On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Thaths <tha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > What have you read over the last year that has left a mark on you? > What are you eagerly looking forward to reading over the Christmas/New > Year's holidays? >
Here is what I had on my shelf when I visited India last month (Don't judge me, some books were just lying around the house. I did not pick them up myself): http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/318464_10150339978386099_563651098_8289077_1481966270_n.jpg My recommendations: * Day Scholar by Siddharth Chowdhury (I would read all 3 of his books, but thats just me I think. YMMV) * The Vedic People by Rajesh Kochchar (Controversial, but concise and well-written) * Songs of Kabir by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra (Beautiful translations of poems, not the standard Doha fare) * The Beast by Syed Muhammad Ashraf (published originally in Urdu as Numbedar ka Neela) Second-hand recommendations (havent read them yet): * The Muddy River by P.A. Krishnan * Do You Suppose It’s The East Wind? : Stories From Pakistan (Edited and Translated by Muhammad Umar Memon) * Nothing is Blue by Biman Nath (The summary is intriguing: http://www.flipkart.com/books/8172237251 )
