http://booktwo.org/notebook/the-jaipur-literary-festival-part-1-of-x-chetan-bhagat/ The future of Literature Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:00:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://booktwo.org/notebook/the-jaipur-literary-festival-part-1-of-x-chetan-bhagat/comment-page-1/#comment-66970 Colin Leslie Beadon Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:32:14 +0000 http://booktwo.org/?p=694#comment-66970 Many years ago, I owned Ghora, by Rabindranath Tagor, and his Gitanjali. Somehow, through too much moving around in the oil industry, I lost both those books along the way, most probably because the books had made an impression on me, and I used to press them on people to read. All my people, British, including myself, were born in India or Burma, but I only lived in the East till I was three. Today, 6th Feb 2010, on the BBC, I have just heard the interview of Chetan Bhagat, and know I must find his books. I feel the sprituality of the East, and have managed to safely keep other such books, including the Bhagavad-Gita and the Upanishads, which have failhfully followed me everywhere . Now, at age passed 70, I have this new quest to find Chetan Bhagat's work. Many years ago, I owned Ghora, by Rabindranath Tagor, and his Gitanjali. Somehow, through too much moving around in the oil industry, I lost both those books along the way, most probably because the books had made an impression on me, and I used to press them on people to read. All my people, British, including myself, were born in India or Burma, but I only lived in the East till I was three.
Today, 6th Feb 2010, on the BBC, I have just heard the interview of Chetan Bhagat, and know I must find his books. I feel the sprituality of the East, and have managed to safely keep other such books, including the Bhagavad-Gita and the Upanishads, which have failhfully followed me everywhere . Now, at age passed 70, I have this new quest to find Chetan Bhagat’s work.

]]> http://booktwo.org/notebook/the-jaipur-literary-festival-part-1-of-x-chetan-bhagat/comment-page-1/#comment-57122 Bookkake in India: College Street Bookstalls — Bookkake Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:13:37 +0000 http://booktwo.org/?p=694#comment-57122 [...] The vast majority of bookstores are single market plots specialising in Scientific, Technical and Medical (STM) titles, but there’s a scattering of literature too, and a range of languages. The best represented is Bengali, the local tongue, and many Bengali publishers have their headquarters on the street - notably Rupa (publisher of the million-selling Chetam Bhagat, who I’ve written about at booktwo). [...] [...] The vast majority of bookstores are single market plots specialising in Scientific, Technical and Medical (STM) titles, but there’s a scattering of literature too, and a range of languages. The best represented is Bengali, the local tongue, and many Bengali publishers have their headquarters on the street – notably Rupa (publisher of the million-selling Chetam Bhagat, who I’ve written about at booktwo). [...]

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