Saturday, September 21, 2013

There was this hilarious incident that occurred yesterday. I was just laughing when a friend commented, now go write a blog post about this.
I was like, What the.. I don't write about everything that happens with and around me.
I donno what offended me more. His comment or the stupidity of it. Moreover, he doesn't even read any of my blog posts.

Sunday, September 1, 2013

August 2013!

The month of AUGUST 2013 has to be the best month for the blog so far. Ended up penning down 11 posts in the month. Making it an average of a post every 3 days. Cool. Am glad. Am so glad.

Also, managed to read 5 books and a short-story in the month and also write a review for each.
Watched Chennai Express and also penned down my thoughts on the movie.
August 15th saw me getting paranoid about the independence and also got me wondering whether we really got any independence or not.
Also, wrote 3 posts in the category of relationships, that the blog actually stands for!

BOOK REVIEWS:

1) Amreekan Desi http://jigar-doshi.com/2013/08/amreekan-desi-novel-review/ by Atulya Mahajan.

2) Wise Enough To Be Foolishhttp://jigar-doshi.com/2013/08/wise-enough-to-be-foolish-novel-review/ by Gauri Jayaram

3) Silver Is For Secretshttp://jigar-doshi.com/2013/08/silver-secrets-novel-review/ by Laurie Faria Stolarz

4) Hiccupshttp://jigar-doshi.com/2013/08/novel-review-hiccups/ by Harsh Pande

5) How To Gracefully Exit A Relationshiphttp://jigar-doshi.com/2013/08/gracefully-exit-relationship-novel-review/ by Frank Love

SHORT STORY:

The Monkey Talk http://jigar-doshi.com/2013/08/short-story-review-monkey-talk/ by T. Lucas Earle

RELATIONSHIPS :

1) It's friendship when - http://jigar-doshi.com/2013/08/its-friendship-when/
A post about best friends and how they usually behave with each other.

2) Best Friends - http://jigar-doshi.com/2013/08/best-friends/
2 friends in love with each other, yet not letting the other one know that they love. a bit of a sadness in the post.

3) Just leave me alone - http://jigar-doshi.com/2013/08/just-leave-alone/
post break-up, one of the conversations. painful again.

10th August: Chennai Express - Not a review : http://jigar-doshi.com/2013/08/chennai-express-not-a-review/
This post has brought in the maximum traffic to the blog even after writing as many as 7 posts after this post. Also, it still keeps bringing in traffic to the blog.
Power of Bollywood, SRK, Deepika, Rohit Shetty and Team! ;)

15th August:
Are we really independent? http://jigar-doshi.com/2013/08/are-we-really-independent/
few questions that we need to ask ourselves. and a few changes that we need to bring in ourselves.

So, the month ends on a high.

September is going to be busy. Very busy. So, I know there won't be much time for writing. But, then again, when compares to August 2013, all months would feel like less productive only!

Adios!

Friday, August 2, 2013

The blog...!

Have been away for a while now, I know. Just been busy in the real world and also the reel world.
Just 3 posts last month, that is July 2013.
Was having my final exams and so couldn't blog much.

So, the first post was under the category of relationshipsas usual, titled I..still..love..her..! 
Yeah, as the title itself suggests, it was a melancholic post. And if you go through the posts of June 2013May 2013 and April 2013, you'd realize that there was so much melancholy on the blog. At least I felt so. And I wanted to break-away from it. The melancholy, that is. And I told myself that I won't be writing another melancholic post for a while at least.

Well, I did keep my word, as my next post, was not only not melancholic, but also cheerful and a bit sensuous, if I may use the word. Titled, The First Kiss, it was also the longest post I have written in my over 2 years of blogging. Over 2290 words.
It was also widely appreciated and was even selected as one of the best posts among the Blogadda.com's WOW category, "...And I blushed!

The last post of the month was a review. A book review to be precise.
Review of Keigo Higashino's Salvation Of A Saint A perfect murder. No signs of violence. No clues. No mistake by the killer. A perfect crime. Pure logic wins over the case in the end.

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Upstream Color (The Movie) : My Thoughts..

Just watched Upstream Color (2013) written, directed and produced by Shane Carruth. It's the most shockingly disturbing science-fiction movie I've watched in a long time! Although not similar to Contagion, something on the same lines about a deadly virus that passes from humans to pigs to orchids.
A thief injects a drug into various people and robs them off their whole money. The victims remember nothing and are left to lead almost wretched lives with no money and an unhealthy body where the parasite keeps growing inside the victims.
Among the lot, two people are attracted to each other and they begin to stay together to support each other. Unknowingly they stumble upon some lines from the novel Walden by Henry David Thoreau and as they pursue it, they finally catch the culprit. 
Although the movie is only 96 minutes long, it's so chillingly slow that it becomes painful and disturbing to watch it. As the plot keeps unfolding, you begin to get disturbed more and more, yet you just don't want to switch off. You stay until the end to find out what is exactly happening on the screen and why is it happening.
It's a must watch but you got to be very patient and stay till the end to actually enjoy it. 
P.S : I thought of giving it up so many times and switching it off mid-way, but I sat through it. And I don't regret it a bit.

3 reviews on request so far!

