He's still reading them. I'm guessing he's done about 10-11 of them so far?
> On 6 Dec 2016, at 5:28 pm, Venkatesh H R <[email protected]> wrote: > > Bhaskar - that was quite a list. Nice touch - giving him 19 books. Maybe > I'll do the same some day. I wonder though, how many of these he has read > :) Oxford I know from personal experience is a dizzying experience, and > while he surely would have encountered some of the books in his reading for > the PPE, there would have been several distractions! > > Deepa - my father always raved about the William books and so I read a few > of them in my late teens. Quite enjoyed them, and I think they've aged well > too. Can't be said for so many other children's books including the Enid > Blytons. >> On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 9:05 PM Deepa Mohan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Funny how we give children books to implant some ideas in their heads, >> and they come away from the reading with something completely >> different. I gave my daughter some reading to introduce her to the >> fact that two of her great-grandfathers had been given the Order of >> the British Empire...and she was full of "your family were slaves of >> the British" afterwards! It made me take another look at my family, >> with a new perspective. >> >> On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 9:01 PM, Bhaskar Dasgupta <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> After loads of consultations, got this set for my eldest cost centre's >> 18th birthday >>> >>> >> http://dailysalty.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/so-what-do-you-give-boy-on-his-18th.html?m=1 >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 6 Dec 2016, at 3:03 pm, Rajeev Chakravarthi <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>>> >>>> I try not to gift books to people unless I know what they like to read. >>>> >>>> However, for kids' birthdays, I go with one of the following - >>>> 1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory >>>> 2. The Magic Faraway Tree >>>> 3. The Wind in the Willows >>>> 4. Anything from the Paddington Bear series >>>> 5. Anything from the Geronimo Stilton series (seems wildly popular with >> children) >>>> >>>> I have noticed that parents are also grateful for Amar Chitra Katha >> titles as presents - more so than the kids themselves. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> Rajeev >>>> >>>>> On Dec 6, 2016, at 19:37, Namitha Jagadeesh <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> My "here, you MUST read this!" books: >>>>> >>>>> Phantoms in the brain - VS Ramachandran >>>>> Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me - Ellen Forney >>>>> Ocean at the end of the lane - Neil Gaiman >>>>> The thrilling adventures of Lovelace and Babbage - Sydney Padua >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 11:06 AM, Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Thaths <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> How about your list, Udhay? >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I was looking for the "here, you MUST read this!" kind of book. >>>>>> >>>>>> An incomplete list from my perspective: >>>>>> >>>>>> Godel, Escher, Bach (multiple times) >>>>>> Infinity and the Mind >>>>>> Jonathan Livingstone Seagull (including to my then-fiancee-now-wife) >>>>>> Kamala Subramanian's Mahabharatha >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> >>>>>> ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) >>>>>> >>>> >> >>
