Posted on June 7, 2009 by hridayramshenoy
Word count: 300 | Estimated time to read entry: 4 min
My reading habit has been steady if not prodigious in the past few months. Having tried Isaac Asimov, S. Maugham, Charles Dickens, Lewis Carroll, Mark Twain, Agatha Christie, Ruskin Bond and O.Henry, I wanted to try something new, something light and something that I could [...]
Filed under: Unique Experiences | Tagged: Agatha Christie, Amar Chitra Katha, bibliophile, Books, Childhood memories, Comics, hardly readable stuff, HRS, Indian comics, Isaac Asimov, Love of reading, Mark Twain, O.Henry, reading, Ruskin Bond, Shikari Shambhu, Somerset Maugham, Suppandi, Tantri the Mantri, Tinkle | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 31, 2009 by hridayramshenoy
Word Count: 187 | Estimated time to read entry: 3 min
Techdom is abuzz with unprecedented hype on the recently announced Google Wave. I decided to go in for the early sign-up and came across a form-field that was unique: Google wants interested signees to write a message for the Google Wave team – which could [...]
Filed under: Unique Experiences | Tagged: google wave, hardlyreadablestuff, hridayramshenoy, HRS, poem for google wave signup, the electronic knight | 2 Comments »
Posted on February 18, 2009 by hridayramshenoy
If you have enjoyed reading any or all of the fictional characters mentioned in my previous entry titled ‘Unreal Heroes, Unforgettable Appeal‘, you might want to try your hand at this Trivia Quiz that I compiled. Answer them without Googling or opening the book itself. They are not obscure facts but they are certainly not [...]
Filed under: Unique Experiences | Tagged: Agatha Christie, Asterix, Bob Montana, comic characters, Comics, English fiction, English fiction quiz, Enid Blyton, Famous Five, Fiction, Goscinny and Uderzo, hardly readable stuff, Hardy Boys, Hercule Poirot, Herge, hriday blog, hridayramshenoy, hridayramshenoy blog, HRS, Jughead Jones, Kaila the crow, Nancy Drew, Obelix, Rastapopoulous, Stratemeyer Syndicate, Suppandi, Tinkle, Tintin, Trivia Quiz | 4 Comments »
Posted on February 16, 2009 by hridayramshenoy
Word Count: 1297 | Estimated time to read entry: 12 min
A few days ago, I was on my regular visit to one of my favorite book shops in town. As I was going around, I stumbled upon the comic books section and I noticed many of the familiar books and characters that were a delight [...]
Filed under: Unique Experiences | Tagged: Agatha Christie, Archie, Asterix, Bob Montana, Cartoon, Comics, Enid Blyton, Famous Five, Fictional characters, Goscinny, hardly readable stuff, Hardy Boys, Hercule Poirot, hridayramshenoy, HRS, Jughead Jones, Nancy Drew, Obelix, Snowy, Stratemeyer Syndicate, Tinkle, Tintin, Uderzo | 8 Comments »
Posted on March 31, 2008 by hridayramshenoy
Word count: 470 | Estimated time to read blog: 3 min
My parents have recently relocated to Mysore to spend their retired lives in peace. I travel during chance weekends to join them and I must admit I am tempted to retire right away. Mysore is symbolic of all that is slow, nostalgic and [...]
Filed under: Unique Experiences | Tagged: a box full of memories, a rainy evening, hardly readable stuff, hriday ram shenoy, hridayramshenoy, HRS, Idleness, laziness, memories, MIT, moving in, Mysore, nostalgia, retired life, retirement, Tapmi hostel | 3 Comments »
Posted on March 16, 2008 by hridayramshenoy
Word count: 530 | Estimated time to read: 5 min
It was a slothful afternoon and I woke up after a snooze, ready to have a steaming hot bath all the while reminiscing on the sumptuous meal I had devoured in the afternoon – Chapattis, Aloo masala, Chawal and Egg curry. Lakshmee, the cook who serves [...]
Filed under: Unique Experiences | Tagged: Bangalore life, Breeze and drizzle, hriday ram shenoy, hridayramshenoy, HRS, Idleness, kaleidoscopic sky, poetry, Power cuts, Ruskin Bond, terrace, This world is too much with us, Vagrants in the Valley, William Wordsworth | 6 Comments »
