INDIAN READS CHALLENGE 2016

[Shine]

Me too, read It Happens for a Reason. Now reading When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

[Rahul]

I am just mobile guy, on New Years Day, i decided to read at least a book each month. As the months passed, i became addicted to reading, I still am. So far, i have finished all HP books by J K Rowling and recently Midnight's Children. No I am reading The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter--And How to Make the Most of Them Now

[Indrani]

Yipppeeee. Challenge completed. This year I am reading more Indian authors and enjoying thoroughly.

Books read so far: 20/12


When the River Sleeps
The Marriage Bureau for Rich People
Love and Longing in Bombay
Dead in a Mumbai Minute
যকের ধন
The Masala Murder
Midnight's Children
The Weight Loss Club
निर्मला
Bhimsen
Sacred Games
Ghachar Ghochar
Love Among the Bookshelves
Battle For Bittora
Dhanak: Rainbow
The Case of the Missing Servant
The Zoya Factor
Cut Like Wound
Just Married, Please Excuse
My Lawfully Wedded Husband and Other Stories
Train to Pakistan
A Fine Balance
Unaccustomed Earth
One Part Woman

[Nikita]

Habits of Successful Career Nomads
&
The Art of Interracial Dating. I'm Dating, Indian. Now, what?
both are by Sachin and Nikita Gupta

[Aishwarya]

Books read so far : 6/16

1. It Happens for a Reason - preeti shenoy
2. World best boyfriend - Durjoy datta
3. You're trending in my dreams - Sudeep nagarkar
4. The one you cannot have - Preeti shenoy
5. No time to pause - Pavithra Ramesh
6.Sorry youre Not My Type - Sudeep Nagarkar
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[Horus]

my Indian reads so far in 2016. 20/20

[Siva]

I have read one book so far for the challenge. Hope to complete at least 10 books this year.

[Selva]

Reading Em and the big Hoom; It is very very good !

[Rakhi]

Currently reading

1.MANGO CHUTNEY
2. Scarlet nights ( Psychological Thriller) seems like inspired from tell me the dreams by Sydney Sheldon

[Santhi]

Shine wrote: "Me too, read It Happens for a Reason. Now reading When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi"

about to complete Kalanithi's memoir... want to read his much-praised last paragraph yet I dont want his lucid writing to end ;(

[Santhi]

The last Indian book I read this year - The Gurkha's Daughter: Stories

Enjoyed Parajuly's writing and have added his other book - Land where I flee to my TBR

[Ahtims]

hi all,
Please update your progresses in a single thread..
Refer my thread No. 2...
so that it is easy to navigate :)

[Rakhi]

Syl. A.k.a Topo di biblioteca wrote: "hi all,
Please update your progresses in a single thread..
Refer my thread No. 2...
so that it is easy to navigate :)"

Smitha please add my thread number 61 to the list

[Ahtims]

Updated all...

[Ankit]

Pledged books: 10
Read so far: 5

1. The Guardians of the Halahala by Shatrujeet Nath
2. The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
3. Aarushi by Avirook Sen
4. You Can Win: A Step by Step Tool for Top Achievers by Shiv Khera
5. Black Friday: The True Story Of The Bombay Bomb Blasts by S. Hussain Zaidi

Up-next:
1. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
2. The Complete Adventures of Feluda, Vol. 1 by Satyajit Ray
3. Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie

[Indrani]

Ankit wrote: "Pledged books: 10
Read so far: 5

1. The Guardians of the Halahala by Shatrujeet Nath
2. The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
3. Aarushi by Avirook Sen
..."

I am intrigued by book #1. How is it?

[Ankit]

Indrani wrote: "Ankit wrote: "Pledged books: 10
Read so far: 5

1. The Guardians of the Halahala by Shatrujeet Nath
2. The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
3. Aarushi b..."

It is a good mythology-fantasy thriller, kept me guessing throughout. Story is captivating and never drags on. Compared with The Shiva Trilogy, it think this one is actually better, much better.

Here, King Vikramaditya must protect the deadly poison from both Devas and Asuras along with his kingdom, when they come for Halahala. But there is more to story than that.

