Saturday, March 31, 2007

Life feels like a play that I am a part of. At any point of time I perform my role with all sincerity and then I wait for further directions. Sometimes I have this nasty habit of guessing about what more is there in the script and interfering with the direction.

Monday, March 26, 2007

Above Average

Finished reading Above Average.
It is a much better read than Five Point Someone. In Five Point Someone one could only relate to the events that are described. Above Average captures descriptions to a certain depth, which lets one relate to the experience of the mentioned event, even though one's not seen something exactly similar. A vivid description of Delhi and the life around 'Arindam' - the narrator, carries the entertainment value but subtle references to the narrator's reflection of the incidents mentioned is what makes the book special. These reflections are left open-ended and
create space for the reader's thoughts to flow.
The elaborate prose-style reveals the author's passion for writing; the open portayal of the college student's life makes the book bold; however, the periodic musings of the narrator are what bring out the thinker in the author.
Overall the book is good, I feel the author is more than what he brings out in this book, at leats I think so.

Added later:
On second thoughts... naah. It was a time pass read. But what I thought about the author still stands.

Added much later:
And on third thoughts.. don't know if what I thought about the author also stands or not.. ????... so confused!!

Saturday, March 24, 2007

Created this new blog, which, I hope, will be a little less crazy!! :)