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Wed,11 Aug 2010

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Read your way to a stress-free soul!
The categories cover work, love, friendship, spirituality and fun. The book list includes The Long Good-bye by Raymond Chandler, Love Poems by Carol Ann Duffy, A Complete Guide to the Soul...
Roald Dahl was a real life James Bond: Book
He is best known as an author of chaste children's books but Roald Dahl was a secret service agent with a "whole stable" of women and a license to kill, a la James Bond, claims a new book.
On the bookshelves this week
How about meeting a mischievous boy who always follows his master's footsteps but never gets the expected results. Ruskin Bond once again takes fans down the lane of nostalgia and school days...
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    Fatima Bhutto's book tops bestseller list
    In a super run for late Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's niece Fatima Bhutto, her Songs of Blood and Sword completes a month on top of the non-fiction list while Amish Tripathi's The Immortals of Meluha dominates fiction this week.
    Beastly tales
    A collection of folktales from Nepal reads like a school primer, Sanchita Sharma writes.
    Dhokla noir
    The jacket of Betelnut Killers describes it as Sopranos meets Jaane Bhi Do Yaron. But if the novel were to be adapted into a film, my suggestion for the title would be Scene, Sex Aur Dhokla. Steven Soderbergh and Dibakar Banerjee, take a nibble, says Aasheesh Sharma.
    Now, a book on happy marriage mantras
    Want to increase your chances of having a happy marriage? Marriage counsellor Geeta Maheshwari's book, The Happy Marriage Mantra, which was released on Monday, can be of help.
    Book of the Week
    Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi
    Remember the Maggi ketchup advertisement, the one with Pankaj Kapur and Javed Jaffrey that always ended with ‘It’s different’? Admittedly, this is not an original, writes Riddhi Shah.

    LIFESTYLE IN PICTURES

    Keep up the spirit, Lisa!
    The 37-year-old actress, who made her debut in Bollywood with Kasoor in 2001, is finally cured of cancer. She was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in June. We salute her spirit.
    Sarah Jessica Parker, unraveled
    Sex and the City lead has won four Golden Globe, three Screen Actors Guild and two Emmy Awards for this HBO series. Here's mapping her yin and yang.
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