Writer: Hamish McDonald
Genre: Biography
The book is a fabulous collection of statistics as India tried to establish herself in the post independence era. The controversial rise of Dhirubhai Ambani and his Reliance industries forms the crux of the book. The book covers his meteoric rise from the small village of Chorwad to the spunky office at Nariman Point.
Being a biography, as usual I read it with a detached sense of belonging for I usually never form an opinion or comment on a second person's view about a third person :)
Read the book, do not let tthe statistics scare you. The book has some big names like Ramanth Goenka, Gurumurthy, Rajiv Gandhi, Pranab mukherjee, etc being mentioned quite often. You will really find it quite accurate if you manage to google the facts. A good read whatsoever
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Mahashweta
Writer: Sudha Murthy
Genre: Fiction
Many years ago there was this Marathi serial that used to be telecast on Doordarshan titled ‘Mahashweta’. It had the lovely Aishwarya Narkar playing the lead and she had hooked me to this serial. As it happens with all the serials, it got boring with time and I stopped watching it. Later I came to know that it was based on some book and that search lead me to buy this book. Now, let me clarify that it was actually based on a Marathi novel by Sumati Kshetramade (which I would lap up soon).
Anyways, reasons apart, this is a small book and deals with much of the bias set in the society against luekodermic people. Anupama, a beautiful and talented small village girl gets married to the extremely handsome Dr. Anand in what one would call a Cinderella like wedding. Everything seems to be just perfect for the couple when all of a sudden Anupama’s world crashes as she is diagnosed with luekoderma, a skin ailment which completely disfigures her and mars her beauty.
As she deals with her family, the society and more importantly with herself, identifying her strengths and giving up her weaknesses for a calm and composed existence is what the book is all about.
Definitely a good buy if you want a quick read.
Genre: Fiction
Many years ago there was this Marathi serial that used to be telecast on Doordarshan titled ‘Mahashweta’. It had the lovely Aishwarya Narkar playing the lead and she had hooked me to this serial. As it happens with all the serials, it got boring with time and I stopped watching it. Later I came to know that it was based on some book and that search lead me to buy this book. Now, let me clarify that it was actually based on a Marathi novel by Sumati Kshetramade (which I would lap up soon).
Anyways, reasons apart, this is a small book and deals with much of the bias set in the society against luekodermic people. Anupama, a beautiful and talented small village girl gets married to the extremely handsome Dr. Anand in what one would call a Cinderella like wedding. Everything seems to be just perfect for the couple when all of a sudden Anupama’s world crashes as she is diagnosed with luekoderma, a skin ailment which completely disfigures her and mars her beauty.
As she deals with her family, the society and more importantly with herself, identifying her strengths and giving up her weaknesses for a calm and composed existence is what the book is all about.
Definitely a good buy if you want a quick read.
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