Indian Readers discussion

I will continue with my old challenges and will add only a new challenge: finish the books I already own.
I won't continue my Original Language Challenge.

dely, far and wide through India


visited 17 states (48.5%)
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States:
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar: India: A Wounded Civilization
Chhattisgarh
Delhi:
The Wildings
Delhi
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
Goa: Around India in 80 Trains by Monisha Rajesh
Gujarat:
The Algebra Of Infinite Justice
Il libro di Krishna
Haryana: Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata
Himachal Pradesh: Nine Lives
Jammu e Kashmir: Kashmir Saivism - The Central Philosophy of Tantrism
Jharkhand
Karnataka:
India. Cinque racconti, sei reportage, tre fumetti
Waiting for the Mahatma by R.K. Narayan
Kerala: Idris : Keeper of the Light
Madhya Pradesh:
Five Past Midnight in Bhopal: The Epic Story of the World's Deadliest Industrial Disaster
Un'isola di mistero : seguito delle avventure di viaggio di Dalle caverne e dalle giungle dell'Indostan
Maharashtra:
Sacred Games
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
Saturday Date
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Orissa: eFiction India Vol. 1 Issue 07
Punjab: Train to Pakistan
Rajasthan: India Was One
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu:
Shilappadikaram
The Toss of a Lemon
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh:
Sea of Poppies
Krsna: The Supreme Personality of Godhead: v. 1
Uttarakhand
West Bengal:
Freedom at Midnight
The City of Joy
The Sleeping Dictionary
Sister of My Heart
The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice

India without a real setting:
Kamasutra
71 Golden Tales of Panchatantra
A Fine Balance
L'Induismo
Timeless wisdom from ancient India
The Dance of Siva: Essays on Indian Art and Culture

Cat Challenge

My previous years: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

2016

Winston, un gatto in missione segreta by Frauke Scheunemann
Shammy racconta e altre storie... by Elena Battaglia

Novel Cure Challenge

My previous years: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

2016

Reading books I own Challenge

1) The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

2) Nine Lives by William Dalrymple in my to-read list since July 2015, read 14/02/2016

3) The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

4) The Stranger by Albert Camus in my to-read list since July 2015, read 12/09/2016

5) Ten Days that Shook the World by John Reed in my to-read list since December 2013, started the 30/04/2016 but did not finish

6) No Place on Earth by Christa Wolf

7) Rising of a Dead Moon by Paul Haston

8) The Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil

9) Faust: First Part by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

10) Faust, Part Two by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

11) The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss

12) Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi in my to-read list since May 2015, read 08/06/2016

13) Patterns of Childhood by Christa Wolf

14) Red Cavalry by Isaac Babel in my to-read list since December 2013, read 21/12/2016

15) Pelle di leopardo by Tiziano Terzani in my to-read list since December 2015, read 07/10/2016

16) The Satyricon by Petronius Arbiter

17) Insurgent Mexico by John Reed

18) The New Gods by Emil Cioran

19) The Complete Stories by Franz Kafka

20) The White Guard by Mikhail Bulgakov in my to-read list since February 2014, read 29/05/2016

21) A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov in my to-read list since February 2014, read 21/05/2016

22) The Great War: A Combat History of the First World War by Peter Hart started 15/05/2016, not finished

23) Gösta Berling's Saga by Selma Lagerlöf in my to-read list since September 2014, read 20/08/2016

24) Tornare a casa by Javier Cercas in my to-read list since November 2014, read 01/07/2016

25) L'animale d'allevamento by Kenzaburō Ōe in my to-read list since November 2014, read 26/07/2016

26) L'ingenuo by Voltaire in my to-read list since November 2014, read 31/01/2016

27) Simple Stories by Ingo Schulze in my to-read list since November 2014, read 02/02/2016

28) I primi sette anni e altri racconti by Bernard Malamud in my to-read list since November 2014, read 27/08/2016

29) Garibaldi fu ferito - E noi? by Paolo Nori in my to-read list since November 2014, read 30/07/2016

30) Il banchiere anarchico by Fernando Pessoa in my to-read list since November 2014, read 17/12/2016

31) Life and Death are Wearing Me Out by Mo Yan in my to-read list since November 2014, read 14/03/2016

32) La cucina dell'Islam by Hocine Benchina

33) The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas in my to-read list since September 2015, read 24/07/2016

34) La Cavigliera d'Oro by Principe Ilango Adigal in my to-read list since December 2014, read 19/02/2016

35) Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz in my to-read list since January 2015, read 23/03/2015

