Portnoy's Complaint

Sounds interesting. On my read asap list.

Only the first 3. The 4th was barely readable, nothing after that was

The Beatles never sounded as good as they do on this mono set. And I love those tiny inner sleeves for each CD

Old rice is always better. From Indrayani to Basmati.

Is it just me, or has the wonderful fragrance of basmati being cooked, almost vanished?
Was a time when the house would fill with the aroma of basmati. Doesn't happen anymore. Tried many brands as well as unbranded. 🤷🏾

The Rashtriya SS is a Hitler inspired terrorist organisation.

He don't like ties

Now that a S Asian has won the election in New York, it's time to throw a vada pav

Always been. Capitalism 101 - profits are ours, losses are people's

Mika Waltari approaches the Akhenaten era from a very different perspective of a common man. Waltari also takes his protagonist to other places like Babylon and Crete during the same era.

I loved both. Re read them last year, still excellent. Except that since he wrote them, there have been many more discoveries at Tel-al Amarna, the site of Akhenaten's new capital.
Being a political writer, Drury delves deep into the politics of the Palace and Royal family

Some excellent novels about Ancient Egypt -
Allen Drury's A God Against the Gods & Return to Thebes
The Egyptian by Mika Waltari
River God by Wilbur Smith*

*He's written more of them, but I've only read this one, the first in the series

Allen Drury, aside from writing his Beltway novels, wrote the wonderful Akhenaten books - A God Against the Gods and Return to Thebes

Left is for India?

His Prez is still around

Why a-duck? Why a-no chicken?