Indian Readers discussion

I am just putting out an idea here. If a person wants to read a book, and feels like having someone to discuss it with, he or she can post a request here. For example, I am going to read 'Great Gatsby' next. So I can just post a request saying I am reading great gatsby, will someone agree to be my reading buddy? If someone agrees, we can just form a separate thread under Cozy Reads and continue our discussion here. (This was just an example I am not going to read Great Gatsby now)

For example, I star reading "The Myths and Gods of India" and I can annoy you with my thousand questions here starting a discussion?
I like it :D

:D Great one, this should be very convenient!

Hmm....this is great.....I would start reading Umberto Eco's - ....Foucault's Pendulum

dely wrote: "For example, I star reading "The Myths and Gods of India" and I can annoy you with my thousand questions here starting a discussion?
I like it :D"
Yes, Dely. Provided you get a buddy who is willing to read with you :-)

Shabbeer wrote: "Hmm....this is great.....I would start reading Umberto Eco's - ....Foucault's Pendulum"

I have heard so much about Umberto Eco. I have watched teh movie "the name of the rose' - so I would like to try him out. But let me warn you, I may desert you in the middle if I find it too tough for me.

Smitha wrote: "Yes, Dely. Provided you get a buddy who is willing to read with you :-)"

You mustn't read it, you know already everything! :D

actually my knowledge of Indian mythology is not good. I just remember whatever I have heard from my grandmothers and read from my son's story books

dely wrote: "For example, I star reading "The Myths and Gods of India" and I can annoy you with my thousand questions here starting a discussion?
I like it :D"

Hey dely, its great you are starting off with this book next... Let me find out with my lending library if this book is available with them and i will to join you to read this....and most importantly discuss.....

Smitha wrote: "Shabbeer wrote: "Hmm....this is great.....I would start reading Umberto Eco's - ....Foucault's Pendulum"

I have heard so much about Umberto Eco. I have watched teh movie "the name of ..."

He He.....Its not a problem !! I would be happy to read along and discuss the nittie-gritties of the book... I too have heard a lot about him and i thought this book would be the best starting point.....I just hope it wouldn't be another Marquez....I cannot stand another romantic fantasy unbelievable story!!!!

Shabbeer wrote: "Hey dely, its great you are starting off with this book next... Let me find out with my lending library if this book is available with them and i will to join you to read this....and most importantly discuss..... "

Thanks. I will let you know when I will start it.
Unfortunately I don't like Umberto Eco even if I have never read his books (they don't inspire me) so I can't read with you.

Smitha wrote: "Shabbeer wrote: "Hmm....this is great.....I would start reading Umberto Eco's - ....Foucault's Pendulum"

I have heard so much about Umberto Eco. I have watched teh movie "the name of ..."

Yes I have seen that movie too.It is one of my favorite movies.I haven't read the book though.

I'm with you Shabbeer, I'd love to read that book but unfortunately I can't find an ebook version of it anywhere and right now, I am not in a position of going out and searching for a book as rare as Umberto Eco's book

I might have it. Not sure. Message me your email if you want it.

okay.Thanks.

Smitha wrote: "I might have it. Not sure. Message me your email if you want it."

I got it.Thank you sooooooooooooooooooooooooo very much

@Shabber giddy up brother, I'm in!

@ Anyone to read 'Life of Pi' ??

I want to read it since long..let me check if i have a copy..

Hmm..
It's not a big book..And as much as I read,interesting enough.

Hi Sherin, Count me in!!!U already started?

I want to read it too. But what to do? One head, two eyes, limited time.....

Yeah.. I'll wait for 2 more days.. ;)

I can continue with Pillars of the earth or finish some light read in between, so that you guys can join too.. :)

You start. Dont wait for us. Just put up a new thread in the cozy reads folder. Just now I am reading One hundred years and am stuck with it. It has slowed down my reading considerably. Such a peculiar novel.
I am not reading anything else seriously right now. I plan to start on Foucault's pendulum and Life of Pi and see where it leads me

Meenakshi wrote: "@Shabber giddy up brother, I'm in!"

Did you get the ebook version ? I recently got it from the lending library....

dely wrote: "Shabbeer wrote: "Hey dely, its great you are starting off with this book next... Let me find out with my lending library if this book is available with them and i will to join you to read this....a..."

Hey dely, did you start off with that book of yours?

Shabbeer, if you are ready create a new thread under the heading cozy reads. Then we will join in on an 'as and when' basis

Shabbeer wrote: "Hey dely, did you start off with that book of yours? "

Not yet.
I am reading Therese Raquin by Émile Zola.
I still don't know when I will read it but I will tell you.

Shabbeer wrote: "Meenakshi wrote: "@Shabber giddy up brother, I'm in!"

Did you get the ebook version ? I recently got it from the lending library...."

DUH!!! Smitha sent it to me...

dely wrote: "Shabbeer wrote: "Hey dely, did you start off with that book of yours? "

Not yet.
I am reading Therese Raquin by Émile Zola.
I still don't know when I will read it b..."

