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An Equal Music was prescribed to a classmate (prescribed like a doctor's prescription). When he finished the book he called me late at nig..."
Yes Raag Darbari was good! I know you'll like it too.
Have you read any other book by Vikram Seth?
Other than Equal Music, I read A Suitable Boy
Though equal music was very good (I also hate romance genre by the way :P), but felt it was pale in comparison to ASB. Planning to read his other works too.
Didn't knew you read Chughtai too :) I've read a couple of them - Masooma; Jangli Kabootar
And have hoarded 3-4 of them this year to be read sometime next year.
If you like Manto, I'd recommend you to read - Dozakhnama : Jab Manto Hue Ghalib se RuBuRu (Please read the Hindi version or the Bengali version and avoid the English translation)
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112. Batman:Hush - ★★★☆☆
113. Non Resident Bihari - ★½☆☆☆
114. निठल्ले की डायरी - ★★★½☆
Gorab wrote: "Meenakshi wrote: "OMG!! You read Raag Darbari! I plan to read it in January.An Equal Music was prescribed to a classmate (prescribed like a doctor's prescription). When he finished the book he cal..."
I read A Suitable Boy in school. Took me an year and an angry librarian. I also tried reading The Golden Gate but verse novel didn't go down well on me.
Chughtai's Lihaaf was in my syllabus. The teacher who taught me that paper is also a theatre artist who works on Manto and Chughtai.
The same teacher recommended Dozakhnama to me. I'll read it some day.
Gorab wrote: "I finished 3 books in October : 112. Batman:Hush - ★★★☆☆
113. Non Resident Bihari - ★½☆☆☆
114. निठल्ले की डायरी - ★★★½☆ "
I've read excerpts from Nithalle ki Diary by Harishankar Parsai. It is excellent. I'm waiting to procure the book from the friend who had it. I tried searching for it in Daryaganj Sunday market but couldn't find it.
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Chughtai's Lihaaf was in my syllabus. The teacher who taught me that paper is also a theatre artist who works on Manto and Chughtai.
The same teacher recommended Dozakhnama to me. I'll read it some day. "
Getting taught from a theatre artist! This sounds so very exciting. Share any other recos from that teacher. Asking out of curiosity because of Dozakhnama reco.
Nithalle ki Diary I read on Kindle Unlimited. And I plan to read more essays by him.
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115. Tales from Firozsha Baag - ★★★★+
Gem of a read. Mistry is a fabulous writer. Highly recommended.
X. Hunkar (Hindi) - DNF at 25%
I need to do more homework before picking any other book by Dinkar ji.
116. Miss Laila, Armed and Dangerous - ★★½☆☆ (weekly group)
Read in Oct but forgot to update.
117. Decoding Bollywood: Stories of 15 Film Directors - ★★★☆☆
Picked this for the love of bollywood.
118. Preeti Katha - ★★★☆☆ (with wife)
Wife DNF'd after 75%. She found the conversations too philosophical and boring.
119. Bina Deewaron Ke Ghar - ★★★★☆ (with wife)
Wife - ★★★☆☆
We both liked it overall.
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Manju wrote: "119 and still counting! :)"I'm jealous of him.
Gorab wrote: "November fared better than October. In spite of a very busy schedule, glad to steal half an hour a day... and hence read the below without context.115. Tales from Firozsha Baag - ★★★★+
Gem of a..."
What exactly is Decoding Bollywood about?
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My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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120. Dushman Aur Dushman - ★★★★☆
Came to know of this author while buying his Sahitya Akademi winner - Dhai Ghar....and impulsively bought the short story collection. Didn't know I'd read this before Dhai Ghar... which seems to be a tome :|
121. The Picador Book Of Cricket - ★★☆☆☆
A book on cricket by Guha! Could it get better than this? But unfortunately I didn't turn out to be that cricket scholar who'd appreciate these classic rare articles.
Looking forward in 2018 to another cricket book by Guha sir - A Corner of a Foreign Field: The Indian History of a British Sport
122. Chitralekha - ★★★☆☆
Bought in 2016, similar case of Dushman aur Dushman.... wanted to read the Sahitya Akademi winner - Bhoole Bisre Chitra, impulsively bought this and read this before BBC... as that one is a big tome :|
123. If It’s Monday It Must Be Madurai: A Conducted Tour of India - ★★★★☆
Rarely happens when I read a book within a couple of days of buying it. This one turned out to be a delight :)
124. Stories of Your Life and Others - ★★★★+
All hail to the great Ted Chiang. I've become a fan of his works and will continue reading all of his books and articles.
125. A Flawed God - ★★☆☆☆
Another impulsive buy in which the only good thing was its cover and title. Will I ever judge a book again by its cover? Definitely YES! :D
Five of the above books were from my physical shelf..... paving way to continue reading more from physical shelf in 2018. (dely, you are the biggest inspiration for this!)
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Almost 50% of total reads.
Its confirmed then - my Kindle addiction is gone :P
Gorab wrote: "dely, you are the biggest inspiration for this!Hehe, I'm glad to help to "clean" the physical shelves of my friends :D
Next year I think I will read a lot of religious books. Will see if I will be an inspiration also with this!
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An Equal Music was prescribed to a classmate (prescribed like a doctor's prescription). When he finished the book he cal..."
Yep.