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Umesh Kesavan

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Umesh’s Bookshelves

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read‎ (615)
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fiction‎ (236)
novels‎ (224)
tamil‎ (196)
politics‎ (147)
sujatha‎ (90)

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history‎ (76)
cricket‎ (69)
contemporary-india‎ (62)
classics‎ (57)
biography‎ (49)
iwe‎ (41)
autobiography-memoir‎ (38)
cinema‎ (32)

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travelogue‎ (5)
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Umesh’s Notes & Highlights

Chinaman by Shehan Karunatilaka

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The series was not only Sri Lanka’s first victorious overseas tour, it was also Pradeep Mathew’s last public appearance.

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Umesh’s Quotes

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

tags: attributed-no-source, friends, friendship, misattributed-albert-camus

93476 likes

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

tags: books, humor

151141 likes

“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
― Mark Twain

tags: books, contentment, friends, friendship, life

47061 likes

“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”
― Oscar Wilde, De Profundis

tags: identity, opinions

11873 likes

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You

tags: actions, disappointed, disappointment, dream, dreams, explore, misattributed-mark-twain, sail

60224 likes

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