# ArinGram

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## Posts

- [A Guide to: Detective Stories in English](https://aringram.com/a-guide-to-detective-stories-in-english/): Detective stories in English were the first of their kind. The tradition started by Edgar Allan Poe endures, or rather thrives, even today. Detective fiction, since its first conception, has found its way into almost every literate household. While Poe was the pioneer, it was Emile Gaboriau who first came up with the concept of […]
- [The Jim Corbett Omnibus](https://aringram.com/jim-corbett-omnibus-book-review/): As an Englishman who was more Indian than an Indian himself, Jim Corbett led a life full of adventure. His stories of shikar is stuff of the legends. I am no fan of non-fiction. My bookshelves are almost exclusively occupied by fiction novels. But there are always exceptions, and this is one of them. Read […]
- [Top 7 Oscar Wilde's Quotes](https://aringram.com/osar-wildes-quotes-with-context/): Oscar Wilde is probably the most sarcastic, swashbuckling, and sophisticated writer you will ever meet. He is one of my favourite authors because of his bold, humorous, and often sarcastic writing. In my opinion, his work has often showcased comedy as the art it truly is. His writings are filled with mic-drop moments, and Oscar […]
- [The Guns of Navarone](https://aringram.com/guns-navarone-book-review/): The guns of Navarone hovered menacingly over the narrow strait between the islands of Navarone and Kheros, ready to obliterate and Allied ship that dared to cross those waters. And on the island of Kheros twelve-hundred British soldiers waited. They waited for death to come in the form of a German attack due in a […]
- ['When Eight Bells Toll' Book Review](https://aringram.com/when-eight-bells-toll-book-review-alistair-maclean-aringram/): When Eight Bells Toll is a thriller novel from the master of suspense Alistair MacLean. It is the book I shall review today. Although not one of his more popular works, When Eight Bells Toll clearly highlights some of MacLean’s best skills, as you shall know as you read on. Rest assured, this one entertains. […]
- [Warli Painting - Ganesh Chaturthi](https://aringram.com/warli-painting-ganesh-chaturthi-aringram/): For an art which depicts the daily lives of a tribal community, it is natural that it should depict some festivals that they celebrate, too. This painting depicts the villagers celebrating the Hindu festival of Ganesh Chaturthi. I hope you like it. Warli: Ganesh Chaturthi This painting style has recently become quite popular around the […]
- [Appointment With Death, Hercule Poirot's Christmas](https://aringram.com/appointment-with-death-hercule-poirots-christmas-book-review/): The sun-browned land of sandstones in the heart of Mesopotamia, or an old English country house during Christmas? Which setting would you prefer for a murder? Well, you can have both. 
- [Phantasm](https://aringram.com/phantasm-original-short-story-aringram/): Mr Dexter - a harmless old man who lives by himself. After an accident, he is forced to seek shelter at a house that seems very like his. And there, they experience something very different.
- [Warli Painting - Dashavtar](https://aringram.com/warli-painting-dashavtar-art-and-stories-aringram/): Out of small villages of the Warli community where the people still live in mud huts and cook their food over wood fires comes an art that looks simple at first glance, but which actually contains whole stories about the lives of its artists. 
- [The Adventures of Feluda](https://aringram.com/the-adventures-of-feluda-satyajit-ray-book-review-aringram/): Feluda’s cases take the trio on various adventures not only in India, but across the world. They travel to Rajasthan in search of a ‘golden fortress’; to Tamil Nadu as bodyguards of a child prodigy; to London to trace down a client’s school-friend, a to Hong-Kong to track down an art-thief, among many others. 
- [The Times Still Change - A Ballad](https://aringram.com/the-times-still-change-a-ballad-art-and-stories/): I am not much of a poet, but one fine day I decided to try my mind at it. I could not come up with anything heart-rending or sentimental or even thoughtful. What I did come up with was a story fit for kids who love fairy-tales. So I decided to just turn that into […]
- [Wuthering Heights](https://aringram.com/wuthering-heights-emily-bronte-book-review/): Mr Heathcliff’s household seems to be an exceedingly depressing one, and Lockwood hardly feels welcome. But determined to strike close acquaintance with his mysterious landlord, he visits Heathcliff again. This time rough weather conditions force him to pass the night at Wuthering Heights, where he has a singular and grotesque experience.
