So many people have been wondering why I was reading the book "Nazism and War" … why such sudden interest in WWII? Well, I just finished the book while I was on my way back from Seattle. So, now, going back to this question … well, its a long story. First off, I was always fond of history. History never lies and gives us knowledge to go forward. They say, sometimes you need to look backwards in order to go forward. Then again, once, over a cup of coffee, Mayukh told me about this movie Schindler's List. When the movie had won the Oscar, I was in my middle teens.…

So sometimes around the middle of last week, I finished reading the book. It is the second novel I read written by an American-Asian writer. I was terribly disappointed by the movie “The Namesake” after reading the corresponding book. The former made too many compromises and never went deeper into exploring the characters well enough. It was a really bad dramatization of such an excellent work of literature. Every movie makes compromises when dramatizing a novel. However, how well they compromise the non-significant portions of the book that really matters. I think this movie did a relatively better job and consequently won the best picture Academy Award. The English Patient…