Books
2008-07-04 21:11
Hindi, Urdu and Bengali (a lonely planet phrasebook)
I thought it mandatory to make at least a little bit of effort to learn Hindi whilst living in India. I carried this book around me everywhere and my Indian work colleagues referred to it as the “joke book”.
You can buy the book here on Amazon.
Let’s not kid ourselves; you will never learn a...
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2008-07-04 21:10
Ladies Coupé by Anita Nair
Akhila‘s father dies unexpectedly in an accident while she is young. She gets a job as an income tax clerk and starts supporting her entire family. As the breadwinner, she becomes the head of the family, a rather strong and opinionated woman who can eat eggs if she chooses to. (Eggs are taboo for...
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2008-07-04 21:08
India: From Midnight to the Millennium and Beyond by Shashi Tharoor
This book promises to give you an idea of the importance of India for the future of the industrialized world. It handles issues such as religious identity vs. tolerance and democracy vs. economic development. On the other hand, it is far from being a pop-culture introduction to the new, IT-enabled...
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2008-07-04 21:07
Brick Lane by Monica Ali
OK, so this book is not about India. It is about a Bangladeshi housewife whos life is transformed through a classic arranged marriage. An unspoiled, obedient, young girl hopes to get a better life abroad. An old, fat, ugly and not very smart man puts an advertisement in the newspaper. His only...
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2008-07-04 21:06
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
This book is supposedly legendary. All my friends in India were reading it – Indians and foreigners. I only bought my copy recently and I am slowly making my way through its 936 pages. I love it. The fact that I have visited Bombay makes it that much more real and easy for me to relate to. The...
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2008-07-04 21:01
One Night at the Call Centre by Chetan Bhagat
I was told to read this book before going to India to give me an idea what it’s like to work in one of these IT-enabled services companies. I read a few pages but among the chaos of summer holiday, graduation and packing, I never quite got to finish it. After I came back from India and moved to...
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