I am eagerly waiting since January for its sequel, The Conspiracy at Meru, and soon going to start reading the author's debut novel, an espionage thriller, The Karachi Deception.

[Indrani]

Ankit wrote: "Indrani wrote: "Ankit wrote: "Pledged books: 10
Read so far: 5

1. The Guardians of the Halahala by Shatrujeet Nath
2. The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
3. [book:Aar..."

Very nice. Let me try to get these two books. I mean halahala and Karachi deception.

[Jenish]

Okay, So this is for 2016,

Book Read so far:::
1) The Immortals of Meluha by Amish Tripathi
2) The Secret of the Nagas by Amish Tripathi
3) The Oath of the Vayuputras by Amish Tripathi

Currently Reading:::
Arranged Marriage: Stories by Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee

Reading Next:::
And the Mountains EchoedAnd the Mountains Echoed by Hosseini, Khaled
Scion of Ikshvaku by Amish Tripathi
60 Minutes by Upendra Namburi
A Bollywood Affair by Sonali Dev

[William]

Indian Reads 2016
Duration: 1/1/16 - 31/12/16
Books read: 7/10

1.Curfewed Night
2.The Oath of the Vayuputras
3.The Secret of the Nagas
4.The Immortals of Meluha
5.Bhimsen
6.പാത്തുമ്മായുടെ ആട് Pathummayude Aadu
7.Pax Indica: India and the World of the 21st Century

[Indrani]

Jenish wrote: "Okay, So this is for 2016,

Book Read so far:::
1) The Immortals of Meluha by Amish Tripathi
2) The Secret of the Nagas by Amish Tripathi

Currently Reading:::
[boo..."

I remember liking "Arranged Marriage" much. Hope you enjoy it too.

[Indrani]

William wrote: "Indian Reads 2016
Duration: 1/1/16 - 31/12/16
Books read: 7/10

1.Curfewed Night
2.The Oath of the Vayuputras
3.The Secret of the Nagas
4.[book:The Im..."

Bhimsen and curfewed night sound very good. Will look them up. I think I will enjoy Bhimsen. I always thought Bhim was one of the nicer Pandavas who was much neglected.

[Gorab, TheGunman]

Thanks Ankit for Halahala. Looks very interesting.... and I loved Meluha so hopefully this would also be a nice read :)

@Indrani, Bhimsen is too good! I've read a few other works related to Mahabharata and Bhimsen is among the top favorites.

[William]

@Indrani Both Bhimsen and Curfewed nights are my favourite books :)

[Indrani]

Thanks Gorab and William. Definitely going to read Bhimsen soon

[Freya]

Reserving a spot for myself. A little late but... better late than never :)

1. The Thirteenth Day

2. Love on 3 Wheels

3. Sherlock Holmes, the Missing Years: Timbuktu: The Missing Years

4. Menaka's Choice

5. Mastani

6. The Devil and the Deadly Peace

7. Six Degrees

8.

[Sai Madhuri]

Read the book

[Selva]

Nacropolis by Jeet Thayil is in my current reading list. Will read Anuja Chauhan's next and
maybe 2-3 among the following:
Delhi by Kushwant singh
India after Gandhi by Ramachandra Guha
Riot by Shashi Tharoor
Surviving women by Jerry Pinto
Salman Rushdie's latest

[Ahtims]

Pawan wrote: "Coff7..."

Pawan, please post your book excerpts only in promotions thread.
I am deleting your above 2 posts.
If any doubt, please go rhrough group rules again, and also read the first message of each thread, which usually denotes what is it about.
Thanks

[Pawan]

Coffee Bean wrote: "Pawan wrote: "Coff7..."

Pawan, please post your book excerpts only in promotions thread.
I am deleting your above 2 posts.
If any doubt, please go rhrough group rules again, and also read the firs..."
Got it. Apologies.

