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 <mohande...@gmail.com> 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 <bdasgu...@gmail.com> > 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 <chakra.raj...@gmail.com> > 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 <namith...@gmail.com> > 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 <ud...@pobox.com> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>> On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Thaths <tha...@gmail.com> 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)) > >>>> > >> > >
