1)Mrityunjay- Shivaji Sawant: Karn's version of Mahabharat, which has always fascinated me. The stories and incidents are nothing new but the perspective is. Perfect characterisation too. Not to mention the thoroughness in penning down the emotions...
2)King Solomon's Mines: Perhaps the 1st adventure classic I read. 4 men make a long and hazardous journey chasing a mythical treasure. The climax is a battle between a rightful prince and a not so righteous uncle. Read it twice end-to-end.
3)Harry Potter Series: You probably know everything I got.
4)THE Godfather- Mario Puzo: Cult. There has never been a character as awesome as Don Corleone in the history of awesomeness.
5) Famous Five series- Enid Blyton: Good reads as a child.
6) Champak: Started reading stories from them. Finished my Dad's collection of over 5 years in 1.
7) The Icon - Fredrick Forsyth: If you like spy novels, you would have read this one. If you don't like spy novels, grab a copy still.
8) Madhushala- Harivanshrai Bachchan: Such prose and equally delightful thoughts woven in to them.
Bair karate Mandir, Masjid; mel karati madhushala
9) The Hicthhiker's Guide to Galaxy: Stumps you and keeps surprising you from the word go. I'm sure it has a deeper meaning which I, a lesser mortal, have been unable to unearth.
In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded a
s a bad move.
10) Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Caught my imagination in middle school.
11) Calvin & Hobbes: This strip says it all:
And now time to place my foot in my mouth and criticise some popular books:
1) The Da Vinci Code- Dan Brown: Had me hooked once but better sense prevailed with time. Now, it's a good reference point if you want to sell a scandal.
2) The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho: There are multiple reasons as to why I would look at the sky, ranging from romantic to meteorological but divine signals fails to make the cut. I am a friggin engineer, not the fourth wise guy.
3) Fountainhead - Ayn Rand: Only one question. Do such people really exist? All the characters have either a 'shove it up your @$$' attitude or are downright dumb. Being too full of themselves being common to all. Excruciating.
4) 5 point someone - Chetan Bhagat: I could live with the other 3 books, labelling them a time-waste. But this one refuses to leave me. Every time I make the fatal mistake of mentioning my Alma Mater, some idiot has to mention this utter waste of newsprint. What's more, it's not even interesting. Hell, my goofy jokes are better that 'half the Amazon is being felled to make books and guides for JEE preparation'. OUR LIVES ARE NOTHING LIKE THAT. NOT EVEN CLOSE.
Consider yourself tagged if you are reading this
Quotes:
Me: What size should be the report?
Boss: 5 feet...
3 comments:
you frigging engineer of biotechnology.. :D
pretty much agree with wat ur list.. but why harry potter?!!!
abt alchemist, thats how alchemy used to be practised when science hasn't developed much. the reason given for failure to convert all metals to gold is not being able to sense the soul of the world. that was the time when philosophers were doing science.
the book is a mere report of the alchemist practices presented as a fictitious story; well researched and written down. you don't go back to huygens and criticise him for proposing the existence of ether, or a work of fiction that is based on the existence of ether, right?hope you get the point.
on a lighter note, the first five books i read in my history of reading books, are the ones you criticised. coincidence, or wait, is it an omen of something to come?
@sass: friggin=biotechnology
u r being redundant... also, why not harry potter... everyone has read it..
@jimmy: the way u describe it makes me suspect I perhaps never read the Alchemist but something masquarading as that under the cover..
as for the difference in opinions, it might be a coincidence, an omen or who knows a conspiracy theory to smother our(more so yours than mine) love for each other???
Or it might be just that I chose to write about hugely popular books which did not go down well with me
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