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Saturday, November 6, 2010

"My Days - A Memoir" by RK Narayan - inspiring autobiography

Memory, it is sometimes dry and boring, but not this, this autobiography was a surprisingly well written, the story interesting and stimulating life extraordinary Narayan and accidents. A simple change says, but so beautiful that you feel really see through the eyes and you can hear the environment. RKNarayan is a very famous Indian author who wrote many short stories and novels. His younger brother is a famous designer.

The story is abouton various aspects of life - love, fight, love for pets, take a daughter who communicate with souls, soulmates, spiritual meetings, and the real beauty is that they are all written in a simplistic believe it all and perhaps also ask how you would react, or have heard if you were in a similar situation. I'm sure many of us that identifies with the daily events in the book.

The beauty of this work is a simple narrative of the author, who is as freefluent and easy to follow, you get completely immersed in the book and finds it difficult to put after starting to read the account to have. In one case, nature is so well described that, after another world of mystical beauty of this area.

Reading the book one feels ill and pulled like Narayan is trying, with the death of his wife to get ready. You feel sorry for a man devastated. Then he finally finds a way to communicate with his psychicthe soul of a woman who has always been close to him to help him, guide him to come and deal with loss and life after her. This bit was a bit 'hard to believe for me, but then there are strange things done in the world.

This autobiography really inspired me a lot and makes me want to read any other novels by this author inspired by various phases of his life. Some of them are -. "The Bachelor of Arts, The Dark Room", "English teacher" and "Man talkative"He has a very useful brief account of what happened in his personal life, when he announced it will be interesting to these novels, the traces or derivatives of these events would have an impact read in the novel, in which he wrote. Another of his famous novel "Guide" was filmed in the early 70's and was becoming a huge commercial success of the film, the popularity and critical acclaim in this period.

Friday, September 17, 2010

Book Review - LK Advani autobiography "My Country, My Life"

Lal Krishna Advani is an important leader of the BJP. In fact, after Vajpayee is the best known face of the BJP Indian political horizon. Advani lasted eight decades of Indian politics. From this point of view alone, his autobiography "My Country, My Life 'a significant contribution.

The book is comprehensive, covering his life from his time Advani in Karachi before independence to 21 Century. This is a huge canvas and Advani spent much time on itthe facts as he sees them. Few Indian politicians of considerable stature wrote an autobiography, with the exception of Nehru. Advani must be completed for this step.

Advani book is interesting reading as it provides an overview of the thinking process of the Hindu social and party political options for the start of the political morality of the Jan Sangh LEDs. This party then transformed into the BJP. The first part of the book, especially, itsPeriod in Karachi and the impact of RSS on it makes interesting reading. He expressed his disappointment with the Congress Party for the perceived failure to prevent partition and commends the work of the RSS in the difficult days of 1947 when India flames with riots between Hindus and Muslims was. Advani also discussed the bomb plot of 1947 in Karachi, where some leaders have been involved Sindhi Hindu.

Advani to clarify its equation of Gandhi. He brings up the fact that heall due respect to the leader, but his analysis of Nehru and Indira Gandhi are revealing. Criticized them.

The book distributed over a thousand pages, had worked at least 200 pages and related content would not have lost. After reading his book one can appreciate the brand of nationalism Advani. His interpretation of the ruling Shah Bano and his Ram Rath Yatra and the Ram temple in Ayodhya, which led to the downfall of the government, VP Singh are interestingthey reflect the views of Advani and the BJP Hindu party which is (Bharat Janta Party).

Advani, however, throughout his long association with the RSS (GOM Swayam Sevak Sangh) and the Hindu revivalist BJP party and the former Jan Sangh should come as a secularist. Nowhere in the book Advani seems to be something other than a nationalist. Penning was when this book is a possibility that the Indian Prime Minister, which would be with some parts that were written in MayView. But this is not the merit of the book, not diminish. The reading gives you an overview in the mind of one of the great Hindu leader of the BJP today.

Advani was deputy prime minister in the BJP government led by Vajpayee. His friendship with Vajpayee will be clear where the mentor of Vajpayee and Advani was the follower. However, Advani fly over his role in the liberation of the wanted terrorist Masood Azar, after the abduction of Air Indialine of aircraft. Slides in Greater This would add value.

Moreover, no personal intimate details of personal life is Adjani. The autobiography is not the political will, but should be comprehensive, including personal life. This gap is not addressed in the book.

But the book is worth reading if only for the work of the Spirit of him who asked not to be the king. Advani defeat at the hustings by the substance of the book, not diminish.