Infibeam always has as does amazon.in. Check Indiabookstore.net for
price comparisons.
On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 6:31 AM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 5:05 AM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote:
Also, looks like flipkart will not accept international credit cards.
Anyone
I use http://isbn.net.in/
Pretty easy and nifty for price comparisons.
-- Vinayak
On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 2:19 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.comwrote:
Infibeam always has as does amazon.in. Check Indiabookstore.net for
price comparisons.
On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 6:31 AM, Thaths
On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Vinayak Hegde vinay...@gmail.com wrote:
I use http://isbn.net.in/
Thanks, I took a look at it. It appears pretty limited in terms of
search and features though lightweight and ad-free.
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 5:05 AM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote:
Also, looks like flipkart will not accept international credit cards.
Anyone know of how I can get a one-time use Indian credit card number
loaded with a pre-set amount?
Flipkart has *finally* started accepting payment with
On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 12:58 AM, Supriya Nair supriya.n...@gmail.com wrote:
My favourite book this year was Neera Adarkar's brilliant anthology,
Galleries of Life: The Chawls of Mumbai. Of more general interest, I
thought Aman Sethi's A Free Man was outstanding, as will Naresh Fernandes'
Taj
Heartily recommend all three books by Atul Gawande! Outstanding writing,
compelling subjects, lucid and cogent arguments.
Cheers
Divya
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On 5 Dec 2011, at 19:23, Aanjhan Ranganathan aanj...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 8:14 PM, Anish Mohammed
On Tue, Dec 06, 2011 at 12:26:16AM +0530, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan wrote:
On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 12:19 AM, Sidin Vadukut sidin.vadu...@gmail.comwrote:
4. Anything by Arnaldur Indridasson. I discovered this Icelandic crime
writer this year.
He's very popular over here, too.
(He's
On Sun, Dec 04, 2011 at 10:05:52AM -0800, Thaths wrote:
Has anyone read The Immortals Of Meluha by Amish Tripati:
http://www.landmarkonthenet.com/books/the-immortals-of-meluha/9789380658742
?
The books sounds interesting from it's description. But no idea if it is
any good.
Read it.
On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 4:17 PM, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote:
On Friday 02 Dec 2011 1:57:18 am ashok _ wrote:
south asian cultural influence on mexico in the 17th century
What culture was found in South Asia in the 17th century that might have
influenced Mexico? Pakistani? Indian?
On Wednesday 07 Dec 2011 12:07:40 am ashok _ wrote:
Actually that was a typo on my part, I meant to say south india and I
typed south asia ... which I noticed has spawned a contrarian argument
Thanks for the clarification :)
Besides how can this thread not drift? It's frustrating.
shiv
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So, having identified a deficiency, Shoba, got recommendations?
I loved Beautiful Thing by Sonia Faleiro. Art of Choosing by Sheena Iyengar.
Price of Privilege by Madeline someone. Levine? and
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So, having identified a deficiency, Shoba, got recommendations?
I loved Beautiful Thing by Sonia Faleiro. Art
: Shoba Narayan
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On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 12:19 AM, Sidin Vadukut sidin.vadu...@gmail.comwrote:
4. Anything by Arnaldur Indridasson. I discovered this Icelandic crime
writer this year.
The name could be Srilankan Tamil. Indiradasan. Arnaldur, a tiny village of
body building fanbois of the Terminator.
C
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 7:56 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote:
The name could be Srilankan Tamil. Indiradasan. Arnaldur, a tiny village of
body building fanbois of the Terminator.
Wait, I've been claiming all this while to be Swedish on account of my
name,
2. VS Ramachandran's The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for
What Makes Us Human. I have a gigantic man-crush on VS. Very good.
have to admit i find him a bit hand wavy and too much hype ...
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 8:14 PM, Anish Mohammed anish.moham...@gmail.com wrote:
2. VS Ramachandran's The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What
Makes Us Human. I have a gigantic man-crush on VS. Very good.
have to admit i find him a bit hand wavy and too much hype ...
Interesting. I
Interesting. I have read his Phantoms of the Brain and found it
fascinating. He is not of Oliver Sacks league may be, but too much
hand wavy is something I would not describe him as.
Btw i spend a few years in medical ( read medically qualified), spend 6-7
years in maths department ( research
Has anyone read The Immortals Of Meluha by Amish Tripati:
http://www.landmarkonthenet.com/books/the-immortals-of-meluha/9789380658742
?
The books sounds interesting from it's description. But no idea if it is
any good.
Also, looks like flipkart will not accept international credit cards.
Hello fellow members,
I am a new member here and am excited to be part of this group. Thanks to
Sankarshan for introducing me to this group and Udhay for adding me to it.
