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message 101: by Riya (new)

Riya (thepositivityofblack) Currently reading Starbook by Ben Okri. I just started it, any reviews?


message 102: by Shrini (new)

Shrini Vasan | 6 comments I am reading the free tamil ebooks from FreeTamilEbooks.com


message 103: by Vivek (new)

Vivek Anandh (smvivekanandh) | 2 comments Argumentative Indian by Amartya Sen


message 104: by Keerthana (new)

Keerthana Jhutty (keetu) Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie


message 105: by Meenakshi (new)

Meenakshi | 2 comments The other side of Me by Sidney Sheldon


message 106: by Dharini (new)

Dharini | 4 comments Very Good, Jeeves by P G Wodehouse. What a riot!


message 107: by Vimal (new)

Vimal Thiagarajan (veeti) | 11 comments The Jeeves series is really good. I read Right ho jeeves sometime back and liked the kind of Wodehouse riot


message 108: by Annette (new)

Annette mathews (annettesara) | 20 comments I am currently reading Your Dreams Are Mine Now and Slaughterhouse-Five


message 109: by Sankar (new)

Sankar | 16 comments Fault lines by our RBI GOVERNOR Raghuram Rajan


message 110: by Dhanejeyan (new)

Dhanejeyan | 4 comments All the light we cannot see...


message 111: by Bookspective (new)

Bookspective  | 3 comments I am reading Cujo by Stephen King


message 112: by Madhavi (new)

Madhavi (madhavij) | 9 comments Hi guys,

Currently I am reading three books in parallel..
1. The Authoritative Calvin n Hobbes
This is my daily dose of humour to end the
day.
2. Sea of Poppies - Amitav Ghosh
This book has been nominated for the
Booker prize. The premise of the book is
India in the backdrop of oncoming Opium
war in China.
3. Brahmins & Bungalows : Travels through
South Indian History. By Kavita Watsa
Currently I am fascinated by history of
southern India. Got this book in British
Library.Started it. Its a good read.


message 113: by Keerthana (new)

Keerthana Jhutty (keetu) Labyrinths by Borges


message 114: by muthuvel (new)

muthuvel (mveldeivendran) | 0 comments 1) Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
2) Quiet by Susan Cain


message 115: by Annette (new)

Annette mathews (annettesara) | 20 comments I am currently reading The God of Small Things The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy


message 116: by Varunsp (new)

Varunsp | 4 comments iam "reading"
The face in the Night
-Edgar Wallace


message 117: by Meghna (new)

Meghna | 4 comments The Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami


message 118: by Arockia (new)

Arockia Maria Dallas (suthandallas) | 19 comments @muthuvel I'm hunting for "the zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance ". I couldn't find it any of the bookshops in chennai. How is the book?

I'm reading "Nine Lives" by William Dalrymple. It's a travelogue, the author visits nine ascetics from the different faiths of India. Brilliant so far!


message 119: by Mahendranath (new)

Mahendranath Ramakrishnan (mahendrark) | 1 comments Finished Night Train at Deoli and Other Stories by Ruskin Bond. Fantastic collection of short stories penned by Bond. Will melt one's heart! Became a fan of Bond's writing now.

Three books going on now:
*The Rupa Book of Haunted Houses edited by Ruskin Bond
*Deception: Spies, Lies and How Russia Dupes the West by Edward Lucas
*100 Mistakes that Changed History by Bill Fawcett


message 120: by Gautham (new)

Gautham | 1 comments Double Whammy by Gretchen Archer and What You Wish For by Mark Edwards


message 121: by Divya (new)

Divya Nambiiar | 3 comments Currently reading "The Illicit Happiness of Other People" by Manu Joseph. Bloody brilliant.


message 122: by Bookspective (new)

Bookspective  | 3 comments I just finished reading A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry and am currently reading The Doomsday Conspiracy by Sidney Sheldon


message 123: by Brindha (new)

Brindha Krishnamoorthy | 3 comments "Confessions of an Ugly girl" by Alice Wasser.


message 124: by Vijayalakshmi (new)

Vijayalakshmi | 10 comments Jus finished reading the book thief. am I the only one who found the writing style clumsy?


message 125: by Radhika (new)

Radhika Meganathan (writingale) | 3 comments A ROGUE'S LIFE by Wilkie Collins




message 126: by Radhika (new)

Radhika Meganathan (writingale) | 3 comments Priyanka wrote: "Hi! Currently reading The firm by John Grisham. I am a great fan of legal thrillers and Grisham is the king! Haven't been able to stop since I started the book.. Amazingly paced.."

If you like legal thrillers, don't miss the following ones:

THE LINCOLN LAWYER by Michael Connelly
PRESUMED INNOCENT by Scott Turow

Actually, I recommend all books by the above two authors!

