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Vikram Seth is a master storyteller as is evident from reading his mega-novel: A Suitable Boy. From Wikipedia: A Suitable Boy is a novel by Vikram Seth, released in 1993. At 1349 pages (1488 pages softcover) and 591,552 words, the book is one of the longest novels ever published in a single volume in the…
I’ve just finished “The World is Flat” by Thomas Friedman, the Pulitzer prize-winning columnist of New York Times. It is one the most gripping non-fiction books I’ve read. It begins with a very feel-good factor of showing how the developing world, mainly India and China are now playing a huge role in manufacturing, services and…
I fail to comprehend the incredibly raving reviews Amartya Sen’s Argumentative Indian has received. Do people just look at the name of the author and write for the dustjacket without reading the contents of the book? Anyway, at last I got the opportunity to read the book and found it extremely boring. All Amartya Sen…
OK, KANK is not as bad as to say, please alvida keh do naa! Indeed, the movie is a good timepass. So it has a borrowed story from an English movie, not much originality is left in the world these days. Two marriages, one made on love, the other part-love and part-obligation. As usual the…
That Fanaa resurrects Bollywood would be an understatement. I was under the impression that Bollywood has forgotten how to make “quality” films. It’s good to know that the memory still lingers. The so-called comedies that come in torrents from Bollywood are so pathetic and disgusting – they really trivialize and insult the audience. They are…
The final review of Mike Dash’s fascinating book – Thug: The True Story of India’s Murderous Cult. Thugs were a notorious band of marauding murderous highway robbers that plagued Indian roads between the 1600s and mid 1800s (Introduction to Thugs). They used to trick wealthy and not-so-wealthy travellers into traveling with them as a group….
Aham: I am – Hinduism
