name: stones into schoolsauthor: greg mortensonreading time: 20 metro rides and a little more stones into schools, in its own words is a story of promoting peace in afghanistan and pakistan through schools and not guns.. it describes, with painstaking detail, the effort made by mortenson in association with the central asia institute to set…
name: valmiki ramayanaauthor: anand prakashreading time: wasnt read in the metro but should be about 5-6 metro rides valmiki ramayana is yes.. valmiki ramayana.. nothing new.. the same old story.. have heard and read the story umpteen times so there was not much new.. except that valmiki ramayana has a lot less hero worshipping… though…
name: the tales of beedle the bardauthor: j k rowlingreading time: 2 metro rides the tales of beedle the bard is a very thin book… as is evident from the time taken to read it… i bought it from the book fair this year at an almost 85% discount… i should have known then that…
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…
