Stong agreer. The movie was a pale shadow of the book.
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Stong agreer. The movie was a pale shadow of the book.
Yeah me too, watched it on plane coming back from India. The movie was good. Did full justice to the book I feel.
Reading City of Djinns these days, interesting so far, especially since its about Delhi, a city so close to my heart
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aryasatyadev
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Yeah me too, watched it on plane coming back from India. The movie was good. Did full justice to the book I feel.
Reading City of Djinns these days, interesting so far, especially since its about Delhi, a city so close to my heart
City of Djinns is a good book, and tell us many unknown facts about Delhi
After finishing this book I advice you to read Khushwant Singhs - Delhi, an epic in itself
aryasatyadev
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Title: Suitable Boy
Author: Vikram Seth
Publisher: Penguin
this was the impression I got after finishing 1450 pages of this book..
The legthiest and heaviest book(NoveL) The novel is divided into 19 parts, with each part focussing on a different story (and eventually coming back round again)...... One of the characters in this book is a poet who is writing a novel. The novel in progress is described as a river, like the Ganga, with lots of tributaries and creeks. This image, of course, stands as an emblem of the method of A Suitable Boy itself and also like an old banyan tree with it's lots of branches and you never know where are you in this jumble.
I have a feeling (just a hunch, nothing verified) that when Vikram Seth set out to write this novel, he started with a brainstorming session where he wrote down every little detail about India he could think of. And then he put them all in this 1,474-page tome.
Although I had to finish the book so I did it...... but it is a pain to my hands and my eyes as well.
Author: Vikram Seth
Publisher: Penguin
this was the impression I got after finishing 1450 pages of this book..The legthiest and heaviest book(NoveL) The novel is divided into 19 parts, with each part focussing on a different story (and eventually coming back round again)...... One of the characters in this book is a poet who is writing a novel. The novel in progress is described as a river, like the Ganga, with lots of tributaries and creeks. This image, of course, stands as an emblem of the method of A Suitable Boy itself and also like an old banyan tree with it's lots of branches and you never know where are you in this jumble.
I have a feeling (just a hunch, nothing verified) that when Vikram Seth set out to write this novel, he started with a brainstorming session where he wrote down every little detail about India he could think of. And then he put them all in this 1,474-page tome.
Although I had to finish the book so I did it...... but it is a pain to my hands and my eyes as well.
sagarmalik
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Really one of the Best Books I have ever read. :rock
I have seen mOvie too.Movie is good too but not everything present in book ,can be shown in a 2 hr movie.
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sidchhikara
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Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell -- interesting book.
Title: Suitable Boy
Author: Vikram Seth
Publisher: Penguin
The legthiest and heaviest book(NoveL) The novel is divided into 19 parts, with each part focussing on a different story (and eventually coming back round again)...... One of the characters in this book is a poet who is writing a novel. The novel in progress is described as a river, like the Ganga, with lots of tributaries and creeks. This image, of course, stands as an emblem of the method of A Suitable Boy itself and also like an old banyan tree with it's lots of branches and you never know where are you in this jumble.
I have a feeling (just a hunch, nothing verified) that when Vikram Seth set out to write this novel, he started with a brainstorming session where he wrote down every little detail about India he could think of. And then he put them all in this 1,474-page tome.
Although I had to finish the book so I did it...... but it is a pain to my hands and my eyes as well.
Arya ji, I am reading this right now. Half way through. I really enjoy reading it. It is considered as one of the best books ever. And reading it, I feel likewise.
Some of the books I read recently and liked a lot:
"A thousand Splendid Suns" by Khalid Hosseini
"Shantaram" by David Gregory Roberts
"Shalimar-The Clown" by Salman Rushdie
All the three books make for an engaging read.
A thousand Splendid Suns is a masterpiece which makes you appreciate what you have for there are so many people in this world whose life is full of miseries one after the other, still they live full of hopes for a better future.
Shantaram paints quite a picture of the real Mumbai life in various shades.
Shalimar-the Clown is also gud, depicting the lives of ordinary Kashmiri men & women, how they cope with the atrocities inflicted by terrorists & also the army; discusses the political situation during & after partition, love, revenge etc.
"A thousand Splendid Suns" by Khalid Hosseini
"Shantaram" by David Gregory Roberts
"Shalimar-The Clown" by Salman Rushdie
All the three books make for an engaging read.
A thousand Splendid Suns is a masterpiece which makes you appreciate what you have for there are so many people in this world whose life is full of miseries one after the other, still they live full of hopes for a better future.
Shantaram paints quite a picture of the real Mumbai life in various shades.
