Skip to content

Surya Ramkumar

  • About
  • Check-in
  • Contact

Category: Books

Like a fat kid in a candy store

June 30, 2005 by Surya

One of things about living in a country where you cant get English books is that you cant make impulse buys on books. I read about them and order them via my personal book delivery service. I get my books every weekend from Amsterdam. This weekend, I had a surprise in store, “Parallel Worlds” by …

Continue Reading

My take: Uncle Petros and the Goldbach Conjecture

June 30, 2005 by Surya

This book tells the story of obsession, determination and the chase to ultimate glory. The story is presented against the backdrop of mathematical research and portrays the life of a mathematician, who dedicates his whole life to finding the solution of what is one of the most famous unsolved mathematical questions. But this book is …

Continue Reading

My Take : The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

June 30, 2005 by Surya

Numerous reviews have been written about Mark Haddons’s award-winning book ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time’. Yet, I was so moved after reading this elegant and poignant tale of a 15-year old’s detective story, that I feel compelled to pen a few words. The book presents the view of the world …

Continue Reading

Posts pagination

  • Previous
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3

Recent Comments

  • 10 years | Silent Eloquence on Remembering a journey
  • J. on Excerpt: The Picture of Dorian Gray
  • Surya on Mother
  • Siddhartha on Mother
  • Loxley on Review: The Reluctant Fundamentalist
  • Ajish on Me too..!
  • Punjabi on Languages or Dialects?
  • Alpha on Why do we appreciate art?
  • sameer on Me too..!
  • lol 7 years later on Languages or Dialects?

Archive

Categories

  • Asides
  • Blog related
  • Books
  • Catch-all
  • Culture & Languages
  • Entertainment
  • Favourites
  • Featured
  • Fiction
  • India
  • Links
  • Management
  • Musings
  • Personal
  • poetry
  • random
  • Science
  • Short Story Month
  • Society
  • Tech
  • Travel
  • Women
  • Writing
© 2026 Surya Ramkumar | Built using WordPress and SuperbThemes