Indian Readers discussion

Once again we continue our challenge dedicated to Indian books and / or books set in India.

You can use this thread to keep track of the books you read toward this challenge by reserving a comment and then updating it throughout the year as you continue reading.

Here is the link to the challenge where you can pledge the number of books you want to read:

India 2019 Challenge

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🙋I pledge 20 books

1. Tantu - The Loom of Life (Jan 1-

*IN* 8 books

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I'm in!

5 books

Em*bedded-in-books* wrote: "🙋I pledge 20 books

1. Tantu - The Loom of Life (Jan 1-"

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20 books and Tantu.

My Target - 5. Completed 8 Books ✔

1. The Tamil story : Through the times, through the tides
2. The book of chocolate saints
3. The adivasi will not dance
4. Aniladum mundril (Tamil)
5. Nylon kayiru (Tamil)
6. Adarvanathin yatchi (Tamil)
7. Night Theatre
8. Indian Tales

I want to read *whatever number I am able to read by the end of the year :P* books for this challenge!
1. In Custody
2. Swami and Friends

1. The Accidental Prime Minister

Reserved!!

I pledge to read 10 Indian books.

1. Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag (Jan 1- Jan1)

I want to pledge 10 books

Starting with

1. Our trees still grow in Dehra- Ruskin Bond

I pledge 3 books

1. Bhutan: For the Indian Traveller by A. D. Mahapatra (March 1 - March 10)
2. The Story of My Experiments With Truth by M. K. Gandhi
3. Shree Shiv Maha Puran by Geeta Press (Jan 1 -
4. Passport to a Healthy Pregnancy by Dr. Gita Arjun (May 2 -

Pledging 25 books.

I pledge two books

1. My Gita by Devdutt Pattanaik
2. A Corner of a Foreign Field by Ramachandra Guha

Pledging 12 for the year :)

I pledge 6 books

I pledge to read 18 books.

Pledging for 5 and hoping to read more than that..

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I pledge 20 books.

1. India Unbound: The Social and Economic Revolution from Independence to the Global Information Age
2. The Forest of Enchantments
3. A Fine Balance
4. Walking With The Comrades
5. Dreamers: How Young Indians Are Changing the World
6. The Paradoxical Prime Minister
7. Waiting for a Visa

1. The Tree Bears Witness by Sharath Komarraju; 12/05/2019

I pledge to read 6 books :)

1. Prem Kabootar by Manav Kaul
2. How I Taught My Grandmother to Read and Other Stories by Sudha Murty
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I'm planning to try 6 books.

I am in for 15 books.
1) Kashmir: The Vajpayee Years by A.S. Dulat
2) An Uncertain Glory: India and Its Contradictions by Jean Drèze and Amartya Sen
3) Sense And Solidarity - Jholawala Economics for Everyone by Jean Drèze
4)Courting the People: Public Interest Litigation in Post-Emergency India by Anuj Bhuwania
5) Bullshit Quotient by Ranjeev C Dubey
6)The Raisina Model: Indian Democracy at 70 by Meghnad Desai
7) How India Became Democratic by Ornit Shani
8) River of Smoke by Amitav Ghosh
9) The Adivasi Will Not Dance by Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
10) The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity by Amartya Sen
11) Flood of Fire by Amitav Ghosh
12) Republic of Caste by Anand Teltumbde

I don't know how many books I would read or would be able to read, but for now, I at least have the following books by Bibek Debroy in queue:

1) Mahabharata (10 volumes) by Bibek Debroy Mahabharata

2) The Valmiki Ramayana (3 volumes) by Bibek Debroy The Valmiki Ramayana

3) Harivamsha by Bibek Debroy Harivamsha

I pledge 5 Indian books. Though I have not decided on the books yet.