Shalimar-the Clown is also gud, depicting the lives of ordinary Kashmiri men & women, how they cope with the atrocities inflicted by terrorists & also the army; discusses the political situation during & after partition, love, revenge etc.
aryasatyadev
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Kapil bhai, it is one thing what the critics and the commonwealth says about this book, but to me it seems like the story (in depth) of some people connected by relations and some without....... if you exclude Raja of Marh from this book will there be any difference or CLFC apisode or Shiv Linga (you might not have reached upto there)........ it will be as good a book without all these chapters.... if you give it to me for editing, I will compress the book within 1000 pages and nobody will find anything amiss
But that is the thing. Surely, the same story could be told even in one page. There is nothing remarkable with the story. And you can say the editing thing about the greatest of all Indian novels- Mahabharata. The remarkable thing about "A suitable boy" is how each character is fleshed out in detail. And the beauty of the language, which is so simple (unlike Rushdies and Arundhatis) and yet amazing. I have read books that have been not too enjoyable to read and yet you want to finish them and feel good when you finish them (like Naipaul's India- A million mutinies). But this is not the book one starts with the aim of finishing. You like it when you read it (probably like a neverending soap opera). In fact, I remember a review where the guy said that- you turn the last page with immense sadness that the joy of reading is not going to be there anymore.
By the way, Vikram Seth is going to write "A Suitable Girl" now...
aryasatyadev
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By the way, Vikram Seth is going to write "A Suitable Girl" now...
Probabily as a sequal to this book and might be for the match of Varun Mehra
Probabily as a sequal to this book and might be for the match of Varun Mehra
No, it would be about a match for Lata's son or grandson. I think son if I remember correctly.
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Book: Tuesdays with Morrie
Author: Mitch Albom
This is an excellent way of storytelling by a dying teacher Morrie through his student who happens to be a famous sports journalist.I liked this quote from this book,'' Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live. Tuesday is the day of their meeting where guidelines to living are given.
Recommended for anyone and everyone who is sensitive and sensible about life.
Author: Mitch Albom
This is an excellent way of storytelling by a dying teacher Morrie through his student who happens to be a famous sports journalist.I liked this quote from this book,'' Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live. Tuesday is the day of their meeting where guidelines to living are given.
Recommended for anyone and everyone who is sensitive and sensible about life.
aryasatyadev
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Book : Anandmath (in Hindi)
I started the book with an impression that I will be reading something fascinating, keeping in view the 'Vande Matram' poem of this book, but in the end I discovered that it is more an appriciation of English rulers and some melodrama about Santans etc...etc......
I started the book with an impression that I will be reading something fascinating, keeping in view the 'Vande Matram' poem of this book, but in the end I discovered that it is more an appriciation of English rulers and some melodrama about Santans etc...etc......
drssrana2003
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Book Review
A good thread.
Recently I have read a book on Science. It is 'A short History of nearly Every Thing' by Bill Bryson.Though I have never been a science student, I have been greatly rewarded.The book is written in a racy humourous style but not leaving any aspect of scientific developments. I liked best the chapter on Atom.A must read book for school and college students, who are seen to be generally averse to the study of history of Science.
A good thread.
Recently I have read a book on Science. It is 'A short History of nearly Every Thing' by Bill Bryson.Though I have never been a science student, I have been greatly rewarded.The book is written in a racy humourous style but not leaving any aspect of scientific developments. I liked best the chapter on Atom.A must read book for school and college students, who are seen to be generally averse to the study of history of Science.
Three Cups of Tea
by Greg Mortenson.
All about author's humanitarian efforts in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Half way through reading (errr listening, realising the time crunch I resorted to CD's of the books and listen to them in my car while driving) and in love with the book.
by Greg Mortenson.
All about author's humanitarian efforts in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Half way through reading (errr listening, realising the time crunch I resorted to CD's of the books and listen to them in my car while driving
) and in love with the book.drssrana2003
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Reviews on Books
The Argumentative Indian:
Yes, Amiy Ji,
'The Argumentative Indian' by Amartya Sen is a must read book. It places together at one place the various phases of indian intellectual heritage. Sen takes us round through the various periods of history and shows how indians were second to non in the world as far as original thought and innovations are concerned. The book allows rthe reader to keep pace with the narration. It is shown here how our ideas travelled back to us after travelling through the arabs, the europeans and the chinese. How the concepts like the decimal system (including the concept of Zero),the cine theta, the phenomena of sun and moon eclipse, the earth being round and rotating the sun have been recalled as Indian contributions to human civilisation. An exclusive chapter is devoted to explain the Eras used in India through the different periods of history. Only a scholar of Amartya Sen's calibre could have covered such a wide range of subjects with lucid style.
The Argumentative Indian:
Yes, Amiy Ji,
'The Argumentative Indian' by Amartya Sen is a must read book. It places together at one place the various phases of indian intellectual heritage. Sen takes us round through the various periods of history and shows how indians were second to non in the world as far as original thought and innovations are concerned. The book allows rthe reader to keep pace with the narration. It is shown here how our ideas travelled back to us after travelling through the arabs, the europeans and the chinese. How the concepts like the decimal system (including the concept of Zero),the cine theta, the phenomena of sun and moon eclipse, the earth being round and rotating the sun have been recalled as Indian contributions to human civilisation. An exclusive chapter is devoted to explain the Eras used in India through the different periods of history. Only a scholar of Amartya Sen's calibre could have covered such a wide range of subjects with lucid style.