Gagan Kaul Blog

A trip to Crossword yesterday has ensured that I do not stay hungry for my regular dose of reading for the coming month. The store at Inorbit mall in Goregaon has changed its location from ground floor of the mall to a much bigger store on the first floor. There is a plethora of paraphernalia for the people pursuing reading interests, with the store diversifying itself into books, music, stationery, and periodicals. I like the metamorphosis and love the spacious store in its new entirety. I picked up the following books, which are now a part of my reading list for the month of June:

• Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts - The book is the fictionalized account of the real life adventures of the author, who escaped from an Australian jail and arrived in Bombay, India with a fake New Zealand passport.
• The Marriage Market by Nisha Minhas - A funny book about men, women, marriage and commitments.
• Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre - This book is a Booker Prize Winner. It is satirical, and draws parallels with Catcher in the Rye. This is one book that has been on my reading list since quite some time. And I have finally managed to lay my hands on it.
• Tamas by Bhisham Sahni - A controversial book inspired by true life events that the author experienced during the India Pakistan partition and the ensuing riots in 1947.
• Powerful Times by Wharton Press - Another one on the lines of Future Shock, The World is Flat and Freakonomics. Seems to be tad similar to Undercover Economist, which I am reading right now.

I shall be posting reviews on these, as and when I finish reading each book. In case any one of you have read any of these books, then I would love to hear your comments about them.