Ash Talks Books

I picked up this book from the Juggernaut app a few months back during a sale after I found out that it was a book of short stories. Else, the title 'The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad' and the sample I downloaded didn't exactly entice me. I was also curious about Twinkle Khanna's second book. The book consists of four short stories: The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad Salaam, Noni Appa If the Weather Permits The Sanitary Man from a Sacred Land The first story was very much like what the PM would tweet out on women's day. Not to say it wasn't inspiring, but I felt it was a bit too goody-goody. 'Salaam, Noni Appa' was interesting and I truly liked the story, except for the name of the lead character, which sounded odd to my ears. 'If the weather permits' was written tongue-in-cheek and in my opinion simply brilliant. It is the hidden gem in this collection, but not everyone seems to like it. In the review section, people are seen criticisi...

My purchases during the Freedom Sale on the Juggernaut app include:  'Equal Halves' - Famous Indian Wives edited by Annie Zaidi 'Amma'- Jayalalithaa's Journey from Movie Star to Political Queen by Vaasanthi and 'Indira'- India's Most Powerful Prime Minister by Sagarika Ghose A couple of days before the sale, I'd bought: The Diary of Rehan Malhotra by Hirsh Sawnhey All these have been added to my TBR pile. The only problem is they can't be read on the Kindle, so it's kind of hard on the eyes!

I think it was just a matter of time that I got hooked on to mythology. It was inevitable. I say this because a childhood friend, SVS, was asking me which version of the Ramayana and Mahabharata her teen daughter would enjoy. I'd suggested Ashok Banker's but then another friend interjected saying it might be too racy for her. The first seed was planted in my subconscious. And then one of the reputed neurologists I visited for my frozen shoulder/cervical radiculosis/whatever-the-heck-still undiagnosed-disease-it-is, spent a good 40 minutes of his precious time discussing spiritual questions with me. Don't ask me why. I'm as stumped as you are. So again the leaning toward knowing more about Gods and Goddesses. My extended family meet consisted of discussions of spirituality by all the elders. My lack of knowledge of such matters is rather shocking. And then the online book group that I'm a part of - Senior Reading Raccoons - had suggested, among many books, L...