name: escape from childhoodauthor: john holtreading time: 4 metro rides escape from childhood is a powerful book… talks about how children are treated and how it impinges on a lot of their rights… sort of hits you in the face… it is not anything new if you have already done a few courses in education……
name : 2 statesauthor: chetan bhagatreading time: 4-5 metro rides 2 states is a time pass book.. the theme is inter community marriage… blatantly stereotypical.. exaggerated to put any bollywood movie to shame… full of drama… to give credit to bhagat, at least the hero does not fight 10 goons all by himself.. but yeah…
name: prince of ayodhayaauthor: ashok k bankerreading time: 20 metro rides atleast (became a slow distracted reader this time) prince of ayodhaya is book 1 of a series of 6 books of the ramayana. very interestingly written. the language is quite fluid. reads almost like harry potter with ravana taking the space of the “dark…
the inauguration of jashn-e-bachpan was a-ma-zing!!! reached ten minutes before the scheduled time. got a scolding for not being on time. finally entered 20 minutes after schedule time. all entrances were closed as there was more crowd than expected. they had to schedule a second show for the overflowing audience. we sat on the floor…
name: krishnavatarauthor: pavan vermareading time: 4 metro rides (read ten days back.. so don’t remember entirely) a book about all the various ways in which krishna can be appreciated, interpreted and worshiped… is written in a highly interpretive manner… is quite subjective as the author has tried his level best to show krishna in a…
name: contagionauthor: robin cookreading time: 3 metro rides and one and a half chhuttis interesting book.. like all books by the author, it is fast paced.. gives an adrenalin rush at many places… the end is a little long drawn.. 15 pages could have been summarised in 3.. highlights the unpredictability of human nature… very…
Name: Vikram and VetalAuthor: Polie something something (sorry .. no offense)Reading Time: 2 and one quarter metro rides vikram and vetal.. the old book of short stories, written in the simplest possible english, probably to suit grade vi students, is an interesting and easy read… the occasional drawings in the book that supplement the stories…
Name: A life less ordinaryAuthor: Baby HalderReading time: About 8 and a half metro rides A life less ordinary is the story of a young woman and the struggle she faces as she grows up, gets married as a teenager, has kids, separates from her husband, starts working and in the course, ends up at…
