Tag: Salman Rushdie
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Books I Read in 2025
Throughout the year, I post a short review of the book I finish reading on my goodreads page as soon as I come to the end, so that: – I write about the book before I lose that feeling I’m left with as I read the last sentence – I know I might not do… Read More
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Books I Read in 2019
80% of business books are articles padded with fluff to fill up 250+ pages. The fluff part is usually the beginning where the author has to give examples showing that his premise worked in his sample of companies. Then there is the good part which is the article, followed by more fluff that talks about… Read More
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Books I Read in 2018
For an obsessive compulsive reader like myself, every year begins – among others – with a goal to read certain amount of books of certain genres. However during the year, this goal gets derailed by my impulsive reading of a flashy new novel or a non-fiction topic that I find attractive as I find myself… Read More
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Shalimar The Clown, Salman Rushdie
As we reached the end, satisfied, having sated our (intellectual and culinary) hunger, I felt a little uneasy because the whole night we had been discussing India and Pakistan and on the next table were an expat couple (their timidity signaling a preliminary stage of their dating) one American born Indian (an ABCD) the other… Read More
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Literature Meme, Midnight’s Children
I discovered Midnight’s Children in a bookstore in Mumbai eight and a half years ago and was more than pleasantly surprised as soon as I began reading it on the train from Agra to Delhi. Back then, my knowledge of Rushdie was limited to the controversy after the fatwa and I must say I am… Read More
