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Tag Archives: tragedy
Trivial
With current world events, and so much tragedy and cruelty (Boston Marathon bombing, rape in India, earthquakes) in the forefront, I often feel that we are in a unreal materialistic sheltered bubble in Singapore. What I write about seems so … Continue reading
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Tagged boston bombing, earthquake, India, personal, thoughts, tragedy, writer's block
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Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie
You can read my thoughts about this wonderful book at Tiny Island. An exquisite tragedy.
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Tagged book, books, history, Kashmir, review, Salman Rushdie, Shalimar the Clown, story, tragedy
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Books: Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie
Shalimar the Clown is a book by Salman Rushdie who won the booker of bookers for Midnight’s Children. This was an almost 400 page book and I took nearly 3 weeks to finish this. Actually I took more than 2 … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, author, beautiful, beauty, book, book review, China, culture, good, India, Indian, intelligent, Kashmir, Life, literature, Living, map, Pakistan, personal, reading, reads, Salman Rushdie, Shalimar the Clown, story, tragedy, Video, writing, YouTube
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When All a Scene Needs is an Elton John Song
The song Rocket Man fit the season finale of Californication so well, it was mind blowing. That plus terrific wordless acting from the achingly beautiful British actress, Natascha McElhone (she reminds me of Meryl Streep). The fact that there are … Continue reading
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Tagged Almost Famous, Art, beautiful, beauty, Californication, death, Elton John, emotion, Entertainment, Ewan McGregor, grief, happiness, Life, Living, love, Moulin Rouge, music, Natascha McElhone, Nicole Kidman, pain, romantic, sad, Season 3 Finale, Sir Elton John, sorrow, Soundtrack, Tiny Dancer, tragedy, women
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