These stories feel universal; I am uncomfortably aware that this comment - from a white reader, on a non-white author's work - may smack of insensitivity to difference, but they feel universal the way greatest Russian literature does; they present human weaknesses and imperfection in a humorous, but...
I make it a point to start my year by reading a book by an Indian author and i couldn’t have asked for a better book than ‘Waiting For The Mahatma’ by R.K. Narayan. I have always enjoyed his satiric writing. Set in the same place ‘Malgudi’, this book revolves around Sriram a young aimless boy, who i...
I make it a point to start my year by reading a book by an Indian author and i couldn’t have asked for a better book than ‘Waiting For The Mahatma’ by R.K. Narayan. I have always enjoyed his satiric writing. Set in the same place ‘Malgudi’, this book revolves around Sriram a young aimless boy, who i...
bookshelves: autumn-2015, published-1958, india, radio-4x, play-dramatisation, art-forms, amusing Recommended to Bettie☯ by: Laura Recommended for: BBC Radio Listeners Read from November 08 to 09, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06l36xyDescription: Raju's first stop after his release fro...
I happened to pick up this book when I went to New Delhi for work. I didn't know about Indian mythology at all, because in Europe we read only Greek Mythology at school, but what I've always like about India is that in this country, the animals seem to have equal rights as Man. So, when I picked up ...
If any book, other than Victor Hugo's 'Les Miserables' and Tolstoy's 'Resurrection', has captured the acute human dilemmas and paradoxes, the powerful and unresolvable human conflicts between good versus good, it is this book, 'Mahabharata'. Written such a long time ago, it is a clear proof that the...
bookshelves: summer-2015, published-1983, radio-4, india, lit-richer, amusing, under-1000-ratings, play-dramatisation, newtome-author, those-autumn-years, shortstory-shortstories-novellas Read from August 24 to 25, 2015 Dramatised by Ronald Frame.Description: Now the companion of a Sadu, an agei...
I'm not at all sure how I "feel" about this book. I never felt exactly compelled by the story or the characters, though I became increasingly curious about where it would all end up. The protagonist is a very curious creature -- an almost purely selfish man (whose selfishness often disguises itself ...
This is one of those really entertaining but makes you want to smack someone. But at least the gods in this version agree with me. It is nice to know that the Bible isn’t the only work that screws women over. The amount of time that men in this epic, who keep telling you they are powerful dudes, b...
The world of Nagaraj was yet another satirical book by RK Narayan. Nagaraj is leading quite a happy and content life in Malgudi with his wife and some of his friends who he meets and interacts daily. Apart from this, one of his favorite pass time is sitting in his porch and woolgathering. He has no ...
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