Name: Ohh Yes I Am Single.. And So Is My GirlfriendAuthor: Durjoy Dutta and Neeti RustagiReading Time: 3-4 metro rides About the Book: The book is about the numerous love affairs that the male protagonist, named Durjoy, after the author, gets into and gets out of… and also how easily he gets in and out…
Name: IntimacyAuthor: Hanif KureishiReading Time: 10 metro rides (not read in the metro) About the Book: Intimacy is a very ‘intimate’ book. It borders on obscenity in its language at many places. Several times I got so disgusted that I wanted to put it down. But if you ever go past the dirty old man…
Name: InvasionAuthor: Robin CookReading Time: 10-15 metro rides About the Book: Invasion, like all robin cook books, is a medical fiction… this time medical fiction took an extra terrestial turn.. an alien life force, took the form of a virus and infected almost the whole of earth, taking it over to ensure a safe environment…
Name: Laakhi (Hindi)Author: Anotn Chekov (Name of translator: unknown)Reading Time: 1 metro ride About the Book:Laakhi is a Russian short story based on a pet dog’s perception of her life. Her getting lost in the hustle bustle of the city, finding a new owner, getting trained for a circus and finding her old master back….
Name: Babe: The Gallant PigAuthor: Dick King SmithReading Time: 2-3 metro rides (not read in the metro) About the Book:Babe is the story of a gallant pig who reaches a farmhouse as a piglet. The farmhouse did not want a pig but gets one and welcomes one. The farmer’s dog thinks most animals other than…
Name: Foucault for BeginnersAuthor: Lydia Alix FillinghamTime Taken: 2 metro rides I have never read Foucualt before. I don’t know if I ever will again. But like all “for beginners” book, this one is interesting and very readable. The supplementary sketches add to the interseting view point Foucault has presented to life. I have unfortunately…
Name: The UntouchableAuthor: Mulk Raj AnandTime Taken: 4-5 metro ridesThe title is self explanatory. It is a book that tells the tale of a young boy born in a scavenger family. By caste, the lowest in the hierarchy of the untouchables. Considered touch-worthy only by fellow untouchables of the same caste and the…
name: zindagi zindadili ka naam haiauthor: zakiya zahirtime taken: 10 metro rides this is a book of short stories in a mix of hindi and urdu with a dash of random english thrown in. but mostly hindi and urdu. amazingly lucid and entertaining… written brilliantly. it is un-put-down-able… it talks of everyday life experiences and…
name: siege of mithilaauthor: ashok bankerreading time: 10-12 metro rides siege of mithila is book 2 of banker’s ramayana.. i had written about the first one in this blog on feb 9, 2010. the book is captivating. but would have been more so if i had not read the ramayana and the harry potter series….
name: imam bukhari ka napkin (hindi)author: musharraf aalam zaukireading time: 6-8 metro rides it is a book of short stories in urdu mixed hindi… very very close to life.. in fact it is so real in the most everyday things that it is somtimes spooky… largely talks of the inner psychic world of individuals in…
