Link-ing Road
Just wanted to say that I won’t be creating links for keywords in my blog posts. Takes up too much time. Besides, how do I know if the person reading it would prefer to be linked through to Amazon UK, USA, Canada, Japan, etc, or to not be linked to a commercial bookseller’s website at [...]
Japanese Day
“Coincidence has been cancelled,” says a very famous author who also happens to be a character in his latest novel. (And if you think you can name the author/character/book I’m referring to, click on the Comments link below and tell me.) What he means is that there are no coincidences, only events that are meant [...]
A Taoist in Tokyo
Finished David Mitchell’s number9dream the other day. Got a signed hardcover copy for Rs 250 at the Strand exhibition last month, talk about a bargain. Really enjoyed the book. Over the years I’ve grown so weary of US-centred books and characters; I mean, it’s bad enough that Hollywood seems to drown us in Americana without [...]
