Something died in me yesterday along with the death of the gangrape victim. It is just too horrific and too difficult to accept. As I toss and turn in my bed the brutality and the horror in which a young life has been lost is hard to comprehend. The husband says I have to stop thinking about it or I will go mad. But he himself hasn't slept for almost two nights now and also motivated us to protest at India Gate last week. He (and I) has also decided not to celebrate New Year or Republic Day in any form. Need I say more.
The post below is an attempt to think about something else.
For a change I read many books this year but there are just a few which have made an impact to be included in the top 5. Here they are:
1. The Sense Of An Ending by Julian Barnes. Totally, totally loved this book and it is unputdownable. I read it in one go. It is the story of an old man who keeps going back to one episode in his life. Then he meets the dramatis persone from his youth and what he always believed to have happened was not the case. The ending is amazing. Please grab this book.
2. The Help by Kathryn Stockett. The story is basically about African American maids working in white households in the early 1960s. It is hilarious in parts, touching in others but simply unforgettable. I haven't seen the movie though. Sometimes I like the movies better than the book...Gone With The Wind for instance. Let's see how the movie comes out.
3. Battle Hymn Of The Tiger Mother by Amy Chua. I think I have written about this earlier but warrants a repeat. It had an impact on me and made me realise that I practise a very, very, very relaxed form of parenting in most of the respects. In some respects of course I can be a total helicopter mom. This is a must read if you have kids. If nothing else it will make you think.
4. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami. This is quiet an old book but I have recently discovered it. The story is set in Tokyo is about the protagonist's relationship with two women--one is emotionally troubled and the other is outgoing. However, it is the style of writing which is the killer here. It is quiet mundane at one level but it hooks you in spite of everything. I thought Virginia Woolf was the queen of stream of consciousness technique but this is something else. A different approach altogether. Right now I am reading, The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by the same author.
5. House Rules by Jodi Picoult. I read a number of Jodi Picoult books this year and I must say that most of them are very similar. But this one stands out. It is about a boy suffering from Asperger’s Syndrome who is suspected of a murder. A good read.
Currently I am reading John Grisham's The Racketeer; Tom Plate's Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew and Sun Tzu Was a Sissy by Stanley Bing. All of these stand out in their respective genres.
More Later...
The post below is an attempt to think about something else.
For a change I read many books this year but there are just a few which have made an impact to be included in the top 5. Here they are:
1. The Sense Of An Ending by Julian Barnes. Totally, totally loved this book and it is unputdownable. I read it in one go. It is the story of an old man who keeps going back to one episode in his life. Then he meets the dramatis persone from his youth and what he always believed to have happened was not the case. The ending is amazing. Please grab this book.
2. The Help by Kathryn Stockett. The story is basically about African American maids working in white households in the early 1960s. It is hilarious in parts, touching in others but simply unforgettable. I haven't seen the movie though. Sometimes I like the movies better than the book...Gone With The Wind for instance. Let's see how the movie comes out.
3. Battle Hymn Of The Tiger Mother by Amy Chua. I think I have written about this earlier but warrants a repeat. It had an impact on me and made me realise that I practise a very, very, very relaxed form of parenting in most of the respects. In some respects of course I can be a total helicopter mom. This is a must read if you have kids. If nothing else it will make you think.
4. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami. This is quiet an old book but I have recently discovered it. The story is set in Tokyo is about the protagonist's relationship with two women--one is emotionally troubled and the other is outgoing. However, it is the style of writing which is the killer here. It is quiet mundane at one level but it hooks you in spite of everything. I thought Virginia Woolf was the queen of stream of consciousness technique but this is something else. A different approach altogether. Right now I am reading, The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by the same author.
5. House Rules by Jodi Picoult. I read a number of Jodi Picoult books this year and I must say that most of them are very similar. But this one stands out. It is about a boy suffering from Asperger’s Syndrome who is suspected of a murder. A good read.
Currently I am reading John Grisham's The Racketeer; Tom Plate's Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew and Sun Tzu Was a Sissy by Stanley Bing. All of these stand out in their respective genres.
More Later...
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