Reading nowadays...

For indian love story, try "the english teacher" by r. K . Narayan. . . The first half is one of the best love story i have read. . .
For love story there is always "love story" by erich segal. . .All the hindi film love stories packed into a small book:)
and stephan king. . . Best narrator out there:). . . With his narration he makes people believe in his stupid stories. . .
 
Nikhil said:
I agree. I read Fountainhead and finished it only because a couple of friends(girls) told me it's very powerful and awesome and all that nonsense. I pretty much hated that book. That is the one of the few books I read when ?I regretted following someone else's advice.

White Tiger is completely overhyped. It is decent, but not Booker PRize good. Maybe I feel like that because unlike most foreigners, I live in India and see the poverty and everything first hand. Its nothing new for me. For most of those firangs, it must be very new.

The language is nothing spectacular, the story is decent but there is nothing special. I read Between assassinations too(from the same author). I hated it. It just chronicles various stories. He doesnt end a single story. IF I'm supposed to imagine the endings to his stories, why should I bother reading it? It is the author's job to tie up loose ends in his book. Quite pathetic.

I recently finished India After Gandhi. After that, I've started on The Last Mughals by William Dalrymple. It's an awesome book but a little serious. I broke it off midway to read White Tiger and Between Assassinations. Now, I'm almost done with The World of Jeeves, by P G Wodehouse. Epic stuff!! I'm totally loving it. It's a huge omnibus of various Jeeves and Wooster stories.
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India After Gandhi - Guha? Is it any good? Planning to get that and Empires of the Indus soon.
 
TechHead said:
India After Gandhi - Guha? Is it any good? Planning to get that and Empires of the Indus soon.
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It is quite simply the best book I have ever read on India after independance. Of course, I havent read many, but this is epic!!

He tries to end the book on a very positive note but when it comes to India, I have no hope left whatsoever :p . I loved the book. Gives a detailed analysis on what went wrong and why.

The writer is an enabashed Nehruphile, but apart from that, it's kickass. As with any author, he cant be 100% objective. His dislike for Indira Gandhi shines through.
 
Oh cheers! Have you read the History of India by John Keay? Quite good. I read Sacred Games and Sea of Poppies recently. Very good books, the both of them
 
'Sacred Games' is a really really well written book.

So is 'Love and Longing in Bombay'.. Its more of a collection of short stories.. One of which happens to involve our surdy cop.

i'm trying to get my hands on 'Red Earth and Pouring Rain' which was Vikram's first book..
 
TechHead said:
India After Gandhi - Guha? Is it any good? Planning to get that and Empires of the Indus soon.
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For a bird's eye view of India after Independence, the book India After Independence by Bipan Chandra is quite good. It's more of an academic essay so there is very little author's bias or opinion apart from just a little "left tint" (Chandra belongs to India's left historians and a professor at JNU).

A recommended read for anyone interested in contemporary India.
 
Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny. Awesome piece of work. Deserves a movie to be made. Only problem would be BJP & every other right wing party in India would be up in arms.
 
^ I have read Zelazny's Amber Chronicles, thought that the first five books were pretty good. Heard that Lord of Light has borrowed from Hindu and Buddhist mythology. Never liked religion oriented fantasies. Like Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C Clarke. Or later volumes of dune with Shaitan. It might be a good read for someone who doesn't know Hindu mythology :p
 
mallik said:
^ I have read Zelazny's Amber Chronicles, thought that the first five books were pretty good. Heard that Lord of Light has borrowed from Hindu and Buddhist mythology. Never liked religion oriented fantasies. Like Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C Clarke. Or later volumes of dune with Shaitan. It might be a good read for someone who doesn't know Hindu mythology :p
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Kuch bhi bologe. :mad:

It's an awesome read whether you know Hindu mythology or not. Maybe better if you know Hindu mythology. It's one of the few books I have been able to read 2+ times.
 
Finished few days back House For Mr Biswas by V S Naipaul

Often touted as one of the best books of 20th century, this book tells story of Mr Biswas, loosely modeled on Naipaul's own father and traces his life in the post-modern society of Trinidad. A masterstroke from Naipaul exploring the half-baked lives — a phrase that he coined later — in former colonies of British Empire.
 
"The Book of Five Rings / Scrolls" by Miyamoto Musashi, the legendary samurai who was never beaten in a duel. About the Japanese way of the sword :)

Nice read :D
 
Just finished Eragon. Reading Eldest now.

A couple of my friends told me Eldest is total rubbish. I'm still at the 200th page or so. It seems ok right now. It is starting to get a little boring. I mean there comes a point when you start losing interest in the details of the mountains and the cities and useless things like that!!
 
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