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“In the tenth century… the Grand Vizier of Persia, Abdul Kassem Ismael, in order not to part with his collection of 117,000 volumes when travelling, had them carried by a caravan of four hundred camels trained to walk in alphabetical order.”
– A History of Reading by Alberto Manguel. Read more
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Kushal Rani Gulab on Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at 8:21 pm
Filed under books · Tagged A History of Reading, Abdul Kassem Ismael, Ajit Vikram Singh, Alberto Manguel, books, Fact and Fiction, Grand Vizier of Persia, Greece, kushalrani gulab, reading, travelling
(*For Sudeshna who asked why I don’t write about books any more. Sorry, it’s not all about a book, but it is a sort of book post.) Read more
(3 votes, average: 4.67 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kushal Rani Gulab on Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 6:40 pm
Filed under books · Tagged blogs, Delivery Mechanisms, Expletive Deleted, hindustan times, Jug suraiya, kushalrani gulab, Net, new journalism, news, Old Journalism, print journalism, smartphones, twitter
One of the joys of going to Calcutta is coming back to Bombay. For two reasons: Read more
(1 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kushal Rani Gulab on Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 7:30 pm
Filed under Life · Tagged Bengali food, Bijoli Grill, biryani, Bombay, Calcutta biryani, Calcutta food, Flury's, food, kushalrani gulab, Lemongrass Café
Last week, reading Wodehouse At Work to the End, by Richard Usborne, I spent a long time looking at the cover. Read more
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Kushal Rani Gulab on Thursday, August 4, 2011 at 7:30 pm
Filed under Life · Tagged Expletive Deleted, hindustantimes, kushalrani gulab, Malad, Mumbai, PG Wodehouse, Richard Usborne, Wodehouse At Work to the End
