A few days after arriving, we took a trip to Khan Market. Khan Market in Central Delhi is a tiny area of boutique shops, restaurants, and bars. It is one of a handful of places that you'll see a lot of expats in Delhi. It is considered India's most expensive retail market (in terms of real estate cost). We sometimes feel a little silly but we have many, many fond memories of Khan and we had to go. A few highlights from the visit:
We had a strong Irani chai, a Bombay Sandwich (in @seanbala's opinion, one of the greatest culinary gifts to mankind) and a raspberry soda.
An Irani Chai is like a normal Indian chai but made much stronger.
The Bombay Sandwich is a thick grilled vegetable sandwich with very thinly sliced beets, potatoes, cucumbers, and tomatoes, all sprinkled with a big helping of cheese. Difficult to make, impossible not to eat!
When the hunter becomes the prey. My new novel ‘The High Road’ is a fast-paced contemporary thriller set mainly in central Scotland and the far north-west.
Sandwood Bay in north-west Sutherland has an important part to play in the story as it develops, and the book reaches its climax nearby.
The story is presented as a found footage montage 👍
This has been on my watchlist for years and I'm glad we finally watched it! One of the most genuinely freaky movies I've watched this year. If you're looking for interesting characters, tasteful jump scares, and lingering psychic damage, this is a must watch!
I finished my last novel for this spooky season this morning. Fittingly, it was "I'm Thinking of Ending Things":
No monsters to be found in this one 😐
The story kept me guessing for a long time 👍👍
The only reason this doesn't immediately beat "Red X" and "The Between" for the best novel this season is because I guessed the ending a little early. Still, a thrilling and interesting read!
@neilhimself thinking about introducing my child¹ to Neverwhere² but I'm not sure she'll get the references (she's spent like 2 days total in London). Thoughts? Maybe I wait? I will take any advice
¹ almost 10 years old only, but precocious....a big fan of Jane Austen for example.
² my favorite of yours.
@Girlonavespa Yes. When I read Neverwhere, I had never set foot in England (I was an adult, though), I knew there were many references flying way above my head, but it didn't prevent me from loving the book and becoming a lifelong fan of @neilhimself in the process.
@neilhimself well it was a moot point. A day or so after I asked this I went into her room to find her reading it! I was v confused because I hadn't mentioned it to her, but we recently finished watching GO2 and I think she must have known that was you too, wandered past the Folio Society edition of Neverwhere on the bookshelf and your name caught her eye.
She is enjoying it greatly and loves Door! I might try Stardust next.
(It's also a lesson in the value of growing up with a home library.)
I am no branding expert, but calling your opponents an "illegal shadow library" makes you sound like a villain, and elevates your opponents to protagonists, in an anime series like Read or Die.
For sure. Textbooks being that expensive is a paywall for knowledge and only means the rich have access to it without having to sacrifice quality of life.
Didn't even know until I read the comments that textbooks even come with one-time-passwords now for online only homework.
@demerara@rewarp@bookstodon libgen and scihub are out here fulfilling the Internets original goal of becoming an open library of all human knowledge to enable a scientific and educational renaissance.
And those profiting from perpetuating the under-education and ignorance of the American people are having none of it.
The discussion about the #ActuallyAutistic hashtag is really annoying. It's the hashtag for Autistic people either self-indentified or officially diagnosed and if your research about the Autistic community didn't provide you this knowledge, then maybe you should do more research or ask the community before you start complaining. Who are you to criticise a hashtag that connected and empowered thousands of marginalized disabled people for years? (1/2)
Yes, as I see it, the structure itself is designed to accommodate and enable the large accounts, and it wants and needs those accounts to have the most impact and influence. It's all part of the planned structure. It's built-in. A feature, not a bug.