I am pledging 30 books.
1. Immortal India: Articles and Speeches by Amish - Amish Tripathi
2. Understanding the Founding Fathers: An Enquiry into the Indian Republic's Beginnings - Rajmohan Gandhi
3. Democracy's XI: The Great Indian Cricket Story - Rajdeep Sardesai
4. Small Towns, Big Stories - Ruskin Bond
5. Jiya Jale: The Stories of Songs - Gulzar, Nasreen Munni Kabir
6. Zakir Hussain: A Life in Music - Nasreen Munni Kabir
7. What Religion Is the Words of Swami Vivekananda - Swami Vivekananda
8. Walking in Clouds: A Journey to Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar - Kavitha Yaga Buggana
9. Yuganta: The End of an Epoch - Iravati Karve
10. GABAN - Munshi Premchand
11. Brothers At War - Alex Rutherford
12. Rain in the Mountains: Notes from the Himalayas - Ruskin Bond
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If I understand correctly, this challenge is to read books by Indian authors or books based on India?

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I pledge to read all novels by Munsi Premchand.

Nick wrote: "If I understand correctly, this challenge is to read books by Indian authors or books based on India?

*Reserved*"

That's right. Either of those count.

Shazia wrote: "Do I have to decide already? which books I'm gonna read?"

Nope!

Only one book and I will finish this challenge! Ok, I pledged only 5 books and it isn't a lot, but I'm however happy :D

Of the 4 books read, the best till now has been Shalimar the Clown.

I have been able to compete the task, I guess have finished 23 books. will update soon. .before Dec 31 for sure ;)

I have completed this challenge :) 25 books.

1. Shower of Gold: Girls and Women in the Stories of India
2. Nadaga Sinthanaigal
3. Needhidevan Mayakkam - நீதிதேவன் மயக்கம்
4. poi thevu
5. வண்ணமலை இரகசியம்: vannamalai ragasiyam
6. உப்பு வேலி - Uppu Veli: The Great hedge of India - தமிழாக்கம் - சிறில் அலெக்ஸ்
7. உறக்கம்கொள்ளவில்லையடி……. உயிரே
8. Enn Kanmani Thamarai
9. Moovar: A Collection of Short Stories
10. The Storyteller's Secret
11. பேழை: மறைபொருள்
12. காண் என்றது இயற்கை
13. Myth = Mithya: A Handbook of Hindu Mythology
14. மணல் கடிகை
15. Samrat
16. Keralathil Yengo
17. Sindha Nathi: Ninaivalaikal
18. Aniladum Mundril
19. ஆதலினால் Aadhalinaal
20. ருத்ரநேத்ரா
21. Thaneer Desam
22. Shantaram
23. Kafan
24. போர்வைக்குள் புகுந்த பூநாகம்
25. எனதருமை டால்ஸ்டாய்: enatharumai tolstoy

Completed my challenge reading Sermon on the Mount According to Vedanta by Prabhavananda.

My books:
The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh 4*
Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie 3*
Luka and the Fire of Life by Salman Rushdie 2*
Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie 4,5*
Sermon on the Mount According to Vedanta by Prabhavananda 4*

Completed this challenge with 26 books :)

1. Oru Nathiganin Pirarthanaigal: ஒரு நாத்திகனின் பிரார்த்தனைகள்
2. கரைந்த நிழல்கள்
3. Thaneer Desam
4. Scion of Ikshvaku
5. Theethum Nandrum
6. சிந்தா நதி
7. காண் என்றது இயற்கை
8. Asura: Tale Of The Vanquished
9. The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic
10. A Tiger for Malgudi
11. Picturing Time: The Greatest Photographs of Raghu Rai
12. The Goddess in India: The Five Faces of the Eternal Feminine
13. In The Name of God
14. The Book of Ram
15. Kallikaattu Ithigaasam
16. Moovar: A Collection of Short Stories
17. Where the Rain is Born: Writings about Kerela
18. சுருதி
19. வெக்கை / Vekkai
20. 96: தனிப்பெருங்காதல்: 96: Thaniperunkadhal
21. தலித்துகளும் நிலமும்: பஞ்சமி நிலம் கிடைத்த வரலாறு
22. Karuvachi Kaaviyam
23. The Imperial Way: By Rail from Peshawar to Chittagong
24. Indha Pookkal Virpanaikku Alla
25. The Gift of Anger: And Other Lessons from My Grandfather Mahatma Gandhi
26. பாரதி நினைவுகள் / Bharathi Ninaivugal