- [The Picture of Dorian Gray](https://aringram.com/the-picture-of-dorian-gray-oscar-wilde-book-review-aringram/): In a moment of passion and anger, he wishes that his painting must bear the effects of his age and his actions, while he himself will always remain young and beautiful.  Unfortunately, his wish comes true.
- [Cards on the Table, Murder in the Mews](https://aringram.com/cards-on-the-table-murder-in-the-mews-agatha-christie-book-review/): Four sleuths, four murderers, and a Mephistopheles at a party. Dinner is served. They get up and move into an adjacent room. The four murderers divide themselves into two pairs and play bridge together. The four sleuths do the same, in a smaller adjacent room where the second bridge table has been set up. The Mephistopheles decides to take a nap on a chair in front of the fire. A simple game of bridge turns dangerous, and the Mephistopheles is killed.
- [A Tale of Two Cities](https://aringram.com/a-tale-of-two-cities-charles-dickens-book-revie-aringram/): Hellooo everyone! I just publish a review about Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations and now I will tell you about one of his other books – A Tale of Two Cities. An abridged form of the novel was a part of our English literature syllabus back in grade 8 and I had remember liking the book […]
- [The Strange Case Of Shoumyo Das](https://aringram.com/the-strange-case-of-shoumyo-das-original-short-story/): Shoumyo loved the world and the world loved him back. He was a philanthropist in his own way. The big firms donate a lot of money to charity, but what they miss out on is the sheer joy of seeing the smiles on people’s faces whom you have actually helped. Shoumyo, though, was not deprived of this. Replacing the piece of toffee which a beggar boy had just dropped on the ground was probably as far as his means would allow him. But the true gratitude which he received in return, not even all the world’s money could have bought him. He had no vices, but there was one thing seriously wrong about him. He believed and he trusted. He believed whatever people said to him and trusted everyone he saw. That was his biggest fault.
- [Great Expectations](https://aringram.com/great-expectations-charles-dickens-book-review/): The story follows his childhood, his acquaintance with an escaped convict whom he helps, his sudden contact with a rich lady, news of him coming into a lot of money, and in the end, losing it. And yes, with a love story too. In short, it is the rise and apparent fall of Mr Pip. But wait, I have not given away the suspense yet.
- [The ABC Murders, Murder in Mesopotamia](https://aringram.com/the-abc-murders-murder-in-mesopotamia-agatha-christie-book-review/): “Mr. Hercule Poirot – You fancy yourself, don’t you, at solving mysteries that are too difficult for our poor, thick-headed British Police? Let us see, Mr. Clever Poirot, just how clever you can be. Perhaps you’ll find this nut too hard to crack. Look out for Andover, on the 21st of this month. 
Yours, etc., 
A B C”
- [Where Eagles Dare](https://aringram.com/where-eagles-dare-alistair-maclean-book-review/): Mission is to rescue the US General Carnaby, who has been captured by the Nazis and is being held at the headquarters of the German Secret Service – Schloss Adler, a fortress high in the snow-covered Bavarian Alps. General Carnaby is obviously a very important person, but what is more important, is the fact that he has knowledge of the plans for the invasion of Normandy.
- [Still-Life Painting: Shoes](https://aringram.com/still-life-painting-shoes-art-and-stories-aringram/): This again is an assignment from my art class. The classes were still online. Our teacher had asked us to paint any pair of footwear we could lay our hands on, and I chose this.
- [Three Singles to Adventure](https://aringram.com/three-singles-to-adventure-gerald-durrell-book-review/): Three Singles to Adventure is probably the most unique book I have read till date. First of all, the story begins, not with the first chapter as usual, but with the prelude. Secondly, the book is about two hundred pages long but in reading it, never have I once felt bored. There is always action.
- [Exams!](https://aringram.com/exams-original-short-story-aringram/): I had tennis classes on all those days. Still, I did not feel like taking even my chemistry exams very seriously...
- [The Man-Eater of Malgudi - Book Review](https://aringram.com/the-man-eater-of-malgudi-book-review-rk-narayan/): So to disrupt Nataraj's peace of mind and trouble him, Vasu the taxidermist- the real Man-Eater of Malgudi - comes in.
- [The Manali Snow Safari](https://aringram.com/the-manali-snow-safari-original-short-story-aringram/): The thermometer still registered -6 C, but the snowfall had grown considerably heavier, and there was a strong wind blowing from the south...
- [The Time Machine](https://aringram.com/the-time-machine-h-g-wells-book-review/): He believes that civilization will continue to advance till it reaches perfection and ultimately destroy itself. He is not very much off the mark when he arrives in the future and he discovers that society, as he knew it, has fallen into ruins, literally and metaphorically.