Emile Zola....heard of her somewhere...oh yeah I remember now...she was in our history book...

Meenakshi wrote: "Emile Zola....heard of her somewhere...oh yeah I remember now...she was in our history book..."

It's a "he" :-)

Emile Zola

really??? our book says he is she!!! (a blunder I guess)
but somehow it says so.
Try laying your hands on the history NCERT class 10
then I'll tell you where it is written..

Meenakshi wrote: "really??? our book says he is she!!! (a blunder I guess)
but somehow it says so.
Try laying your hands on the history NCERT class 10
then I'll tell you where it is written.."

This page is better: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emile_zola

I have seen only now that the page of GR I have linked is without any detail about the writer
:-(

Perhaps there is a mistake in your book, let me know if you find it again.

OMG!!!! and a girl's picture is also given in our book!!! She is described as Emile Zola!!!!!

sue the book authors and editors, Meeen :)

@ Meen Hell we had the same book....and till now even i thought he was a she.....NCERT's finally lost it!!!!!

Meenakshi wrote: "OMG!!!! and a girl's picture is also given in our book!!! She is described as Emile Zola!!!!!"

Ahahah, perhaps a homonym.

Btw, I have started reading Mahabharata. Till now everything ok, I understand everything even if I feel the lack of an interpretation and a comment to not lose anything of the deep teaching.
Somebody will join me in the read? I am at the marriage between Draupadi and Arjuna (and his brothers).

Akanksha wrote: "You know dely i can join you but after five days.......can't read sacred texts at the moment...."

No problems, I understand what you mean ;-)

Akanksha wrote: "Okay hold on, u guys have it wrong. Some far off relation of ourz died(i didnt evn knw hm) and we're nt suposd to pray or anything til the thirteenth day of his death....god this is embarassing!"

Why? Perhaps there is a reason for this and surely people like to follow these doctrines and customs and they feel better doing so.
But I also think everybody should pray when he wants and like he wants; it is a personal thing in my opinion. At the end I am not so religious like I probably seem and I do not love the impositions of religions, any religion.

I really don't know. When my grandad died we didnt cook anythng at home for the entire thirteen days. Its some sort of custom for the dead person's soul or something. Infact its a bit over the top. For the entire duration my grandmother slept on the floor and then we had to throw away all the clothes she used during those thirteen days including the bed sheets and everything. Till last year i didn't know about any of these customs.

Here for example, in rural villages of the south, women must bring the mourning dressing for a lot of months only black clothes. When the husband or the children die they must wear black clothes all life long and somebody does in this way also when parents die. I don't know if this is said by religion or if it so only for a custom but if these women don't do so other people could think they are happy somebody died; other women are proud to do so and to show in this way their suffering for the death of a relative they loved.

I know....what sounds stupid is that you have to do all this just to show you cared about the person who died. It's pathetic really. Like my dad didnt want my grandmom to sleep on the floor, it was december and damn cold. our family didn't have a problem with it but the neighbours were all over my dad that this wasn't right and stuff.

thankfully in our household the 5 day thing is restricted to only not going to temple, and my mother insists on a bath if she visits a dead body. When my grandma died my parents, uncles and aunts didnot eat anything for the rest of the day (though we kids did, we didnot light lamp or visit temple for 10-plus days, but otherwise life went on.

Akanksha wrote: "Okay hold on, u guys have it wrong. Some far off relation of ourz died(i didnt evn knw hm) and we're nt suposd to pray or anything til the thirteenth day of his death....god this is embarassing!"

hehehehehehe....hehehehehehe.....hehehehehe....can't stop laughing!!! hell yeah...even I got it wrong the first time.....hahahahaha....

Akanksha wrote: "@ Meen Hell we had the same book....and till now even i thought he was a she.....NCERT's finally lost it!!!!!"

seriously....and I was one of those with blinded faith on the NCERT!!!
Guess my father is always right..

@Meen....Its NOT funny....
Btw even i had complete fauth in NCERT until of course this happened....I just can't believe it...this is MAJOR......

Akanksha wrote: "@Meen....Its NOT funny....
Btw even i had complete fauth in NCERT until of course this happened....I just can't believe it...this is MAJOR......"

yeah indeed...let me see.I have my holidays so maybe I can write a letter to the NCERT.
and about the funny thing that is not funny....how about deleting our comments??

Not a bad idea....actually both are good ideas...

Anybody read the Bartimaeus trilogy? Heard great things about it.

Teja wrote: "Anybody read the Bartimaeus trilogy? Heard great things about it."

Looks pretty good.. Im going to put it up for the july group read if u dont! :P

I love that series.. Bartimaeus is sooo witty..:)

However ,I don't know if putting it up for group reads is a good idea,because there are 3 books in the series which completes the story..(Pretty much like Harry Potter).
Better try cozy reads.

@Hazel: Those books, I think, bear certain resemblance to pillows I use. And hence to Tolstoy's novels ;)