Author: Atul
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Book Review – The Talented Mr. Ripley – Patricia Highsmith
If you meet Tom Ripley in the street, you will think he is a decent, shy, innocuous young guy. The first few pages make you feel that he is just another young guy who wants to play pranks by making people send cheques for fake income tax claims – cheques that are not even encashed.…
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Book Review – The Heart of The Matter – Graham Greene
“The Heart of the Matter” by Graham Greene is the story of Henry Scobie, a major in the colony of Africa. Racism is rampant; slavery is common and religious drive is taken seriously. Scobie is a pious man, not outwardly – he refuses to attend mass with his wife – but from inside. He takes…
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Book Review – Less Than Zero
Less Than Zero is the slice-of-life narration of four weeks of Clay’s life. Clay is back from his school on vacation to his hometown of Los Angeles. He is part of the artistic elite, the kids of movie directors and actors, kids who drive Porsches and Cadillacs of their own. Kids who should be happy…
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Book Review: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
The Goldfinch is truly a Dickensian novel, as many people have already observed. It is the odyssey of Theo, his coming of age story, and his meeting many oddball characters throughout his life. As in The Secret History, the plot is not the mainstay here, but it is not a plotless novel as many Literary…
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Book Review – The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Donna Tartt’s “The Secret History” is slow burn as slow burn can be. The characters develop extremely slowly, over pages of back story, descriptions of peculiarities, seeming trivial incidents that do not mean anything, but they add up to something meaningful in the end. I thought that it was a combination of the intellectual leaning…
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Reclaim Your Inner Entrepreneur
I am happy to announce my book, “Reclaim Your Inner Entrepreneur”, now available on Amazon for purchase. How do you go about starting a company? What are the traits of a successful entrepreneur? Should I seek funding before I go to market? What if I fail? Will I have a career? These, and many other…
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Movies for writers and other creatives
Writerly life (Creative life in general) Capote : A movie that explores the time in life of Truman Capote when he wrote “In cold blood. Bonus is a glimpse in the success of Harper Lee, who was Capote’s childhood friend. The Angel at My Table : The movie is about the New Zealand author Janet…
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My GF is a LitFic fanatic! My BF is a romance worm!
“Many happy returns of the day, dude. Look what I bought for you?” “Oh! “Manhattan Beach”! I was so looking forward to read this.” “I know, I know. When we were in Goa, you read “A visit from the Goon squad” even in the dim light of that open air bar where the group was…
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An Ode to Friendship
An Ode to Friendship Anyway, I always loved it when we played The Doors, I absolutely adored the voice of Jim Morrison.Guess what, I do not like Doors any more. I really don’t?What do you like then?I listen to a lot of different kind of music. Punk, post punk, hip hop, and many other types…
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Can Flow be a worthwhile goal?
People all over the world report being frustrated with their job. In a report about the office workers in the UK, 97% of people reported frustration with work. When you ask people why they continue to work in the job that causes them to be frustrated, the most common reason is money and security. In…