Read a great book recently? Let's hear about it! If you're like me and you love to read, then you are always on the search for good books to read...I for one have recently read The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, an older book but I just got around to reading it and I must say it is fantastic. Talks about following your life passion and listening to the language of the universe.
Another book I've recently read is Siddhartha, by Hermon Hesse, again, another "deep" book that talks about life and achieving ultimate happiness and the journey that you go through to achieve it. (assuming the fact that you ever get there!)
Another book I read recently was The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. This book is about a young couple's move from India to America and the life they build there, all the ups and downs they go through, the successes and failures and of course the trails of bringing up their "American" children while trying to preserve and pass on the traditions of their homeland. It was a book that I could relate to to some extent.
Has anyone else read any of the above? What did you think?
Right now I am reading Queen of Dreams by Chitra Divakaruni...and so far I'm totally hooked!
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The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, an older book but I just got around to reading it and I must say it is fantastic. Talks about following your life passion and listening to the language of the universe.
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Yes I've heard about The Prophet, and it's on my list of "books to read"
I've also read Rohinton's "A Fine Balance" - another great book.
It's interesting to see of any of these will get made into a movie, like Memoirs of a Geisha. I read that book years back when it first came out and I thought it was so beautifully written, it has become ne of my fave books ever. The movie was good, and I thought it captured part of the beauty but not all of it. I thought the characters weren't as developed as they could have been, but then the movie would probably have been about 10 hours long! Better to read the book.
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It's interesting to see of any of these will get made into a movie, like Memoirs of a Geisha. I read that book years back when it first came out and I thought it was so beautifully written, it has become ne of my fave books ever.
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'Angelas Ashes' is already made/being made into a move. However I cannot see how it will live upto the book. There was a certain black humor in the book that is difficult to replicate effectively and yet make a good movie.
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Bharati Mukherjee & Amulya Malladi books.
The Tree Bride and Serving crazy with curry.
bunker 31. Pankaj Mishra.
I tried vikram seth's new one but gave up after few pages.
All of rohinton's books.Tokyo cancelled /
by Dasgupta, Rana, 1971- .
"Holy Cow" by Sarah MacDonald.
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You know you are a desi when ........ You spew forth the virtues of India, but don't want to live there...............You've never had a tanning salon membership
I read Blink by Malcolm Gladwell. Enjoyed it. Freakonomics was good but got a little boring at the end.
over the christmas holidays I read:
Ladies Coupe - Anita Nair. Good book recommended.
serving crazy with curry - amulya malladi - interesting
It is refreshing to see so many South Asian authors writing nowadays. They bring a different perspective and language to english writing.
Read Jeffrey Archer's latest false impression but was very disappointed.
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