From the Book of Practical Suggestions

April 17, 2009 by sankarshan · Leave a Comment

All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible. – T E Lawrence

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- Who is a MapMyIndia product user ?
  Sometimes I wonder how websites that are supposedly used by a large client base get away with being stupid. The recent case being MapMyIndia. If one selects a product that allows an “e-download” (read that as electronic download) one receives a download link in the e-mail. The goofiness is that it does not specify the […]
- An old song
  I spent some time yesterday rummaging through my collection of music. The actual intent was to search for an elusive recording of Layla (live at some concert). I have this fascinating obsession with the song and end up listening to various versions of it through the years including some cover versions where I’d have gladly […]
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  I don’t like being sick. I am sure that no one does. But in my case it makes me a heavily cranky person. Especially so because irrespective of the reason I am sick I get these persistent headaches that make reading anything off the screen a distasteful exercise. And, if like me, anyone else does […]
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- The Toss of a Lemon
  author: Padma Viswanathan name: Sankarshan average rating: 3.40 book published: 2008 rating: 2 read at: date added: 2010/09/02 shelves: review: […]
- Pour Your Heart into It : How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time
  author: Howard Schultz name: Sankarshan average rating: 3.66 book published: 1997 rating: 0 read at: date added: 2010/09/02 shelves: review: […]
- 7 Secrets from Hindu Calendar Art
  author: Devdutt Pattanaik name: Sankarshan average rating: 3.50 book published: 2009 rating: 2 read at: date added: 2010/09/01 shelves: review: […]
- The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley
  author: Malcolm X name: Sankarshan average rating: 4.28 book published: 1965 rating: 3 read at: date added: 2010/09/01 shelves: review: […]
- The Silmarillion
  author: J.R.R. Tolkien name: Sankarshan average rating: 3.59 book published: 1977 rating: 3 read at: date added: 2010/09/01 shelves: review: […]
- Schindler's List
  author: Thomas Keneally name: Sankarshan average rating: 4.16 book published: 1982 rating: 3 read at: date added: 2010/09/01 shelves: review: […]
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  bilocation: the state of being or the ability to be in two places at the same time. […]
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