Hello there! I've been away from here for a long time now, I know. Life has kept me busy. There is so much happening both online and offline that it is next to impossible to manage more than one blog at a time. Added to that the endless hours we all waste on all the social networks out there, makes it even more difficult.
Anyway, now that I have a little time and pretty much nothing better to do, am back to updating this blog.
So far, I have received 3 novels from 3 different authors who write novels in 3 different genres, requesting me to review. I was on cloud nine when I got a mail from an author who is settled in London! Just imagine!
First novel, Once Upon The Tracks Of Mumbai, written by Rishi Vohra who resides in Mumbai. It was his debut novel whose protagonist was an autistic kid who spends most of his time in railway stations and near tracks. Was a sweet love story and I totally enjoyed reviewing it.
I was next contacted by Sangeeta Bhargava from London requesting to review her third novel, After The Storm. I was totally overwhelmed and couldn't believe it. I mean, it wasn't like my blog was so famous or something. So to get that request from an author who is based in London was totally unbelievable.
The novel was wonderful, set in 1941 and later and a love story of an English teacher and an Indian student was very nicely set.
Although, it was Ms.Sangeeta who contacted me first, I received the novel Offside from Kiran Vijayan before I could receive After The Storm! Kiran contacted me after about a week but I received his novel first. It was a debut novel too and was based around football and puppy love. Was a sweet one.
So, these have been the 3 reviews on request so far. Waiting for other authors to send me their novels so that I can have fun reading them and then post a review on my blog! :P

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Such a small small world..

"A" and "B" were classmates in college X in city H, but never talked or got in touch. A was good friends with C who was good friends with B who got A and B into contact. A was good at B's mother tongue in a place where it was seldom spoken, so A and B had great time speaking in B's mother tongue and had great many conversations.
After a while, A and B got busier with their own lives and din't stay in touch.

After 2 years...

A shifted to city W, joined another college Y, made new friends.
A became friends with D and E who were classmates even before joining Y. D and E were classmates of F before joining Y. D and E tell F everything about A and no F has never met A but has just seen A's pics on FB. Needless to say, D, E and F are girls.

So, F joins a course in H. And B (remember?) happens to have taken up the same course too. So, F and B become friends and get talking. F happens to mention that she hails from city W and that instantly rings a bell in B's mind and she enquires if she happens to know A. And bingo! F actually knows A, although not literally, but she knows A through her friends D and E.

Such a small small world!!

Needless to say, am "A"! :D

Sunday, April 7, 2013

March 2013


Whattay month it has been!
Finished up my 1st Sem exams in February. Started March with a vacation. Went to Saputara, a hill station near Surat, Gujarat with 17 cousins altogether. Later, got myself busy with the management meet Cynosure 2013 organised by our college. And post that, got busy with organizing farewell for our seniors. All in a month’s time.
But, the main highlights of March 2013 would be 2 emails from 2 different authors.
One, from Sangeeta Bhargava from UK, London. The author of “Letters to my Baby” and “The World Beyond” had just published her 3rd novel, After The Storm. And she asked me if I’d be interested in reviewing the novel. Of course, I was and she immediately sent me a copy of her novel. :) Which I received on 31st of March, 2013.
Second email was from Kiran Vijayan whose first novel “Offside” had just released. He too asked me the same thing and I immediately agreed. He sent me the novel and although I received his email later, I received his mail first. Got his mail on 27th March, 2013. That’s why the review of his novel was up before that of ATS.
2 author signed copies in a month! Woohoo! Was and am still on cloud 9! :D
And March 2013 had also been a good month for blogging because I managed to write as many as 6 posts in the month!
The first post, on 3rd march, was Break up, another post in the category of relationships and thanks to my friend who asked me a wonderful question that got me thinking. “What would you think of a guy who just had a break up without any fight?” was the question. Also, asked the same question to a couple of my other friends and their views have been incorporated in the post too.
Second post, on march 14th, again was under the category of relationships. I will get over you,  which was more of a continuation or a reply to “I miss you, Hell I still love you…!” It’s not true love if it doesn’t hurt..!
Third post, on March 16th, was the first ever Free Giveaway on my blog. Giveaway of 10 BigFlix movie coupons. I still have a few. If you want, do ping me! The coupons are valid upto 30th April, 2013, so hurry!
Fourth post, on 21st March, was again under the category of relationships. This post was kinda cute in itself. Titled Love at first meet  it was about the conversation between a couple who had been made to meet each other by their families. Yeah, arranged marriage. Turned out pretty well.
Fifth post, on March 26th, was again under the category of relationships. Definitions of love by a besotted lover has so many definitions of love. Totally inspired from one of the conversations that I was having with a friend. She asked me about my opinion on love and what I actually thought about love. That conversation resulted in this post. :)
And the final post of the month, not under relationships this time, but a review!
The review of the novel Offside by Kiran Vijayan that was sent by the author himself!
That marks the end of March 2013! :)

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

2013 so far..


Ah, things have been terribly busy.. 2013 has been a roller coaster ride so far.. Post graduation studies, exams, so much to do and so little time.. Endless movies, hanging out with friends, college life.. It’s all taking a toll.. Am so dead tired by the time I return home that I rarely get the time to write or even read..
which explains the dearth of posts this year.. There haven’t been many..
the very first post this year was on the topic, that my blog actually is made up of, relationships - a simple post, a conversation between a guy and a girl, a simple non-personal conversation leading to a tuffle between the two.. and how straight forwardness of the guy ends up hurting the girl.. side effects of love
Oh, it’s February already!!
Yeah, could manage only one post in january :(
The second and third posts have been on the subject creativity and these are compiled by one of my lecturers.. Convergent and Divergent thinking and Personal barriers to creativity.
Again, returning to my forte, relationships, the continuation of the most successful series on my blog :PThe “Love is cute” series.. a cute and romantic post, Love is cute – 4, about a young and mischevious couple and their cute cute antic talks. No love is complete without a little jealousy.
The last post for February, category relationships, Bitter Sweet conversations. Maintaining long distance relationships is no mean task. No, really. Especially with the girls. They make mountains out of moles, you know. Just an instance where it happens. A third person becomes the subject of conversation which leads to a small disheartening of the girl. But then, all’s well that end’s well!

So, that’s it for now.. january and February 2013!
Adios Amigos!