Lendable to any silklister who asks.
Udhay
One Of These Days, I will get a Round Tuit.
Deepa.
On 6/1/07, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Vardhini Shankar wrote: [ on 10:00 AM 5/30/2007 ]
>A Tamil writer well worth reading is Asokamithran , if you can find
>good translations of his
Vardhini Shankar wrote: [ on 10:00 AM 5/30/2007 ]
A Tamil writer well worth reading is Asokamithran , if you can find
good translations of his novels or short stories.
I have a bunch of translations of Jayakanthan's [1] work, by my uncle
Dr. KS Subramanian. Lendable to any silklister who asks
ashok _ wrote: [ on 08:09 PM 5/30/2007 ]
there is an extremely funny description of the wife, and the
circumstances of the marriage in the biographical book about naipaul
"Sir Vidia's Shadow..." by naipaul's former protege...paul theroux
This might be of interest:
http://groups.yahoo.com/
there is an extremely funny description of the wife, and the
circumstances of the marriage in the biographical book about naipaul
"Sir Vidia's Shadow..." by naipaul's former protege...paul theroux
On 5/29/07, shiv sastry wrote:
Must be true love because they do not seem to allow personal v
Economy's list of best Indian books.
Vardhini Shankar wrote [at 10:00 AM 5/30/2007] :
>A Tamil writer well worth reading is Asokamithran , if you can find
>good translations of his novels or short stories. I was told by a
>friend that there is an excellent translation of his &quo
Vardhini Shankar wrote [at 10:00 AM 5/30/2007] :
A Tamil writer well worth reading is Asokamithran , if you can find
good translations of his novels or short stories. I was told by a
friend that there is an excellent translation of his "padinettavadhu
atchakkodu" (18th parallel), available in
he publisher is, though.
Vardhini
- Original Message
From: Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: silklist@lists.hserus.net
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 8:52:59 PM
Subject: Re: [silk] Indian Economy's list of best Indian books.
Pavithra Sankaran [29/05/07 20:45 -0700]:
&
Pavithra Sankaran [29/05/07 20:45 -0700]:
--- Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
About your translated indian lit - DO read ponniyin
selvan, and AK mahadevan's
translations of sangam era tamil poetry.
Surely you mean AK Ramanujam?
yes! my brains seem to be melting :(
--- Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> About your translated indian lit - DO read ponniyin
> selvan, and AK mahadevan's
> translations of sangam era tamil poetry.
Surely you mean AK Ramanujam?
_
Thaths wrote:
> I did read some translated short stories of Kalki and they seemed
> overly emotional. I do have a couple of volumes of Ponniyin Selvan in
> translation lying around. Inertia has been too strong to overcome with
> getting them started.
I grew up counting Sir Walter Scott and RL Stev
On 5/29/07, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
malgonkar was insipid. One VERY good guy you need to read is Sasthi Brata,
if you can get any of his books at all. Fast paced prose (theres one called
"My God Died Young" I think.. a young bong who drops out of college, and
becomes a s
Thaths [29/05/07 15:07 -0700]:
Frankly, I found most fiction writers in English in the pre-1980s
boring. This includes the likes of Manohar Malgonkar. And I have not
malgonkar was insipid. One VERY good guy you need to read is Sasthi Brata,
if you can get any of his books at all. Fast paced pro
On 5/28/07, Bharat Shetty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
http://indianeconomy.org/2006/06/18/ten-best-books-on-india/
My personal favorite writing about India:
* R.K. Narayan. Especially _Swami and Friends_, _Bachelor of Arts_ or
_The Talkative Man_. You being from Mysore MUST read him. And please
On 5/29/07, shiv sastry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Tuesday 29 May 2007 9:24 pm, ashok _ wrote:
> That writer is married to a pakistani ...
Must be true love because they do not seem to allow personal views and
ideology to get in the way of their marriage. Naipaul is an astute observer
and
On Tuesday 29 May 2007 9:24 pm, ashok _ wrote:
> That writer is married to a pakistani ...
Must be true love because they do not seem to allow personal views and
ideology to get in the way of their marriage. Naipaul is an astute observer
and his descriptions are exquisite. His "Islam" series
On 5/29/07, ashok _ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
How could you ! That writer is married to a pakistani ...
Heh! He _was_ invited as a special guest by the then-ruling BJP-led
government in 2004 before they got trounced on their India Shining
campaign.
Thaths
--
Homer: He has all the mone
How could you ! That writer is married to a pakistani ...
On 5/29/07, shiv sastry wrote:
I have not read ten books on India
Naipaul's trilogy :"Area of darkness", "Wounded civilization" and "Million
Mutinies"
May 2007 13:06:32
To:silklist@lists.hserus.net
Subject: Re: [silk] Indian Economy's list of best Indian books.
On 29-May-07, at 11:40 AM, Divya wrote:
> - India: From Midnight to the Millennium and Beyond - Shashi Tharoor
Is Shashi Tharoor any good? His book's received a sound thrashin
I have not read ten books on India
Naipaul's trilogy :"Area of darkness", "Wounded civilization" and "Million
Mutinies"
Park's "Preventive and Social medicine" is one of the best books I have read
on India though it is probably useless for the general reader
"May you be the Mother of a Hundred s
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ashok _ wrote:
> I have heard some good things about a new book by Ramachandra Guha
> called "India after Gandhi - the history of the worlds largest
> democracy" ... Has anybody read it?
>
Aside from the fact that it is a heavy tome and thusly makes
ly.
Cheers
Divya
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From: Kiran Jonnalagadda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To:silklist@lists.hserus.net
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On 29-May-07, at 11:40 AM, Divya wrote
I still recommend the book. Highly readable. YMMV, obviously.
Cheers
Divya
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From: Kiran Jonnalagadda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 13:06:32
To:silklist@lists.hserus.net
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On 29-May-07, at 11:40 AM, Divya wrote:
- India: From Midnight to the Millennium and Beyond - Shashi Tharoor
Is Shashi Tharoor any good? His book's received a sound thrashing
from Amazon's reviewers, who point out that Tharoor is unable to
distinguish between his own life and the growth of
Binand Sethumadhavan wrote:
> On 29/05/07, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> There's the excellent novels
>
> Mulk Raj Anand's works? Untouchable etc.? Would you recommend him?
>
Yes, there are several others I'd recommend
Ruskin Bond
Mulk Raj Anand
Munshi Premchand (in Hindi
On 29/05/07, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
There's the excellent novels
Mulk Raj Anand's works? Untouchable etc.? Would you recommend him?
Binand
Divya wrote:
> Fiction:
> - The Great Indian Novel - Shashi Tharoor
> - A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
> - Betrayal and Other Stories- Sivasankari (alas, her best Tamil novels are
> not available in translation)
> - Rich Like Us - Nayantara Sahgal
Sivasankari hasn't impressed me as much as she shou
"Bharat Shetty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://indianeconomy.org/2006/06/18/ten-best-books-on-india/
Being ignorant on these books so far, I intend to actually buy and read
over
some of them, thereby improving my knowledge on our fabulous country.
Before
I invest my precious Indian rupees over some
I have not read Pavan Verma's book 'the great indian
middle class', but I have heard many good reviews
about it from friends. Also picked up a copy of Bimal
Jalan's 'India's Politics' yesterday. Looks good, have
to start reading it!
Cheers,
Z
--- Bharat Shetty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello al
Hello all,
I came across this post in The Indian Economy Blog.
http://indianeconomy.org/2006/06/18/ten-best-books-on-india/
Being ignorant on these books so far, I intend to actually buy and read over
some of them, thereby improving my knowledge on our fabulous country. Before
I invest my preci
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