36) Saggezza senza tempo dall'antica india. Insegnamenti dal Vedanta e dalla Bhagavad Gita by Basant K. Gupta in my to-read list since January 2015, read 02/03/2016

37) The Undertaking by Audrey Magee in my to-read list since June 2015, read 18/05/2016

38) Fiabe e storie by Hans Christian Andersen

39) Sommerstück by Christa Wolf

40) First Snow on Fuji by Yasunari Kawabata in my to-read list since April 2015, read 05/03/2016

41) The Forty Days of Musa Dagh by Franz Werfel in my to-read list since April 2015, read 14/05/2016

42) Sozaboy by Ken Saro-Wiwa in my to-read list since April 2015, read 13/04/2016

43) Near to the Wild Heart by Clarice Lispector in my to-read list since May 2015, read 28/06/2016

44) Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in my to-read list since May 2015, read 15/06/2016

45) Open City by Teju Cole in my to-read list since May 2015, read 20/06/2016

46) Yoshe Kalb by Israel J. Singer in my to-read list since January 2015, read 17/04/2016

47) The Brothers Ashkenazi by Israel J. Singer in my to-read list since July 2015, read 29/04/2016

48) Sugar Street by Naguib Mahfouz in my to-read list since September 2015, read 10/04/2016

49) Palace of Desire by Naguib Mahfouz in my to-read list since September 2015, read 06/04/2016

50) Gli anni by Annie Ernaux

51) Living to Tell the Tale by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

52) Morte al Chiabrera by Fiorenza Giorgi in my to-read list since September 2015, read 30/08/2016

53) Letter to His Father by Franz Kafka don't remember when I bought this book! Read 03/09/2016

54) Friars and Filipinos: An Abridged Translation of Dr. Jose Rizal's Tagalog Novel, Noli Me Tangere don't remember when I downloaded it, maybe 3 years ago. Read 27/09/2016

I don't think I will manage to read them all in one year :/

Yay, dely. All the best for a brilliant year ahead. :-)

Thank you!

most if the books you own look formidable

Best of luck, Dely :D

Syl ʃʃ^.^ʃʃ wrote: "most if the books you own look formidable"

There are a few in which I'm not anymore interested :-( I had to read them as soon as I bought them.

Gehna wrote: "Best of luck, Dely :D"

Thanks!

Nice pic, finally we see you :D

Thanks :D :D

Ah Dely, I am in awe of the books that you are planning to read. I know that you will have fun while I will be envious of all the great reading you will get done in 2016. All the best. Happy reading and I shall stalk this thread for your reviews/ratings so that I know which books to pick and read. :D

Srividya wrote: "Ah Dely, I am in awe of the books that you are planning to read. I know that you will have fun while I will be envious of all the great reading you will get done in 2016. All the best. Happy readin..."

Thanks :-)
I don't think I will read all those books. I'm sure there will come other books in my way and will have to complete this challenge in the next years (if it ever be completed!).

That's my bane as well Dely. I mean to read something and end up reading something completely different and those books go to the next year's list! :)

Hi deli your division of books as per states is according to subject of the books that if it's related to that state or the author from that state. I really liked the idea. Thanks for the great idea.

Good luck, Dely!
Looking forward to the colour spreading across the rest of our motherland as well! (^.^)

Thanks everyone!

Me too looking forward, dely...

Books I own challenge

1) L'ingenuo by Voltaire 31/01/2016

2) Simple Stories by Ingo Schulze 02/02/2016

Indian challenge and Books I own

Nine Lives by William Dalrymple 4,5*

I choose Himachal Pradesh.

Indian challenge and Books I own

Shilappadikaram by Ilango Adigal 2*

Tamil Nadu

dely wrote: "Indian challenge and Books I own

Shilappadikaram by Ilango Adigal 2*

Tamil Nadu"

Only 2? It is supposed to be a very very renowned mythological story. Perhaps it was difficult for you to understand the cultural significance of medieval South India. :)

Syl ʃʃ^.^ʃʃ wrote: "dely wrote: "Indian challenge and Books I own

Shilappadikaram by Ilango Adigal 2*

Tamil Nadu"

Only 2? It is supposed to be a very very renowned mythological story...."

The main problem was the translation. The Italian edition is a translation of the English translation, not from the original Tamil. There were a few things that made not much sense. But I had also a few problems with the long descriptions of musical instruments, musical notes and so on. I had also some problems reading hymns and songs in verses. I don't like poems so I had a hard time reading them.
2 stars means that it was an ok-read. It is a good story and I liked to know about the Tamil dynasties and how people in Tamil Nadu lived during that time, but as said, I had a hard time reading it.

edit: I have added the link to my review in my reading progress discussion if you want to read it.

