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Gorab is Currently Reading

Gorab is currently reading

House of Leaves

by Mark Z. Danielewski (Goodreads Author)

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Gorab said: " DNF at 70 pages in 5 months!
Maybe some other day.
Dropping it for now. "

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"Where narratives in film and fiction often rely on virtually immediate reactions, reality is far more insistent and infmitely (literally) more patient." — Oct 12, 2022 11:52PM

Apr 05, 2023 10:38PM · see review

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The Poisonwood Bible

by Barbara Kingsolver

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The Bed of Procrustes

by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Goodreads Author)

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Gorab’s Notes & Highlights

Dilli Darbaar (Hindi) by Satya Vyas

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“अपना-अपना नसीब है भाई! कुछ लोग जिंदगी भर दूसरों की सिस्टर सेट करते हैं और कुछ लोग जिंदगी भर दूसरों का बिस्तर सेट करते हैं।”

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“The deer’s life is over, but he has not lived in fear of death. It is only man’s imagination and fear of the hereafter that makes him afraid of meeting death.”
― Ruskin Bond, Unhurried Tales: My Favourite Novellas

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“The nettles stung me viciously on the hands and face, and I cursed in my best Hindustani. The European languages have their strengths, but for the purposes of cursing out loud you can’t beat some of the Indian languages for range and originality.”
― Ruskin Bond, Tales of Fosterganj

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“जैसे कैक्टस का पौधा कम जल पीता है, बड़े आदमी का बच्चा कम पढता है।”
― Giriraj Kishore, ढाई घर

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“In due course, life returned to normal, as it always does in India, post earthquakes, cyclones, riots, epidemics and cricket controversies. Apathy, or lethargy, or a combination of the two, soon casts a spell over everything and the most traumatic events are quickly forgotten.”
― Ruskin Bond, Tales of Fosterganj

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“I had always considered it an admirable thing to break away from security and respectability. Of course, it is easier for a man to do this. A man can look after himself, he can do without neighbours and the approval of the local society. A woman, I reasoned, would do anything for love provided it was not at the price of security; for a woman loves security as much as a man loves independence.”
― Ruskin Bond, Unhurried Tales: My Favourite Novellas

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