Reviews

The Jam Fruit Tree - Book Review

May 30, 2020

One of the best novels I’ve read in English!

Mahabharata - Book Review

April 26, 2020

Finished reading Mahabharata (Rajaji edition)

Easter Attacks - Documentary

April 20, 2020

Terror in Paradise: A must-watch for all Sri Lankans.

The End of Eternity (Asimov): Book Review

March 4, 2019

The best time travel story of all time, from the grand master of hard sci-fi.

The Pillars of the Earth: Book Review

March 3, 2019

Pillars is arguably the best fiction I have ever read and a book that I keep recommending to my fellow bookworms. Set in a historic backg...

Ponniyin Selvan: Book Review (English)

February 28, 2019

Emperor Rajaraja (985-1014 AD) was one of the most notable kings of India. Cholas are considered the villains in Mahawamsa, rightfully so...

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Book Review

February 24, 2019

This is a 700 page novel. And on the 30th page, the galactic hyper-way council destroys the earth to build an intergalactic highway.

Sapiens: Book Review

February 23, 2019

We are the product of our history. Like them or not, religions, empires, ideologies and money have shaped our history to make us what we ...

A Road from Elephant Pass - Book Review

March 25, 2017

An LTTE (Tamil) girl turns herself into the camp at Elephant pass, minutes before LTTE starts their Operation Ceaseless Waves -3 (ஓயாத அல...

Nightfall (Asimov Novelette) : Review

June 25, 2016

What if people experience darkness and witness the heavenly sight of the starry night only once in a millennium?

Childhood's End (Arthur C Clarke) - Book Review

June 25, 2016

Merry Christmas with Arthur C Clarke: Book Review

December 24, 2015

Amazed once again by the rich imagination of Arthur C Clarke as an idea-driven sci-fi writer. Just read the second paragraph below (only ...

கன்னிமாடம் - Book Review

August 8, 2012

கடல்புறாவின் முதற் சில பக்கங்களிலேயே சாண்டில்யனின் நீண்ண்ண்ட வர்ணனைகளைப் பார்த்துப் பயந்து ஓடிவிட்ட நான், ‘கன்னிமாட’த்தை படிக்க எடுத்ததற்...