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Roopa s

Roopa s

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Hello folks,

Welcome to my space.

I have been into reading off and on , HAve built this shelf from memory.

I havent done much reviewing as I fnd it a little taxing. I usually end up quite charged after reading a book but I think it takes practice and more reading to be able to review one. You can make a phone call and... more »
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  • Dipankar

    Dipankar says

    Stay Hungry Stay foolish... tried reading Amitabh ghose's short story collection(cant recollect the title though)...scraped thru 1-2 stories..was disappointed after the hugry tide's charm nd spell..

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • Dipankar

    Dipankar says

    JUST FINISHED " HUNGRY TIDE" ...WELL THE TIDE BLEW ME OFF MY FEET..THNX

    posted 1 year ago. ( send a note )
  • VINOD S

    VINOD S says

    thanks

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • VINOD S

    VINOD S says

    hows the Memors of Geish..is it worth to read..for history loving kind of reader??

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Dipankar

    Dipankar says

    well i too am picking those 10th books more often than not...my sis too appearing in the boards..in my case it spurs some nostalgia...nd its quite a refreshing thing

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Dipankar

    Dipankar says

    will try to pick up 'hungry tide'...waise going by the name appears related to some coastal areas story...nyways studying tides is part of my job too so i guess it will be useful in more ways than one...
    i have alredy picked up english august for my current stint as well as a book named metamorphosis by Franz Kafka...so hungry tide will have to wait a lil i guess..
    waise wat r u reading currently??

    posted 2 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Dipankar

    Dipankar says

    Thanx rupa for that recco...i have heard a lot abt Mr ghosh being an aesthetic kindaa writer nd am really lookin fwd to upamanyu's english august (i got it in my travel bag already)
    if i were to pick one of ghosh's novels suggest one for me..but here's a thing plz suggest a mood uplifting one(smthin dickensian) nd not those haunting immigrant indians loneliness describing ones
    am i seeming a lot demanding???

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  • Dipankar

    Dipankar says

    will definetly check it out...guess will need such an indian book when i'll be missing india a few days from now on high seas

    posted 3 years ago. ( send a note )
  • StevenD

    StevenD says

    Thank you for your advice, I will check that one out. Do you know 'a fine balance'? And if so, what is your opinion about that one?

    greetings,
    Steven.

    posted 3 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Julie

    Julie says

    It was a pic of my cat, but now I have my kids and Santa and Mrs. Claus up there. Twirling is baton twirling, which is my daughter's sport and woot-woot is just a dumb sort of cheer : )

    posted 4 years ago. ( send a note )
  • vipingoyal

    vipingoyal says

    Five persons is short novel,quite symbolic,the end of the book has an impact.Find it.

    posted 4 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Julie

    Julie says

    Hi Roopa - I'm just the admin of our group and have nothing to do with the running or design of Shelfari. I knew they were going to be updating, but I don't know the hows or whys of everything they changed. It's just something we'll have to get used to, I suppose.

    posted 4 years ago. ( send a note )
  • aadhunik.com

    aadhunik.com says

    hain ji, yeh to aap ne sahi kaha. . .
    but mein to bahut hi mazzakiya huin.
    gappe marta rahta huin.

    posted 4 years ago. ( send a note )
  • aadhunik.com

    aadhunik.com says

    nahi ji, yeh to bus thoda sa hi likha hai, just the main ones, aur bahut kuch hai jo mein jaanta huin . . .

    posted 4 years ago. ( send a note )
  • aadhunik.com

    aadhunik.com says

    kyuki kuch logo ko yeh sab batana padta hai...that's why I have written about all this skills.

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  • vipingoyal

    vipingoyal says

    Both are must read books.Zen has little story and lot of philosophy,like "sophies world",dialectics and hegel,plato and aristotle,long explainations on quality,all this discussed by a father and son while a ride on motorcycle through less trodden path.
    To enjoy better read "the story of philosophy"by will durrant .

    posted 4 years ago. ( send a note )
  • DeSade

    DeSade says

    Thanks Roopa, Rumi is a great sufi poet.. this is one of his quote:
    Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.
    Rumi

    posted 4 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Sushil

    Sushil says

    Busy??

    posted 4 years ago. ( send a note )
  • SoulSoup

    SoulSoup says

    Honestly, I like Tagore's Short Stories much more than his novels. Chokher Bali in movie form - Rituparna tried it (in Hindi dubbed version too), you should be able to grab the DVD at Abu Dhabi.

    posted 4 years ago. ( send a note )
  • Jolly Bengali

    Jolly Bengali says

    Do you mean to say I'm 76 years old? I'm not a day older than 74!

    posted 4 years ago. ( send a note )