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The Year That Was

The sun is setting. Already it grows dark. It is that time of the year when another year gives way to yet another. In four days time we will bid adieu to 2011 forever. For so many it was the last year of their lives. For so many others, it marked new beginnings, of hope, togetherness and renewal. The world will welcome the new year with fireworks and merrymaking. Many will be waiting to start something anew. Many will make promises to themselves they will not keep.

Twenty eleven was a landmark year in so many ways. Things changed. The Apple is no longer the same. It’s a year since J D Salinger died. For the first time…

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Ten books that stay with you

Everybody has a list of books, albeit a constantly changing one, of books that stay with your thoughts long after it had been put away, books that you can’t help rereading once in a while, books you keeping going back to because you fell in love with the words or its characters, the whole story, all its nuances. There could be hundreds of reasons why you fell in love with one particular book. You must have been down in the dumps for a while, and it cheered you up. Books that felt a part of you when you were growing up. Books that inspired. Books that made you cry. Books that touched your heart. Books that made you angry, books that left you feeling helpless. Books that left an indelible impression on your mind. Books that you can’t let go…

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