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Wednesday, July 06, 2005

"Bibliotag"

Few days back Avinash told me that he had "book tagged" me.
I said "Cool! Thank you" (I didnt had a clue what he meant)
Yesterday he did ask me why I havent posted on my blog.
I blinked.
"Why do you ask me?"
It is only then I got that if you are, what you call "Book tagged", you are suppose to publish your bibliography.

So here it is:

My favourite books: (English)
Freedom at midnight by Dominique Lappierre and Larry Collins
To kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee
Life of Pi by Yann Martel (Booker prize winner)
Indomitable Sardar by K L Punjabi (about Sardar Patel)
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Man in search of Meaning by Victor E Frankl
Tales of Malgudi by R K Narayan ("The Tiger of Malgudi" is my favourite)
The Financial Expert by R K Narayan
Mating Season by P G Wodehouse
Short Stories by Roald Dahl (I recommend this one if you like dark humour)

Other books:
Tamas by Bhism Sahni
My God died Young by Sasthi Brata
A passage to India by E M Forrester
Talking Straight by Lee Iococca
Straight from the Gut by Jack Welch
Flesh and Nails by K S Duggal
Sunset at the Blandings by P G Wodehouse (his last work which he never finished)
Indira by Katherine Frank (I read it because it created a lot of controversy)
One hundred years of Solitude (Noble prize winning Novel by Gabriel Garcia Marqueiz) I still wonder why it got the nobel prize.
The Firm by Gohn Grisham
God Father by Mario Puzo
The Alchemist by Poulo Coelho
The monk who sold his Ferrari by Robin Sharma(Wyak, very bad read. Had to read as it was recommended by one of my friend.)
Who moved my cheese by Spencer Johnson (Didnt like it one bit. Read it to humour my friend)

My favourite in Kannada:
Vamsha Vriksha
Griha Bhanga
Daatu all by S .L. Bhairappa
Chomana Dudi by Shivarama Kaaranth
Samskara by U R Ananth Murthy
Hamsa Geethe by Ta. Ra. SubbaRao popularly known as Ta. Ra. Su.
Sarasa by Eshwaraiah (who was Udayavaani editor)

Other books:
Nirakarana
Grahana
Doora saridaru
Naayi Neralu all by Bhairappa
Artha by Nagaraj
Millenium vishwa darshana by Poorna Chandra Tejaswi (Kuvempu' s son)

I have written only the ones I remember. Let me add to this list as and when I recall.