Indian Readers discussion

Dear friends, please suggest a good book written by an Indian for our December group book reads. You have till Nov 10 to suggest. The first 4 suggestions will be put up to vote. Thanks,

The Last Song of Dusk: A Novel -Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi

you have the book with you?

Spotted it in the library and want to read it :)

okay

How about Yuganta by Irawati Karve? Its not a new book but its a really fascinating read and its very interesting to discuss because of the reactions it gets from readers.

Manasi wrote: "How about Yuganta by Irawati Karve? Its not a new book but its a really fascinating read and its very interesting to discuss because of the reactions it gets from readers."

Looks interesting, along the lines of Immortals of Meluha? Or is it more of a study of the characters in Mahabharat?

River of smoke by Amitav Ghosh

okay, we've got 3, one more to go.

Animal people.

who is the author?

I think he means this book: by Indra Sinha

okay, will put all 4 up for polls

Ackzackhatly Vi.. Thats the book Animal's people by Indra Sinha.

Aacharya Didn't wrote: "Manasi wrote: "How about Yuganta by Irawati Karve? Its not a new book but its a really fascinating read and its very interesting to discuss because of the reactions it gets from readers."

Looks in..."

Yes you're right, its a study of the characters of the Mahabharata but from a refreshingly different perspective. Its a fantastic read and doesn't matter whether you have read the original epic or not, although the discussion will be even better if most readers have. I haven't read Immortals of Meluha yet so don't know if there's any similarity there.

Manasi, I haven't heard of this book before and now I want to get my hands on this book. Sounds very interesting.

Vi wrote: "Manasi, I haven't heard of this book before and now I want to get my hands on this book. Sounds very interesting."

Its an amazing book, I've re-read it several times and I always find something new each time. In fact we had this book as part of our MBA too, several management and philosophy lessons in there. Would love to discuss it with others if its selected for December.

Even if it's not selected,we can do a buddy read.

Sounds good

Mahabharata has lead to creations of so many books (Palace of illusions, The great indian novel, Yuganta) and I dont know how many more...also few movies...what a rich piece of literature!

Manasi wrote: "Aacharya Didn't wrote: "Manasi wrote: "How about Yuganta by Irawati Karve? Its not a new book but its a really fascinating read and its very interesting to discuss because of the reactions it gets ..."

Nothing like Immortals of Meluha. The author has tried to analyse characters based on the facts mentioned in Mahabharta. For eg (sorry if i am revealing too much) Bhishma age at time when the Ulitmate war is fought is calculated :)

Mansee wrote: "Mahabharata has lead to creations of so many books (Palace of illusions, The great indian novel, Yuganta) and I dont know how many more...also few movies...what a rich piece of literature!"
And a malayalam novel Randamoozham (translated as Second Turn)...It's a jnanpith winner... Mahabharatha from Bhima's POV...