- [San Andreas](https://aringram.com/san-andreas-alistair-maclean-book-review/): They sink one U-Boat only to find another on their tail again. The first condor went down, but they just discovered another one keeping an eye on them. Just as one saboteur is apprehended, another is discovered.
- [Three Act Tragedy, Death in the Clouds](https://aringram.com/three-act-tragedy-death-in-the-clouds-hercule-poirot/): The case was as obscure as ever, save one factor. The only thing that tied all three murders together, was the complete lack of any motive.
- [The Wizard of Oz](https://aringram.com/the-wizard-of-oz-l-frank-baum-book-review-aringram/): When Dorothy regains consciousness, she finds herself in a strange land. It is the Land of the Munchkins. There, she meets the Good Witch of the North, who tells her that if she wants to go back home, she must travel to Emerald City. In Emerald City, lives the Wizard of Oz, and he is the only one who can tell her how she is to get back home.
- [The Hunchback of Notre-Dame](https://aringram.com/the-hunchback-of-notre-dame-book-review/): Before I begin, let me tell you, that the following review may seem a little confusing, or vague. In my defense, it is just the complexity of the story that makes it so. There are a lot of characters, each one playing an important part.
- [Nature Painting - Pomegranate](https://aringram.com/nature-painting-pomegranate-poster-color/): Now, this painting is very different from most of my other poster-colors. One, I have not painted any background for it. Why? I was too lazy.
- [Down and Out in Paris and London](https://aringram.com/down-and-out-in-paris-and-london/): Non-fiction novel, Down and Out in Paris and London, by George Orwell - A review
- [And Then There Were None](https://aringram.com/and-then-there-were-none-book-review/): Ten different people – ten complete, apparently random strangers – have received different letters. Some from old friends or acquaintances, or some as business propositions. But all containing the same address, and an invitation to come to soldier island. Therefore, Justice Wargrave, Vera Claythorne, Philip Lombard, Miss Emily Brent, General Macarthur, Dr. Armstrong, Anthony Marston, and Mr. Blore set off for their host’s house, on Soldier Island.
- [Still Life Painting - 2](https://aringram.com/still-life-painting-poster-color/): Still life poster color painting - Wallet, Mobile, Car Keys, Wristwatch, and Handkerchief.
- [Hercule Poirot: Lord Edgware Dies, Murder on the Orient Express](https://aringram.com/lord-edgeware-dies-murder-on-the-orient-express/): It is not very often, that someone announces that she is going to kill her husband, and that, too, in front of a world-famous detective...
- [South by Java Head](https://aringram.com/south-by-java-head-alistair-maclean-book-review-aringram/): An old army general, a troop of injured soldiers, a group of nurses, an old priest, and a two-and-a-half-year-old child, climb aboard The Kerry Dancer. A curious and surprisingly random collection humans, with age differences of decades, yes, but all with the same objective – flee Singapore before dawn breaks.
- [Heads You Win](https://aringram.com/heads-you-win-jeffrey-archer/): Heads You Win by Jeffrey Archer - A book review
- [Inferno](https://aringram.com/inferno-dan-brown/): Robert Langdon series - Inferno, by Dan Brown
- [Nature Painting - Cabbage](https://aringram.com/nature-painting-art-cabbage/): Water-color painting of cabbage. Nature does not only mean painting landscapes, but it can be that of any natural object like flowers, fruits, vegetables, plants, etc.
- [Hercule Poirot: Black Coffee, Peril at End House](https://aringram.com/hercule-poirot-black-coffee-peril-at-end-house/): Hercule Poirot series: Black Coffee and Peril at End House - A review
- [The Merchant of Venice](https://aringram.com/merchant-of-venice/): Reviewing the famous William Shakespeare, play, The Merchant of Venice. I hope you enjoy.
- [William Shakespeare](https://aringram.com/william-shakespeare/): Some interesting information on one of the world's greatest playwrights, William Shakespeare.
- [The Lost Symbol](https://aringram.com/the-lost-symbol/): The Lost Symbol - the third book in the Robert Langdon series written by Dan Brown
- [The Last Frontier](https://aringram.com/the-last-frontier-alistair-maclean/): The Last Frontier by Alistair MacLean
- [Hercule Poirot: The Big Four, The Mystery of the Blue Train](https://aringram.com/hercule-poirot-the-big-four-the-mystery-of-the-blue-train/): Book reviews - Hercule Poirot novels - The Big Four, and The Mystery of the Blue Train.
