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July 5, 2011

‘Types of Naval Officers’, A.T. Mahan

Full title being ‘Types of Naval Officers Drawn from the History of the British Navy’, this book by the great (and reknown) Alfred Thayer…

July 3, 2011

‘A Song of Ice and Fire’

George R.R. Martin’s saga has been taken to TV now. I recently had the chance to see the first season of ‘A Song of…

June 11, 2011

“Quoting sir Muhammad Iqbal”

The quote from sir Muhammad Iqbal that I have chosen as a “short description” (whatever that is supposed to mean) for my blogs is…

June 7, 2011

Jorge Luis Borges

I happened on a few short stories by J.L. Borges a few days ago. I would now term it as a fortunate chance, given…

June 5, 2011

‘The Great Stagnation’, by T. Cowen

I had the chance of reading Tyler Cowen’s ‘The Great Stagnation: How America Ate All The Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick, and…

June 5, 2011

‘Survivor’s Quest’, T. Zahn

Ah, the wonders of science-fiction. I yesterday (by now, the day before yesterday) finished a wonderful (rephrase: another wonderful) book by Timothy Zahn, this…

June 4, 2011

Walking

Walking is, I think, one of the finest past-times that mankind has ever come up with. Both the soul and the mind are re-invigorated…

May 31, 2011

Lily and Bread

“If you’ve got only two pennies left, buy a loaf of bread for one and a lily for the other.” — Chinese proverb

March 13, 2011

Languages: Japanese, Part IV

A few calculated days later so that I could make my post on a overdue time that’s not too long when I get back to the…

March 6, 2011

Royal Roads and Insanity

‘There is no royal road to pomegrenades.’ I find that this paraphrasing of Euclidius is a fitting way to begin this entry. Simply because…

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