The book is being launched for the media to give them a sneak peak ahead of the others. It is going to be a small event. So I just thought of inviting all of you to join me on this very very special moment. Besides the media it is important to have some friends to share the special moment. Right?
Pramita Bose of The Asian Age asked me about my favorite books. That's a tough question. It is a bit like asking which one is your favorite movie or favorite city to live in. The answer to most of these questions changes or gets updated frequently. The latest book that one falls in love with often features in a list like this. Some books remain eternal favorites. They linger on. They haunt me. On a lonely evening those phrases and dilemmas set me thinking. Viktor Frankl's book Man's Search for Meaning is one such awesome book. Spike Milligan certainly remains a benchmark when it comes to writing humor. Here is Pramita's take on the dicussion...
Don't judge a book by its cover. When a book lies among a hundred others on the shelf, it is the cover that first catches the eye. Thereafter the seduction of the reader is unabashed. through great graphics or visuals, maybe through an interesting title or through a controversial quote or a celeb author's photo or endorsement, the cover tries to get you to cough up the money and take the book home.
A Blog is like a baby - very easy to conceive but very hard to manage. And yet - people have them ( I mean blogs, not babies). Everytime someone is swelling up with the deep desire to educate or entertain the world, a blog is a great place to start. A blog is not just about self expression, but it is also about throwing your ideas up for scrutiny. You will get appreciative responses and they are easy to deal with. Blush and be coy. But are you also prepared to deal with a swift hurt on the anatomy (figuratively speaking) and ego (literally, not figuratively)?
Abhinav will be the favored name for all new born males in India for a while. Reality shows will invite him to pronounce judgment on bump and grind routines being done by 10 year olds. Mahesh Bhatt or somebody from Bollywood will announce a film that chronicles Abhinav’s life story – complete with a Rakhi Sawant doing an item number in the last scene when the hero wins a gold medal at the Olympics. And why not? Unlike countries like China, US, Japan, Korea and so many of the East European countries, we have it easy. After all we do not have 30 gold medal winners, 40 silver and 52 bronze medal winners in every Olympics to celebrate.
Antara Bose of The Telegraph says, "XLRI alumnus Abhijit Bhaduri is ready with his second book that will hit the stores sometime in September. Abhijit’s first book Mediocre But Arrogant (2005) was a bestseller and he may hit the jackpot again with Married But Available (2008)."
My kids have known this always. My wife always sides with them. So she does too. I denied it for a long time and pretended to love it. But today I am announcing it. I do not understand rap.“Rap is a way of life bro’. Wanna rap? You gotcha live like us - the ghetto clothes. You gotta dress right … like a gangsta. Give attitoood and you’ll get it.”, the guy offered me the first AHA experience about Rap.
He is a networking junkie. At 1:54pm on 18 July 08 his Facebook page lists 992 people as his friends while on Orkut.com his friend count is an inconsistent 995. Clearly some of his friends from Facebook are avoiding him on Orkut. But then the list is fairly dynamic I discover because by the time I shuttle between the two sites his friend count on Facebook is up by one. He is also on Twitter and Plaxo (and these refer to networking sites and not medication).
Georgia also boasts of the world's largest aquarium. If you are a Civil War history buff, this is a good place to visit. Of course for me Georgia is always associated with the Margaret Mitchell, the author of the classic Gone With The Wind. Her house at 990 Peachtree Street in Atlanta is a tourist attraction. The locals point out at this also where she was killed in a motor accident in 1949 while on her way to watch a film.