- [Night Without End](https://aringram.com/night-without-end-alistair-maclean/):  Night Without End, another one of Alistair MacLean's masterpieces!
- [A Letter to Mr. LockDown](https://aringram.com/lockdown-letter/):  'A Letter to Mr. LockDown' an original short story in form of a letter.
- [Still Life Painting - 1](https://aringram.com/still-life-painting/): Art work - Still life painting 
- [Poirot - Poirot Investigates, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd](https://aringram.com/poirot-investigates-murder-of-roger-ackroyd/): Poirot Investigates - Murder of Roger Ackroyd - Review
- [The Da Vinci Code](https://aringram.com/the-da-vinci-code-dan-brown/): Reviewing the international bestseller, The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown. Hope you enjoy it!
- [Poirot - The Mysterious Affair at Styles, and Murder on the Links](https://aringram.com/poirot-the-mysterious-affair-at-styles-and-murder-on-the-links/): Reviewing - Hercule Poirot books, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, and The Murder on the Links.
- [Pencil Sketch Portraits - 1](https://aringram.com/pencil-sketch/): Pencil sketch portraits of M.S.Dhoni and Varun Dhawan
- [The Agatha Christie Series:](https://aringram.com/agatha-christie/): Series of book reviews for all the Agatha Christie books, especially, the Hercule Poirot ones.
- [Malgudi Schooldays](https://aringram.com/malgudi-schooldays-r-k-narayan/): Review of the all-time favorite book, Malgudi Schooldays, by none other than R.K. Narayan. 
- [The Satan Bug](https://aringram.com/the-satan-bug-alistair-maclean/): Book review of an out-and-out action thriller "The Satan Bug" by the Master of Action and Suspense - Alistair MacLean!
- [The War of the Worlds](https://aringram.com/the-war-of-the-worlds/): A science - fiction classic, The War of the Worlds written by none other than H. G. Wells himself.
- [The Pack of Ragamuffins](https://aringram.com/grimms-fairytale-the-pack-of-ragamuffins/): Grimms fairytale called The Pack of Ragamuffins -  Unique story which gives a new dimension to fairytales.
- [The Mansion](https://aringram.com/the-mansion-short-story/): Harkishen had had a fascination for this building, the villagers offered him with accommodation, but he flatly refused. One night, Harkishen suddenly woke up. He saw flames that were green in color and twinkled softly. Intrigued, Harkishen moved towards them.
- [King Solomon's Mines](https://aringram.com/king-solomons-mines/): The famous adventure classic novel, King Solomon's Mines, by Sir Henry Rider Haggard.
- [All in a Night's Work](https://aringram.com/all-in-a-nights-work-ruskin-bond/): She decided on a whim... and while in Mussoorie, she was not going to bond with Ruskin. With James maybe but definitely not with Ruskin...
- [A 'horror' Story](https://aringram.com/herefordshire-castle-horror-unfolds/): I could feel someone’s presence; as if someone was circling me. I opened my mouth to cry out, but my throat had gone dry. As I turned to the window, I realized that I was at least about five feet away from it ...
- [Nightly Show](https://aringram.com/nightly-show-short-story/): Agenda for today was quite interesting....Our mind was maybe destined to be played with that day...yet again made to snap out of our reverie
- [The Pickwick Papers](https://aringram.com/the-pickwick-papers-charles-dickens/): Charles Dickens classic, and probably the world's first comedy novel - The Pickwick Papers.
- [Readerstown](https://aringram.com/readerstown-reading/): Readerstown - Book Reviews - Art and Stories 

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- [GoLoPo - The Accidental Escapades](https://aringram.com/golopo/): The book is filled with humor, sarcasm, and many unique experiences – each a different story unto itself. The Accidental Escapades of Go, Lo & Po Three acquaintances, Go, Lo, and Po, are visiting the neighbouring town of Shikhpur to attend the races. There, they run into a soothsayer and decide to seek his help […]
- [Passionate Writers | Illustrators](https://aringram.com/volunteer-passionate-writers-illustrators/): Unbox Season I Glad to announce that season one has concluded successfully – The Unbox Short Stories book received widespread participation from volunteer writers and illustrators. The book was then gifted to children at events and received lots of appreciation and encouragement from the audiences it reached. The Short Stories Campaign Passionate Writers & Illustrators […]
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