrome. He's hopeless at reading social cues or expressing himself well to others, though he is brilliant in many ways. But he has a special focus on one subject - forensic analysis. A police scanner in his room clues him in to crime scenes, and he's always showing up and telling the cops what to do. And he's usually right.But when Jacob's small hometown is rocked by a(...)'

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The house on Hope Street

Author : Hema      Blog : TELL A STORY - MY WAY      Date : 7/7/2012 2:07:00 PM

'The House on Hope Street, near San Francisco, is the home of the Sutherlands.  Liz and Jack Sutherland have been married for 18 years, and are successful lawyers at family law.  Their house is teeming with their five children and everyone knows that they are crazy about each other.  The author's description of the family and the love between the couple is so magical that everything is so picture perfect.  All works out well till Amanda Parker, their client w(...)'

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The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight

Author : Hema      Blog : TELL A STORY - MY WAY      Date : 7/3/2012 3:58:00 PM

'Statistics and probability, what has maths got to do with love.  But the story is set with the right stage and character, all the right ingredients for a love story.  This novel was recommended by Smitha in my good reads and this is the first book I have bought in 6 months.  Hadley Sullivan, misses her flight by just 4 minutes and has her next flight scheduled after 3 hours.  All thanks to her claustrophobia, she meets a handsome cute Brit boy, Oliver.  What(...)'

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Magnolia Wednesdays - A Review, A Challenge and a Tag/Award

Author : Hema      Blog : TELL A STORY - MY WAY      Date : 1/23/2012 4:59:00 AM

'This post as the title suggests is going to be a 3 in one.  The challenges that I am taking part in have encouraged me to do a bit more of challenges.  These are like catalyst to squeeze my already busy schedule to read a bit more.  So lets get started with the Review firstVivian Armstrong Gray, the 41 year old reported, becomes the talk of the nation after her not-so-fatal accident of getting shot in the rear end.  The video recorded during the incident, goes vi(...)'

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Hot Tea Across India

Author : Hema      Blog : TELL A STORY - MY WAY      Date : 1/17/2012 2:21:00 AM

'Happy (belated) Pongal/Shankaranthi Wishes to everyone.  In case you are wondering why I am late, my son decided to break the laptop on last Thursday and we couldn't get it repaired at the service center before Saturday.  By the time we went on Saturday it was still lying there untouched and we took the matter in our hands and finally salvaged it yesterday night (believe me you cannot find a single shop open during the pongal holidays).  Anyway, its time for yet anoth(...)'

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Queen of Babble

Author : Hema      Blog : TELL A STORY - MY WAY      Date : 1/9/2012 10:06:00 AM

'The Story starts with Elizabeth (aka Lizzie Nichols) waiting at the Heathrow airport, to be picked up by her boyfriend Andrew Marshall.  She briefly explains the story of how they both met 3 months ago and how after having spent just 24 hours with him, goes head over heels for him.  She is so caught up with the romance that she does not remember to submit her final Thesis of her major (History of Fashion) she is graduating in.  She does not tell this secret (...)'

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Akeelah and the Bee

Author : Hema      Blog : TELL A STORY - MY WAY      Date : 1/2/2012 12:56:00 AM

'I remember watching this movie in ABC Channel (I think), when I was in USA.  It was a very motivating and uplifting story of a young black girl, winning big overcoming her trepidation and emotional struggles along her way.  I did not know that it had a novel version and I normally don't read the novel after watching any movie (It just spoils the whole experience, in my opinion).  For instance, "The DaVinci Code" was a better novel than a movie.  Then there is Jul(...)'

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Whats in a Name Challenge

Author : Hema      Blog : TELL A STORY - MY WAY      Date : 12/30/2011 6:29:00 AM

'Yup, its my second challenge, but I think it will be fun as crossovers are allowed in both the challenges.  So, I will just list the rules given by Beth FishHere's How It WorksBetween January 1 and December 31, 2012, read one book in each of the following categories:1. A book with a topographical feature (land formation) in the title: Black Hills2. A book with something you'd see in the sky in the title: Once upon a star3. A book with a creepy crawly in the title: Akeelah And t(...)'

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The A-Z Book Challenge

Author : Hema      Blog : TELL A STORY - MY WAY      Date : 12/13/2011 3:45:00 AM

'Its been a year since I had started this blog, but I have never joined any event or challenges.  Joining a challenge makes us commit that we will go through all the rules.  And I have this dread that I might not complete my challenge.  So I have been avoiding it last year.  But I guess I will join this challenge because one year is quite a long time.  I hope to complete all the books according to the rules.  This challenge is "The A-Z Book Challenge" st(...)'

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