On 4 December 2011 23:35, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote:
Has anyone read The Immortals Of Meluha by Amish Tripati:
On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 11:35 PM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote:
Has anyone read The Immortals Of Meluha by Amish Tripati:
http://www.landmarkonthenet.com/books/the-immortals-of-meluha/9789380658742
delurk
Yes that and the sequel 'the secrets of nagas', both of them were
reasonably predictable
Subject: Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2011
Has anyone read The Immortals Of Meluha by Amish Tripati:
http://www.landmarkonthenet.com/books/the-immortals-of-meluha/9789380658742
?
The books sounds interesting from it's description. But no idea if it is
any good.
Also, looks like flipkart
On 5 December 2011 00:16, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Brij Blog brij.bl...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello fellow members,
I am a new member here and am excited to be part of this group. Thanks to
Sankarshan for introducing me to this group and Udhay for adding me
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On 5 December 2011 00:16, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Brij Blog brij.bl...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello fellow members,
I am a new member here and am excited to be part of this group. Thanks
Amen to the first book Ashwin suggested. It gives a fascinating
history and introduction to how randomness became important and
critical in our lives in a prose understandable by layman :-) If
others who have read this book know any other similar books, please
put their names here.
I also
I have not read the randomness book. A book that seems to be in the
same vein as that one is
Group Theory in the Bedroom by Brian Hayes
http://daariga.wordpress.com/2008/05/22/group-theory-in-the-bedroom/
I read it a few years ago and enjoyed the analogies and historical
backgrounds the author
The Immortals of Meluhha? Let's see:
Hated it!
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Cheap sword and sorcery. Not particularly
Is it just me or are there very few women authors on the recommended reading
list 2011?
On Friday 02 Dec 2011 1:57:18 am ashok _ wrote:
south asian cultural influence on mexico in the 17th century
What culture was found in South Asia in the 17th century that might have
influenced Mexico? Pakistani? Indian? Bangladeshi? Sri Lankan? Nepalese?
Maldivian? Myanmarese? Tibetan? So many
ss [03/12/11 18:47 +0530]:
On Friday 02 Dec 2011 1:57:18 am ashok _ wrote:
south asian cultural influence on mexico in the 17th century
What culture was found in South Asia in the 17th century that might have
influenced Mexico? Pakistani? Indian? Bangladeshi? Sri Lankan? Nepalese?
Maldivian?
On Saturday 03 Dec 2011 7:31:32 pm Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
portuguese, who had colonies in south america (though certainly not mexico)
and also in the far east (goa, macau, manila..)
There's a significant portuguese influence on japanese cuisine (tempura,
baozi = pao farm bread = pav
Well, as for south asia, what does saarc stand for, pray?
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Wesley the owl and Bhairavi : The Global impact of Indian music.
Venky
On Nov 29, 2011 12:31 AM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote:
For the third year in a row, I am turning to silk listers for book
recommendation this holiday season.
What have you read over the last year that has left a mark on
Happiness Hypothesis
The Difficulty of Being Good
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Wesley the owl and Bhairavi : The Global impact of Indian music.
Venky
On Nov 29, 2011 12:31 AM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote:
For the third year in a row, I am turning to silk
On Saturday 03 Dec 2011 8:20:47 pm Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
Well, as for south asia, what does saarc stand for, pray?
No need to pray and bring religion into the picture. Let us be secular here
LOL!
Are you implying that the Portuguese had some dealings with with SAARC in the
17th
ss [04/12/11 07:51 +0530]:
South Asia is a completely idiotic expression that basically seeks to sideline
Indian geographical, cultural and economic dominance and make some sort of
oh, you'd rather its called the indian subcontinent?
if you want to split (pubic) hairs to that degree, be my
On Dec 4, 2011 3:23 AM, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote:
The name South Asia has been cooked up by a bunch of spineless apologists
of
the Sarmila Bose/Sagarika Ghose genre in collaboration with the fake
liberals
of Pakistan and a bunch of stupid and ignorant western historians and
South
Asia
On Sunday 04 Dec 2011 8:59:18 am Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
oh, you'd rather its called the indian subcontinent?
if you want to split (pubic) hairs to that degree, be my guest
LOl You da man! Your pubes open to all guests then? Or only from the Indian
subcontinent?
shiv
Is it just me or are there very few women authors on the recommended
reading list 2011?
I'm reading books by women that I'd recommend, but they're quite old, and
will have most likely passed through filters of this sort by now. So I've
left out the bleeding obvious, like Alice Munro, Doris
On Sunday 04 Dec 2011 9:11:20 am Srini RamaKrishnan wrote:
If you are disagreeing with the idea of nation states, I'm with you.
However when the nation state of India was created in 1947 the term could
no longer be used to describe the subcontinent as well without some
confusion.
I prefer
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Is it just me or are there very few women authors on the recommended
reading list 2011?