[Lenny]

*Jumps in*

Have read:
Swimmer Among the Stars Stories
Animal's People

Plan to read
The Women in Cages: Collected Stories
Unaccustomed Earth
The Wildings
The Toss of a Lemon
Tamarind Woman

[Tia]

hey there please add me as well

[Andrea]

Hi everyone, I'm new to the group but I was already doing an Indian challenge for 2016 so I thought I might as well join in. Here is my progress so far:

The Marriage Bureau for Rich People by Farahad Zama - Andhra Pradesh ★★☆
Fields of Gold by Fiona McIntosh - Bangalore ★★★★
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga - Bihar
The Case of the Missing Servant (Vish Puri, #1) by Tarquin Hall - Delhi
Sideways on a Scooter: Life and Love in India by Miranda Kennedy - Delhi
Translator Translated by Anita Desai - Delhi ★★★
Staying On by Paul Scott - Gujarat ★★★★
Kissed By A Deer by Margi Gibb - Himachal Pradesh ★★★
Fire On The Mountain by Anita Desai - Himachal Pradesh ★★★★
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse - India ★★
The Far Pavilions by M.M. Kaye - India
The Tusk That Did the Damage by Tania James - Kerala ★★★☆
The Shadow Lines by Amitav Ghosh - Kolkata ★★★☆
Miss Timmins' School for Girls by Nayana Currimbhoy - Maharashtra
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts - Mumbai ★★★☆
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry - Mumbai ★★★★★
Empires of the Indus: The Story of a River by Alice Albinia - Northern India
The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh - Sundarbans (West Bengal) ★★★★
The Gurkha's Daughter by Prajwal Parajuly - West Bengal and others ★★★★

[Ankit]

9/10

1. The Guardians of the Halahala by Shatrujeet Nath
2. The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
3. Aarushi by Avirook Sen
4. You Can Win: A Step by Step Tool for Top Achievers by Shiv Khera
5. Black Friday: The True Story Of The Bombay Bomb Blasts by S. Hussain Zaidi
6. The Karachi Deception by Shatrujeet Nath
7. The Dead Woman Writing by Rajat Pillai
8. Panoti In Blunderland by Pawan Jangid
9. Chicago Addresses by Swami Vivekananda

Up-next:
1. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
2. गोदान by Munshi Premchand
3. Go Clown - The Bad Boy Novel! by Shatrugna Vadwlas
4. The Complete Adventures of Feluda, Vol. 1 by Satyajit Ray

[Om]

10/10
Coinman: An Untold Conspiracy by Pawan Mishra

This is one of the best books I've read this year. Not just by an Indian author, but across all the books that i have read this year (I mostly read global writers). A must try.

[Ahtims]

Om wrote: "10/10
Coinman: An Untold Conspiracy by Pawan Mishra

This is one of the best books I've read this year. Not just by an Indian author, but across all the books that i have read this ..."

Great. You completed the challenge too :)

[William]

Completed my 2016 challenge :D

[dely]

William wrote: "Completed my 2016 challenge :D"

Congratulations! I'm way behind :-(
I've read only 4 so far, I'm sure I won't complete it till the end of the year.

[Avinash]

reserving the space..
hopefully the books include regional languages too apart from English..

[Ankit]

10/10

COMPLETED! Will pledge for more books next year.

1. The Guardians of the Halahala by Shatrujeet Nath - Loved it.
2. The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie - Uh... come again?
3. Aarushi by Avirook Sen - Loved it.
4. You Can Win: A Step by Step Tool for Top Achievers by Shiv Khera - Okay.
5. Black Friday: The True Story Of The Bombay Bomb Blasts by S. Hussain Zaidi - Mind blowing!
6. The Karachi Deception by Shatrujeet Nath - Loved it.
7. The Dead Woman Writing by Rajat Pillai - Okay.
8. Panoti In Blunderland by Pawan Jangid -ROFL
9. Chicago Addresses by Swami Vivekananda - Liked it.
10. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy - Liked it.

Up-next:
1. गोदान by Munshi Premchand - Acquired kindle ebook.
2. Go Clown - The Bad Boy Novel! by Shatrugna Vadwlas - Intrigued.
3. The Complete Adventures of Feluda, Vol. 1 by Satyajit Ray - Still trying to find the Hindi translation :(

[dely]

Ankit wrote: "10/10

COMPLETED! Will pledge for more books next year.

