BYOB Club discussion

Which book will you be reading and in what language?

Does a translation count?

Nidhi wrote: "Which book will you be reading and in what language?"

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Yes, Nidhi, does it? I'm guessing no, since you want it to be a proper challenge.

NO! Translations do not count! Come on!

I am going to give Gulzar's Ravi Par (Hindi) a shot this year.

I'm reading the first HP in German, and then intend to read The Little Prince in German. Also, Persepolis in Hindi.

I will be reading शतरंज के खिलाड़ी Shatranj ke Khiladi , this year.

I am currently reading Kashi Ka Assi by Kashinath singh....

Wow, Persepolis in Hindi sounds interesting! Kriti wrote: "I'm reading the first HP in German, and then intend to read The Little Prince in German. Also, Persepolis in Hindi."

I might read Rashmirathi by Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, it's on my to be read list of 2016.
But I'm not sure if I could manage reading it before the meet.

I'll probably look at The Complete Persepolis in French. Let's see

Ipshita wrote: "I might read Rashmirathi by Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, it's on my to be read list of 2016.
But I'm not sure if I could manage reading it before the meet."

It is not happening on the 15th if that's what you're worried about.

I would say Rashmirathi is a small book, but it has extremely beautiful poems. I'm planning to give it another read

Anyone reading Manto?

Raksha wrote: "Anyone reading Manto?"
Hi, Raksha! I'm reading Fasaney Manto Key, a compilation of Manto's short stories in the original Urdu. I'm done with the more popular titles - Thanda Gosht, Toba Tek Singh, Naya Qanun and Khol Do, and have started venturing into less familiar territory - Kali Shalwar, Hatak, Bu, Dhuan, Peshawar Sey Lahore, Babu Gopinath, and Nangi Awazein.

I thought of reading a compilation of Faiz's poetry as well - Kalaam-e-Faiz, but he uses a much more Persianized register than Manto - maybe a little too ambitious for a beginning reader in Urdu. This is not relevant to the reading challenge, but just to get the most out of the experience, I also finished Ayesha Jalal's amazing biography of Manto - The Pity of Partition. :-)

Also, I'm not sure what the consensus here is about whether translations count or not, but full disclosure wise, I have also just begun drudging through the first HP book in German - Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen, in an attempt to resurrect my once-okayish facility in that language. Let's see how far I get, little vocabulary notebook and pocket dictionary in hand.

Kartik wrote: "Raksha wrote: "Anyone reading Manto?"
Hi, Raksha! I'm reading Fasaney Manto Key, a compilation of Manto's short stories in the original Urdu. I'm done with the more popular titles - Thanda Gosht, T..."
That's awesome. I have yet to read many more works of "Manto nama" . Bring the biography in the meet if you could.
And No, the translations doesn't count. And that is one tedious job. Sitting with translation dictionary I mean.

I am reading a collection of poems in Kannada called 'Aniketana' by the poet KuVemPu (Kuppali Venkatappa Puttapa)