Review : The Final Reckoning

I picked up the book of Sam Bourne, The Final Reckoning from the book stall set up in our office, falling to the oneline review on the cover “The biggest challenge to Dan Brown’s Crown”, without thinking too much. Started reading it throughout last week end and completed it in no time, though the book was not a page turner.

Story revolves around 2nd world war Nazi-Jew hostility and runs the same thread till post 9/11 New York. Some of the elements of the story is based on facts but largely it remains as a work of fiction and does not ignite any controversy like Dan Brown.

Story is majorly “Guessable” and I was able to plot the climax through 3/4th of the book. Not a great action or thriller and the pace of the book is moderate. Skipping 10 pages and still you will be able to catch up with the story and you may not lose much important plot. Climax is not completely digested unless you underline yourself that it’s a fiction. Some unwanted characters appear too, without whom plot could have still stood ground.

One completely new styleI liked in this was advantage of writing vs. movie. There is a character called “The Boss” whose activities can be read thorugh but identity is kept a secret till the end of the book. That was something which I felt good and advantage of writing.

Overall score on a 1 to 5 scale will stand somewhere in 3 not more than that and I feel I am being generous here.

Milk & Me

Milk and me!
Why Milk is so important to us
What if someone develops allergy to Lactose!
This question came to me in full force when my counterpart “G” was visiting India.
India is the largest producer of milk in the world!
No north Indian celebration is complete without “Paneer” or Cottage cheese; produced from milk
No South Indian meal is complete without “Curd” or yogurt; produced from milk
No Indian festival seems to be complete without “Kova/Kofta” or “Burfi” as sweet; produced from milk;
Even the Dons of Mumbai say [Chai, “Malai” marke!] Another product of milk.
Even Lord Krishna was from milk man community, is it that we drink so much milk?
Almost every “first night” starts with milk!
Every mother is worried that her son/daughter doesn’t drink milk!
Most gods are washed with Milk!
We Indians use milk in everyday life too!
Let is separate, Milk to milk and water to water [Doodh ki Doodh, Pani ki Pani]
Most north Indians beat butter roti!Man! We are a country made with Milk! No wonder we worship cow! Holy Cow!!

Start!!

Okey gotta page here too!
Let see if i will blog here for long