My worst fears have hit me. To escape the monotony of everyday life - which no longer includes the daily grinding at school or the unbeatable torcher of boards - I recklessly browsed through my bookcase to find books unread and untouched.
I found two - 'The House of Blue Mangoes' and 'The God of Small Things'. Apparently, I could not go beyond the two-hundred-and-something page in each. I can't believe such brilliantly endorsed and publicized books can turn out to be such outstanding pieces of rotting tomatoes! Almost a disgrace to the Indian literary community.
Many months ago - I had read of Kavita Deswani's 'For Matrimonial Purposes' on some blog and read high praises of the book at that. After much trouble I finally found it and regretted so.
The book in itself deals with the typical ABCD element combined with the pangs of arranged marriage. Haven't we had enough exploitation of the theme already? Why are Indians portrayed as such desparate shallow people anyway? Very upsetting.
I trashed all three books immediately. Thats the next best thing I did to getting my hair colored ash blonde again this month...
Comments
So good you're blogging again, its terribly hot now isn't it? :)
made cooler by Rohit on May 13, 2004 11:50 PM
In the confines of my house - its only as cool as October :) But yes, outside I can boil an egg!
made cooler by Lime on May 14, 2004 1:34 PM
lol
made cooler by Rohit on May 14, 2004 5:48 PM
Well, I'd picked up 'The Everest Hotel' by I Allen Seally because it was reported that he (an Indian author, incidentally) had been given a special nomination for the Booker. Surely then, it warrants a read; right? Wrong! To put it mildly - its cliched, boring, and is an irrelevant tale of a half-mad bunch of people inhabiting what seems to be a sad excuse for a retirement home. It's also the only book that I've thrown away, though I should have probably gifted it to a person I find equally disagreeable. Hmm... this sounds like a rant (Tch). I recommend 'Shadow Lines' by Amitava Ghosh if you want to read Indian Fiction in English. Otherwise, there's always Saki and Douglas "God" Adams. :D
I just noticed that you also write short stories. You might want to take a look at http://www.motif.tk
made cooler by NixxiN on May 14, 2004 8:43 PM