I'm reading books by women that I'd recommend, but they're quite old, and
will have most likely passed through filters
Did someone already mention Vandana Shiva on eco feminism and anti gmo
conservation?
As an aside, are there any books of interest on the ongoing corporate
totalitarianism of India?
On Dec 4, 2011 5:45 AM, Sumant Srivathsan suma...@gmail.com wrote:
Is it just me or are there very few women
On 29-Nov-11 12:30 AM, Thaths wrote:
Books that are easy to get a hold of in India (and more difficult
elsewhere) preferred (but not required).
Not sure if they will meet your criteria, but here are a couple that I
have on the TBR pile but haven't read yet:
Charles Fishman, _The Big Thirst:
On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 5:52 AM, Bharat Shetty bharat.she...@gmail.com wrote:
Meanwhile wrt logicomix, it sure was an enjoyable read. But, be sure
to read this as well -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logicomix#Historical_accuracy (Read the
cited links numbered 7 and 8).
I second that statement.
On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 11:58 AM, Supriya Nair supriya.n...@gmail.com wrote:
Binyavanga Wainaina's
One Day I Will Write About This Place,
Teju Cole's Open City.
I can second both the above books ... I liked Teju Cole's book in
particular (his earlier work 'everyday is for the thief' is great
Sacco and Delisle have vastly different styles but are both very
enjoyable--would also add Deslile's Pyongyang to the list. And while we're
on graphic novels, Blankets by Craig Thompson and Stitches, by David Small.
Speaking of Thompson, Habibi is extraordinary. Also second Stitches. And
for
Wow! That is a whole truckload of book recommendations from everyone.
You guys just made my flipkart wishlist
[http://www.flipkart.com/wishlist/colono] longer :)
Meanwhile wrt logicomix, it sure was an enjoyable read. But, be sure
to read this as well -
My favourite book this year was Neera Adarkar's brilliant anthology,
Galleries of Life: The Chawls of Mumbai. Of more general interest, I
thought Aman Sethi's A Free Man was outstanding, as will Naresh Fernandes'
Taj Mahal Foxtrot (out later this month) be. Also, if you enjoy poetry you
may like
Hi all,
The reading list seems to be dominated by fiction, given I know a good few on
this list I find this a bit anomalous , so could be have a non -fiction list as
well or other topics like the economist does.
Just my two cents worth of thoughts.
Regards
Anish
Anish Mohammed
Twitter:
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For the third year in a row, I am turning to silk listers for book
recommendation this holiday season.
What have you read over the last year that
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Deepak Jois deepak.j...@gmail.com wrote:
* Nothing is Blue by Biman Nath (The summary is intriguing:
http://www.flipkart.com/books/8172237251 )
I bought this after I read a review of the book in The Hindu. Though
the book was very well researched and
On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 12:58 AM, Supriya Nair supriya.n...@gmail.com wrote:
Naresh Fernandes'
Taj Mahal Foxtrot (out later this month) be.
After reading
http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/03/hot-jazz-and-the-cold-war-in-1950s-mumbai/
I've been eagerly looking forward to this book.
Thaths
RDB the man, the music has been a wonderful read, lovingly crafted bio of RD
Burman. Made the shortlist for this year's shakti bhatt prize too
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For the third year in a row, I am turning to silk listers for book
recommendation this holiday season.
What have you read over the last year that has left a mark on you?
What are you eagerly looking forward to reading over the
2 books that I particularly enjoyed in the last year ...
* Peking Diary: (1948 – 1949) A Year of Revolution by Derk Bodde
Diary of a US sinology professor in Beijing when the Communists routed
the Nationalists and the PRC was formed.
More:
Ashwin Nanjappa [29/11/11 10:27 +0800]:
2 books that I particularly enjoyed in the last year ...
* Peking Diary: (1948 – 1949) A Year of Revolution by Derk Bodde
I just picked up a copy of lawrence durrell's translation of 'pope joan' -
amazing reading, that.
Certainly not a new book - its
Wodehouse at the Wicket. A must for cricket/PGW fans.
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On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote:
What have you read over the last year that has left a mark on you?
What are you eagerly looking forward to reading over the Christmas/New
Year's holidays?
Here is what I had on my shelf when I visited India last month (Don't
The boy in the moon. Ian brown.
--
“Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear
and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them
with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on
the lookout for ways to turn a
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Deepak Jois deepak.j...@gmail.com wrote:
Here is what I had on my shelf when I visited India last month (Don't
judge me, some books were just lying around the house. I did not pick
them up myself):
The Tales Of The Otori series by Lian Hearn
Generosity - An Enhancement: Richard Powers
Super Sad True Love Story: Gary Shteyngart
To The End Of The Land: David Grossman
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet: David Mitchell
From Dictatorship to Democracy: Gene Sharp
The New Life: Orhan Pamuk
Tiger Tiger: Margaux Fragoso
River of Smoke:
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