1. The Guardians of the Halahala by Shatrujeet Nath - Loved it.
2. The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie - Uh......"

Well done!

[dely]

Avinash wrote: "reserving the space..
hopefully the books include regional languages too apart from English.."

I think so, yes. It has to be written by an Indian author or talk about India.

If I'm wrong Smitha will correct me!

[Avinash]

dely wrote: "Avinash wrote: "reserving the space..
hopefully the books include regional languages too apart from English.."

I think so, yes. It has to be written by an Indian author or talk about India.

If I'm wrong Smitha will correct me!."

Out of many, here is my list of 10 books read in the recent 5-6 months this year. of course unofficially, the list grows day by day!!

English:
Immortal - Krishna Udayasankar
The Guardians of the Halahala,The Conspiracy at Meru - Shatrujeet Nath
Pradyumna - Son of Krishna , The Secret of God's Son - Usha Narayanan

Kannada:
Perini Tandava, Bhinnota - Dr.K.N.Ganeshaiah
Chanakya, Bheeshma - Su.Rudramurthy Shastry
Maha Samparka - Manu

[Shrikanth]

Hi This is Shrikanth my list of Indian Author books are
1) Mistress of Honour - Bhaavna Arora
2) Mumbai Avengers - S Hussain Zaidi
3) Rise of The Sun Prince - Shubha Vilas
4) A lot like Love and little like Choclate - Sumrit Shahi
5) Ramayana - The game of Life (Shattered Dreams) - Shubha Vilas
6) Ramayana - The Game of Life (Stolen Hope) - Shubha Vilas
7) Tea for two and a piece of cake - Preeti Shenoy
8) The Bestseller she Wrote - Ravi Subramanian
9) Raakshas - Piyush Jha
10) The One you Cannot Have - Preeti Shenoy
11) Just Friends - Sumrit Shahi
12) Never Kiss your Best Friend - Sumrit Shahi
13) Our Impossible Love - Durjoy Dutta
14) The Seeker - Karan Bajaj
15) The Secret Wish List - Preeti Shenoy
16) Menaka's Choice - Kavita Kane
17) Journey of two Hearts - Anuj Tiwari
18) It had to be you - Anuj Tiwari
19) Its not right but its ok - Anuj Tiwari
20) Forget me not, Stranger - Novoneel Chakraborty
21) We need a Revolution - Sachin Garg
22) The Curse of Brahma - Jagmohan Bhanver
23) Punk Sunk Love - Jeetendra Tiwari
24) Like A Love Song - Nikita Singh
25) Black Friday - S Hussain Zaidi
26) The Sailkot Saga - Ashwin Sanghi
27) The 3U-Turns of my Life - Jeet Gian
28) Secret Revealed - Christopher Doyle
29) The Secret of the Druids - Christopher Doyle
30) Goa Undercover - Madhumita Dhattacharyya
31) Scars do Heals - Shilpa Menon
32) She Swiped Right into my Heart - Sudeep Nagarkar
33) Doosra - Vish Dhamija
34) Deja Karma - Vish Dhamija
35) The Mahabharata Code - Karthikk B Rao
36) The Suitable Inheritor - Pushpendra Mehta
37) Naughty Proposal - Shanaya Taneja
38) The blood on my hands - Gaurav Dashputra
39) Life is a pack of 52 cards - Sumeet Jain
40) Destiny of Shattered Dreams - Nilesh Rathod
41) Kabira not Until I die - Arvind Parshar
42) Anant Dot com - Dr. Govind Sharma
43) Everyone has a story - Savi Sharma
44) Love Bi The way - Bhaavna Arora

[Sudharshaun]

guys suggest me any love-romance novels both foreign and indian authors! If it is really nice :)

[Lakpa]

My 2016 Indian Read:
completed books : 9 of 6 (150%)

[Ahtims]

welcome, Lakpa....
what is your target?

[Lakpa]

Em wrote: "welcome, Lakpa....
what is your target?"

now you can see me.