Indian Readers discussion

Friends,
Nomination time arriveth.
Please, please, please pour in your nominations.
Eagerly anticipating... :)

Crime and Punishment

Good one, Gehna, has been in my to-read-list for a long time now. Need an impetus like a group read to start this one.

Even I wanted a BR or Group read... I hope this wins... otherwise a BR is already planned :D

I second Crime and Punishment. Wish to complete atleast one Dostoyevsky tome this year.

Yay. So you have already found two seconders. ( the word looks abnormal, but I don't know the exact word to use here.)

Hi, I am promoting this as I strongly feel that it is a matter of our national conscience. This book actually needs a group by itself IMHO. Thanks.

Aarushi by Avirook Sen

Also available in Hindi.

Kashmir, in fact, I am reading this book. Almost 40% through.

Lakshmi (as usual my devil autocorrect is responsible)

I read this a few years ago. Not exactly inspiring, or heartwarming...an easy read, nevertheless.

I would also recommend crime and punishment ..m getting a feeling it's one of those books which are so much better when read and discussed rather than a solitary read..

Lakshmi wrote: "Hi, I am promoting this as I strongly feel that it is a matter of our national conscience. This book actually needs a group by itself IMHO. Thanks.

Aarushi by [author:Avirook Sen|4..."

Even I agree with this book.

Shutter Island.

Manju, Shutter Island was our group read, and quite a successful one, a few months ago. So that one is out.

So far, we have
Crime and Punishment
Aarushi
I am not sure about The White Tiger, as I am not sure whether Rian nominated it here, or just mentioned the fact that it is an easy read.

Col. Smith wrote: "Manju, Shutter Island was our group read, and quite a successful one, a few months ago. So that one is out."

Oops didn't check the IR bookshelf.:)

Manju wrote: "Col. Smith wrote: "Manju, Shutter Island was our group read, and quite a successful one, a few months ago. So that one is out."

Oops didn't check the IR bookshelf.:)"

No probs :)
I myself in the past have seconded a book which was already read by me in the group read not quite a year ago!

My suggestions:

1. Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee.

2. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy.

Avinash, only a single suggestion per person. So , which one? Disgrace or God?

My Nomination: Guruji's Ashram by Sunil Sinha (Goodreads Author)
I found this is a good fiction book and got mystery inside of Godman Ashram.

Disclosure: this is one of 3 books which I got directly from Author after subscribing in Goodreads Giveaway.

Okay,Guruji's Ashram counted in.

My Nomination :A Passage to India If it is not already read.

Bitter wormwood by Easterine Kire

Not White tiger - Disgrace by Coetzee if we awant a modern writer, Dostoevsky if a classical one. If Coetzee has not been discussed, he should be

Well, I nominate Gormenghast again by Mervyn Peake. A very humorous book and one that should be better-known.

Great choices. I would like to nominate Wings Of Fire:An Autobiography, if its not already been a group read. We all need to learn more about the Great Man, at least i surely do. :)

All the above haven't been read before. I will add all the books that had been seconded to the poll list. We have till 12th to keep up the suggestions coming.
Sita, you may suggest a book, or second a book. The voters decide which to read :)

Crime and punishment, I too want to read it.

Col. Smith wrote: ...
I am not sure about The White Tiger, as I am not sure whether Rian nominated it here, or just mentioned the f..."

What can Ram say when Sita says no? No, no nom for the sullied ride of Lord Ayyappan...

Smith & Rajesh, I am sure you agree that the court scenes in Aarushi were so like Alice in Wonderland ! Hard to believe that a court could function in such an absurd manner ! This could happen to anyone ! Well, if it gets selected for September, then we can all sit and discuss it.

sure, Lakshmi. I have stopped it at halfway through because I was so much affected, and started having insomnia. But first it has to win the polls.

My Nominations :

(1) Disgrace
(2) Life and Times of Micheal K
(3) The god of small things
(4) I am okay with The white tiger. I liked it.
(5) Inheritance of Loss and hullabaloo in Guava Orchard
(6) The Satanic Verses.

1) The God of Small Things
2) Wolf Hall
3) The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Ravi, Sreedhar, only single nominations please. And you can second a book which has already been nominated.

For example, Ravi can nominate Satanic verses (which hasn't been nominated before) and second Disgrace.(which already has been nominated by someone else)

Nomination for September, if I may. This author's story is inspirational . Not sure I'll be able to get a copy to read, though...

Ballad of Bapu

Gandhi's life told in verse, with humor, philosophical humility and grace.

I am nominating 1984 (yes, I am yet to read it :/ )

i am nominating Safe Haven and i second A Passage to India

Glad to see that many people are nominating The god of small things . I am currenly reading that book and enjoying each and evry bit of her writing !!

Nominations so far:
(The ones in bold are the ones that have been seconded; will keep updating based on further nominations/recommendations)

1. Crime and Punishment (Gehna)
2. Aarushi by Avirook Sen (Lakshmi)
3. Ramdas (Rian)
4. Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee (Avinash)
5. Guruji's Ashram by Sunil Sinha (Rajesh)
6. A Passage to India (Arpit)
7. Bitter Wormwood (Vikas)
8. Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake (Carol)
9. Wings Of Fire:An Autobiography (Prashant)
10.Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard (Ravi)
11.The God of Small Things (Shreedhar)
12.Ballad of Bapu (Joyce)
13. 1984 (Shoa)
14. Safe Heaven (Annette)

I nominate Guruji's Ashram by Sunil Sinha

its already nominated, Saket. You may second it.

Nomination: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
and I second: 1984

I second Guruji's Ashram by Sunil Sinha.

So far, we have [all seconded for]
Crime and Punishment
Guruji's Ashram
A Passage to India
1984
Aarushi
The God of Small Things

I second 1984 :)

The Bankster by Ravi Subramanian

The God of Small Things :)

I second Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard