Goodbye to all that....

Goodbye 2011 and hello 2012! And a new look to a site which is nearly a decade old! Thanks for stopping by!

Review: Oscar Wilde and the Nest of Vipers

So then Oscar Wilde and his pal Arthur Conan Doyle go about solving a series of crimes in end of the century (19th) London. And so his milieu is littered with names and events which is familiar to even me (in the 21st century) sitting so far away in kolkata. And after pages of pages of wit, fun and great conversation, one does get to know who it was who did it, we are also pleasantly surprised at how Watson like ACD happens to be and how ACD got his idea for so many of his holmesian plots from their current adventures! And oh there is Bram Stoker not yet written his most famous work and that is how Jane Avril got her name did she? And all this in the midst of a murder (or two) most foul. hmm. Thankyou Gyles Brandreth for the Oscar Wilder Murder Mysteries.

And I say this even if I began by reading Oscar Wilde and the Viper's Nest - the 4th and the latest book in this series. The "Game" my friends, is definitely afoot!

Postcards by Nandalal Bose

Akar Prakar brings a fabulous exhibitions - Postcards by Nandalal Bose. It was such an immense pleasure going through the rich collection, seeing the drawings, often accompanied by his comments in bengali and that thrill to see the master signing off as "Nanda"!