A necessary evil

State Bank of India is one of India's largest(second now due to its non-performing assets), oldest and most trusted banks. It has the largest number of branches...read more

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Good initially, worsens with time

I got Philips Coffee Maker HD7450 a couple of years ago. It was available for a little over 1500 bucks back then, and for the price it was a steal. It made good...read more

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Watchable, overrated

I went to watch this movie because everybody on social media has been going ga-ga over Sonam Kapoor of late. I was mildly disappointed but I won't say that it's...read more

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Nothing good about it

There is very little that separates malls from each other these days. They all follow the same basic architectural template, one that includes enormous glass fa...read more

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Fragile as a studio

I got Dell Studio 14 in 2009. The specs were impressive. It housed a reasonably fast 2.1 GHz Intel Core 2 duo processor with 4 GB of RAM at a time when 1 GB or ...read more

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Wish you didn't have a love story

If there was ever an award for poor writing, I would recommend Ravinder Singh in I Too Had A Love Story for it. There are errors of syntax, and outright grammat...read more

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Lots of better products out there

I used Old Spice deodorant, but this time I thought I should try Denver. The packaging looked good and I thought the fragrance would match the expectations that...read more

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Pathetic network

I tried to use the MTS data card(Mblaze) for internet, but I was let down by the experience. The network reception is terrible. I live in New Town, Kolkata, by ...read more

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Don't shop here

How ebay is still up and running is a mystery to me. I have had the misfortune of ordering things off ebay and I have been disappointed every single time. I ord...read more

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The complete cricket novel

There have only been a few books, as far as fiction is concerned, that feature the game of Cricket as a major element of the narrative. This despite the fact th...read more

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Overrated fare

Yet another Robert Langdon adventure from the king of Pop fiction. I read it first in school and I didn't find it bad. But upon a second reading recently, I rea...read more

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A 4-year long waste

If you are serious about your education, do not go to BUIE. The Unnayani in the name means Progressive, but the institutions is far from that. In fact, if anyth...read more

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Very little alchemy

Paolo Coelho is the undisputed king of pseudo-spirituality. In his books, he tries to come across, through his stories, as someone who sees something of life th...read more

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Reviewing is caring

When I started writing reviews on Mouthshut, it was with some skepticism that I willed myself into doing it. It seemed to good to be true. There are, after all,...read more

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Staring Death in the Face

If there has been one writer in the entire history of civilization who has managed to be eloquent in the face of death, it's probably Late Christopher Hitchens....read more

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Life as we don't know it

The Bet is arguably one of the greatest short stories of all time. Chekhov is one of the acknowledged masters of the short story format, and he is in prime form...read more

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Inspired and Inspiring

This piece of poetry, a long poem, by Tom Stearns Eliot(the creator of Prufock) is perhaps, with the exception of maybe Allen Ginsberg's Howl, the most complete...read more

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Only God can help God

Yes, but only in an ideal world. In an ideal world, if people read, in all earnest, the masterpiece by Richard Dawkins entitled The God Delusion, then well, onl...read more

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Ignored, crumbling

Science City, when it was built, must have represented modernity in the charming old city. But today it has become consistent wih the theme of the city, and tha...read more

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Nostalgia, memory, obsession, love

In this enchanting story, the greatest Turkish novelist has employed such illustrious figures as Aristotle, Forster, Flaubert, Balzac, Dostoevsky, Proust, Naipa...read more

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