Comments for What am I reading

Comment on Kindling my Nook, bungling my book by christa

christa — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:15:20 +0000

I agree!! Nothing can replace turning a page.
I won’t be buying one.

Comment on The God Of Small Things by Arundhati Roy by sharmistha

sharmistha — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:31:59 +0000

eb naidni,yub naidni….

We all somewhere relate our growing up years to Estha and Rahel’s. The way miss Roy crafted their childhood moments is really amazing

Comment on Midnight’s Chlidren by Salman Rushdie by mystic wanderer

mystic wanderer — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:16:03 +0000

Yes, fully agree. I need to read some of his later books, haven’t explored them much.

Comment on Midnight’s Chlidren by Salman Rushdie by sharmistha

sharmistha — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:52:24 +0000

This book seemes ‘an effort’ initially, no doubt about it.But, once You acuire the liking, it grows and grows, you rediscover the book yet again, with all its beauty unfolding upon, in a newer way…. once again

Comment on Maximum City by Suketu Mehta by mystic wanderer

mystic wanderer — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:11:07 +0000

Hi Silvia, Thanks for visiting my blog.
I too found Maximum City engrossing. Regarding the feeling of apprehension, I think one must take into consideration the context of the book. The characters/situations were anything but ordinary, and thus their experiences. Having said that, compared to most western cities, the chaos of Bombay/Mumbai, for that matter any subcontinental city would be a bit disarming at first. I’m glad to know you have grown to love the city.

BTW, took a look at your site. Pity I can’t read Italian (my knowledge is pretty much limited to Buon Giorno, and some of the classical music terms), and my experience of the language is mostly from films.

Hope you have wonderful experiences in India. Ciao.

Comment on Train To Pakistan by Khushwant Singh by Silvia

Silvia — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:13:24 +0000

Hi again.
This is one of my favourite book ever.
The last scene is moving and it gives a sense to the whole book, that one would never expect.
And thanks for the video, I did not know the song.
Silvia

Comment on Maximum City by Suketu Mehta by Silvia

Silvia — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:07:59 +0000

Hi,
you have a very interesting blog.
I am very interested in Indian authors (and writing myself a blog about Indian writing – in Italian) and it is a pleasure to find here my favourite books.
I found Maximum City a great book (I read it just before landing in Bombay!), well written and extremely intelligent.

However, I think it is having the effect of scaring (western) people about Bombay.
So many people who read the book told me “I am not going to set foot in Bombay whatsoever!”
The deep humanity of the people of Bombay does not emerge from the book, or in a way it is submerged by its crazyness.

Anyway, I loved the book and I do love Bombay.

Comment on Such a Long Journey by Rohinton Mistry by Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:47:02 +0000

it would be helpful is someone could give me a link where i can find critical essays on this novels by other writers..
my email id is pinkpwrincess24@yahoo.com
i woud b thankful for your help…

Thanking you
rashi jain

Comment on King’s Ransom by Ed McBain (or, High and Low by Akira Kurosawa) by mystic wanderer

mystic wanderer — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:10:11 +0000

Thanks.
I actually saw it for the first time in 2002, in Portland, Oregon (Thereafter a few times more on DVD.). I think I was fortunate to see the film screening, as they are quite hard to come by. Had wanted to read the book for a while, so there…

Comment on King’s Ransom by Ed McBain (or, High and Low by Akira Kurosawa) by Jasdeep

Jasdeep — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:30:33 +0000

Nice post,

I watched this movie a week ago too, was in awe of Kurusowa’s genius. It explores human psyche in a beautiful way.

I watched it at Shri Ram Center . Did you watch it there by any chance.