R


message 127: by Mani (new)

Mani | 6 comments I am reading Quiet by Susan Cain. It's manna for the introverts in a world currently tuned for extroverts. One cannot but relate to the aspects of life an introvert goes through in today's world. Highly relevant, with enough power to evoke epiphanies in every paragraph!!! Be ready for some goose flesh moments - "it's me she's talking about" moments to be specific!!


message 128: by Mani (new)

Mani | 6 comments I am reading Quiet by Susan Cain. It's manna for the introverts in a world currently tuned for extroverts. One cannot but relate to the aspects of life an introvert goes through in today's world. Highly relevant, with enough power to evoke epiphanies in every paragraph!!! Be ready for some goose flesh moments - "it's me she's talking about" moments to be specific!!


message 129: by Mani (new)

Mani | 6 comments I am reading Quiet by Susan Cain. It's manna for the introverts in a world currently tuned for extroverts. One cannot but relate to the aspects of life an introvert goes through in today's world. Highly relevant, with enough power to evoke epiphanies in every paragraph!!! Be ready for some goose flesh moments - "it's me she's talking about" moments to be specific!!


message 130: by Mani (new)

Mani | 6 comments I am reading Quiet by Susan Cain. It's manna for the introverts in a world currently tuned for extroverts. One cannot but relate to the aspects of life an introvert goes through in today's world. Highly relevant, with enough power to evoke epiphanies in every paragraph!!! Be ready for some goose flesh moments - "it's me she's talking about" moments to be specific!!


message 131: by Bindu (new)

Bindu Upadhyay (binduupadhyay) I just read "Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage" and it was amazing. /book/show/1...?


message 132: by Sathish (new)

Sathish Palanisamy | 2 comments I'm currently reading " Everyone has a story" by Savi Sharma. Author's first book.


message 133: by Diwa (new)

Diwa Karan | 1 comments Reading Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell.
A different perspective to sucess and success stories of those who were praised by history.
Truly A revelation, an inspiration...!!


message 134: by Ayshwarya (new)

Ayshwarya Srinivasan | 1 comments "First Among Equals" by Jeffery Archer


message 135: by Meghna (new)

Meghna | 4 comments Nine Lives - William Dalrymple


message 136: by Arul (new)

Arul | 7 comments OMG!! you are love with a movie over a book


message 137: by Nitesh (new)

Nitesh Singh | 2 comments just finished reading :
one hundred years of solitude


message 138: by Raveesh (new)

Raveesh Babu | 2 comments Doing Non Fiction currently. Freakonomics by Stephen Jones dubner. Talks about Unconventional significance of Economics and the like.


message 139: by Sreekar (new)

Sreekar (sreekargomatam) | 1 comments "Heavier than Heaven: The biography of Kurt Cobain" by Charles Cross and "The great Indian novel" by Sashi Tharoor.


message 140: by Arul (new)

Arul | 7 comments Lata wrote: "Arul wrote: "OMG!! you are love with a movie over a book"

Not necessarily, Arul. Sometimes you watch a movie without realising there's a book behind the film:)"


Lata wrote: "Arul wrote: "OMG!! you are love with a movie over a book"

Not necessarily, Arul. Sometimes you watch a movie without realising there's a book behind the film:)"


Still, I would say "The book thief" (book) was a masterpiece and I don't know, why she found it clumsy?? :-)


message 141: by Arul (new)

Arul | 7 comments I am currently reading "The remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro


message 142: by Shashi (new)

Shashi | 12 comments Lata wrote: "Raveesh wrote: "Doing Non Fiction currently. Freakonomics by Stephen Jones dubner. Talks about Unconventional significance of Economics and the like."

Raveesh, it's an excellent book. I referenced..."


If you like such books, please read Nassim Taleb's book. They are amazing. The best on I liked is "The Black Swan", though "Fooled by Randomness" is great too.
___
Shashi
Author of Songs of the Mist
� नम� शिवा�
Om Namah Shivaya


message 143: by Shashi (new)

Shashi | 12 comments Arul wrote: "I am currently reading "The remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro"

An amazing book, with simple language but many layers ... I am currently finished reading his "The Buried Giant" - a totally different approach of his and I liked it too. It has the potential to become iconic after few decades, as nostalgic trip.
___
Shashi
Author of Songs of the Mist
� नम� शिवा�
Om Namah Shivaya


message 144: by Shruti (new)

Shruti | 1 comments Reading The Color Purple by Alice Walker. Never read anything like this before.


message 145: by Shashi (new)

Shashi | 12 comments Lata wrote: "Shashi wrote: "Lata wrote: "Raveesh wrote: "Doing Non Fiction currently. Freakonomics by Stephen Jones dubner. Talks about Unconventional significance of Economics and the like."

Raveesh, it's an ..."

Same here Lata, but then I am fan of many writers like him...


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message 147: by Prithvi (last edited Mar 21, 2016 05:05AM) (new)

Prithvi K Raj (prithvi_k_raj) | 1 comments Hi Everyone ! Am in need of typical realistic fiction writings related to 'Surrogacy In India" for my upcoming project. If anyone is interested to support in writing and discuss about the topic with me kindly Inbox me

Thank You


message 148: by Sivakumar (new)

Sivakumar Thiagarajan | 11 comments Interesting subject


message 149: by Sunil (new)

Sunil Gandhi | 3 comments The Fifth idiot


message 150: by Raveesh (new)

Raveesh Babu | 2 comments Hello. I have been reading Paul Krugman's Peddling Prosperity. Now, those who have read this, know what this is about - A period in American Economy where the Conservatives took centre stage and their policies not really helping US to come out of slowdown. Is there a book which talks on Indian Economy on similar lines? More importantly, is there one written by someone who wasn't involved but wrote it as objectively as he can?


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