Okay :)
Haven't read it yet, though have read a graphic book about it in childhood (Amar Chitra Katha Publications)

dely wrote: "Syl ʃʃ^.^ʃʃ wrote: "dely wrote: "Indian challenge and Books I own

Shilappadikaram by Ilango Adigal 2*

Tamil Nadu"

Only 2? It is supposed to be a very very renowned..."

I have read multiple chapters from it in school in tamil and of course know the entire story. I found it quite ahead of it's time when i read it in the 90's!

I wish there is some way you could read a direct translation from tamil (even in English).

Girish wrote: "I wish there is some way you could read a direct translation from tamil (even in English)."

There is an English edition but I don't think I will read it. I think such books can be enjoyed only in the original language.

Indian challenge and Books I own

Timeless wisdom from ancient India by Basant K. Gupta

It has no real setting.
Was in my to-read list since last year.

Books I own

6) First Snow on Fuji in my to-read list since 2015.

Have heard a lot about Kawabata, dont remember reading this author though .

Syl ʃʃ^.^ʃʃ wrote: "Have heard a lot about Kawabata, dont remember reading this author though ."

I had heard good things too about him and a few of my GR friends with which I have similar tastes like him. This collection of short stories didn't work for me, too slow and boring. And I'm not into Japanese culture, perhaps this too leads me to don't like Janapese authors except Murakami.

Books I own

7) Life and Death are Wearing Me Out in my to-read list since November 2014

Title is scary and depression inducing :P

Ahtims wrote: "Title is scary and depression inducing :P"

Lol, no, it's a funny book about a landowner that has been killed and then must reincarnate for six times in animals but without losing the memories of his previous lives.

Ah... read it in the other thread :-)

Books I own

8) Palace Walk in my to-read list since September 2015.

Books I own

9) Palace of Desire in my to-read list since September 2015.

Books I own

10 Sugar Street in to to-read list since September 2015.

Books I own

11) Sozaboy, was in my to-read list since September 2015.

books I own

12) Yoshe Kalb, was in my to-read list since June 2015.

dely, you are mowing through your physical book shelf :D

Syl. A.k.a Topo di biblioteca wrote: "dely, you are mowing through your physical book shelf :D"

I want to finish all the books I already own otherwise I won't buy new books!

Haww.... good luck

I will never take such a vow. If I do, I may not buy another book in my life :P

Syl. A.k.a Topo di biblioteca wrote: "Haww.... good luck

I will never take such a vow. If I do, I may not buy another book in my life :P"

Lol
I have to do it! I have too many old books that I wanted to read when I bought them and now, after one, two or more years, my interest in them is decreasing and I'm sure they will stay there for a lifetime if I don't oblige myself to read them. I have decided that from now on, I will buy only books I know I will read soon otherwise in a couple of years I will have again a pile of books that don't interest me anymore.

A good decision dely. All the best in keeping up to it (as long as you can :P)

Syl. A.k.a Topo di biblioteca wrote: "A good decision dely. All the best in keeping up to it (as long as you can :P)"

I can do it! :D

dely wrote: "Syl. A.k.a Topo di biblioteca wrote: "dely, you are mowing through your physical book shelf :D"

I want to finish all the books I already own otherwise I won't buy new books!"


Same! I am doing a similar challenge this year - 'Books I own' challenge.
I'm on a self imposed book buying ban (for 6 months at least) since Jan 2016. One of the toughest decisions I've ever taken.
Every time I log on to amazon, or pass a book store - which is every day, there's a book store on the way to work - I have to control myself :)
Good luck with your challenges.

Janhavi wrote: "Same! I am doing a similar challenge this year - 'Books I own' challenge.
I'm on a self imposed book buying ban (for 6 months at least) since Jan 2016. One of the toughest decisions I've ever taken.
Every time I log on to amazon, or pass a book store - which is every day, there's a book store on the way to work - I have to control myself :)
Good luck with your challenges. "

Good luck to you too!
At the beginning it was hard to pass by a bookstore without buying, but now I'am able to look at the books without buying anything. Everytime I'm tempted to buy (also the daily deals on amazon) I always think about my pile of books I have to read and so the temptation goes away.

dely wrote: "Janhavi wrote: "Same! I am doing a similar challenge this year - 'Books I own' challenge.
I'm on a self imposed book buying ban (for 6 months at least) since Jan 2016. One of the toughest decision..."

Similar to dieting... :P

Syl. A.k.a Topo di biblioteca wrote: "Similar to dieting... :P ."

Dieting is worse!