Nikhil's awesome book thread

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jith77 said:
Kashmir: behind the vale by M. J. Akbar

everything that you want to know about how kashmir became what it was now - right from kashmirs own history, india's political mistrust and blunder to pakistans greediness

short, well researched and interesting read...recommended
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cranky said:
A book every Indian must read: "Everybody loves a good drought" - P. Sainath, about the plight of the poorest villagers of our country. In spite of the title, it's an excellent read, the overall tone is a little dark but the stories are brilliantly told. Makes you wonder who independence really benefited.
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I ordered these two books online. They were delivered about two days back. Yet to start reading them. Looking forward to it :D
 
diabloReigns said:
Presently reading: "The Children of Hurin" by you know who.
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I didnt know Voldy had enough time to write a book in between becoming the darkest, meanest wizard of his age and torturing his followers.

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Currently reading 100 Bullets by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso.
Incredible writing and a quirky art-style. Pulp Fiction fans will love it.
 
finished "made in Japan" by Akio Morita

Akio morita is one of founders of Sony and book covers the sony growth story and bit of an insight into the japanese way of doing things (vis - a vis the american/european).

the book starts of at around the WWII era and leaves you impressed with the way they built the empire.........the story does go a bit OT somewhere in between, but overall a decent read.
 
Just finished reading the 5 greatest warriors by Matthew Reilly. Can someone suggest something similar i.e sci fi/archeological/mystery kind of book/series.
 
Wraith said:
Just finished reading the 5 greatest warriors by Matthew Reilly. Can someone suggest something similar i.e sci fi/archeological/mystery kind of book/series.
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reminds me...havent read any mattew reilly since ice station and temple....which of his works are as good (or better:ohyeah:) as ice station

wilbur smith has seventh scrolls which is an intersting mysery/archeao ...... but wont have the pace of mattew reilly
 
diabloReigns said:
No one's mentioned Lord of the Rings, or is it too old now.

on another note, Freedom at Midnight is another decent read on the events of around the Independence Day. It also describes lots of stuff on Mountbatten, Jinnah and Gandhi, and how the country was divided.

Someone read SNOW from Orhan Pamuk ?
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Have you read The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk? It's his latest and is a total mindfcuk. You'll feel like a wretch as you read it but it's absolutely fantastic.

Presently reading: "The Children of Hurin" by you know who.
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I found the Children of Hurin very okay. I'm a big, big fan of the Silmarillion though.
 
tracerbullet said:
Have you read The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk? It's his latest and is a total mindfcuk. You'll feel like a wretch as you read it but it's absolutely fantastic.

I found the Children of Hurin very okay. I'm a big, big fan of the Silmarillion though.
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Silmarillion was too complex...not to mention names which were impossible to spell/remember.
 
Gowt1ham said:
Silmarillion was too complex...not to mention names which were impossible to spell/remember.
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The Silmarillion is essentially a quasi-mythology. From that point of view, Tolkien did a bloody good job creating a mythology of gods and their stories all from the circuits of his mind. I love mythology in general, be it Nordic, Roman, Greek, etc. hence I loved the book. I hear Tolkien researched lots of Finnish mythology - Kalevala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia so that's going to be my next stop after I'm done with the Museum of Innocence.
 
The Art of Computer Programming - Donald E knuth.

By far the best fundamental algorithms book I have come across. Extremely dense though, just the way I like it :P
 
jith77 said:
reminds me...havent read any mattew reilly since ice station and temple....which of his works are as good (or better:ohyeah:) as ice station

wilbur smith has seventh scrolls which is an intersting mysery/archeao ...... but wont have the pace of mattew reilly
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I havent read Ice Station, but The Temple was amazing!! You should read the Jack West Jr series i.e The seven deadly wonder, six sacred stones and five ancient warriors. Really awesome series.

Cant wait to get the platinum edition of the Shane Schofield series!
 
"India after Gandhi" Searched it in many book stores in MG n Brigade n also in landmark but cudnt find it. Any pointer ?

Nikhil said:
India After Gandhi -- by Ramachandra Guha.

A fantastic book dealing with the story of India from 1947 to the present age. By present age, I mean about 2004 or so.

It is quite objective, but there is some pro-Nehru bias. It gives details of all the problems India faced and faces. The Naga movement, the naxal movement, the Telangana movement, the formation of various states based on language, etc....

A truly fantastic book for people interested in history. There are plenty of books about India's freedom struggle, but very few detailing what happened in India after that.
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Give these two series's a try:

1) Jack West series by Matthew Reilly

book 1: Seven Ancient woders

book 2: The Six Sacred Stones

book 3: The Five Greatest Warriors

The series is about saving earth form solar event and is kind of mythincal and archeological like Robert Langdon's series, only way better and damn fast paced.

2) "Millennium Trilogy" by Late Stieg Larsson

book 1: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

book 2: The Girl who played with Fire

book 3: The Girl who kicked the Hornets' Nest

superb crime/thriller series.

Those who like Vampire stuff can try "House of Night" series or "Vampire Academy" series or "True Blood" series. Read part of first book "Marked" in "House of Night" series but is a big girly and thinking of not continuing this series. Those who liked Twilight and "the host" will like this series.
 
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