What is your most favourite work of literature....

[Senorita]

be it a poem , a short story , a play , works related to philosophy , thrillers and such...something that compels you to come back to it again and again...something which is a fountainhead of courage and hope or something about which you are just plain passionate...

[smellyfinger]

Senorita,

There is only one piece of literature that can live up to the high expectaions that you listed ... Playboy .. it comples you to come back to it again and again .. and dont even get me started about passion and fountainheads ..
:D :D

[Senorita]

:D

can we be serious for a change

or am i askin for too much

:p

[laal_langot]

Is Chandamama Champak Chaacha Choudhary etc. allowed in this charcha nomination for the bokker prize??in case something more serious then how about Mastram series???

[Senorita]

champak chandamama are okay

who's or rather what's mastram (Senorita pretends she doesn't know anything related with this term and walks off coyly)

:p

[laal_langot]

Mastram is a very dear friend of most frustu's ....

Senorita walks of coyly to???buy a copy of Mastram..

[Big-G]

I don't like her when she is serious.

[Senorita]

well do you want me to begin your butt-bashing all over again :P

shameless fellow :D

[Big-G]

'My' Butt Bashing???
Are you implying that your butt is my butt???
Is this some kinda subtle invitation??

*Big-G could never understand women*

[Senorita]

Originally posted by Big-G

*Big-G could never understand women*

hee hee heee

see I told ya this man here is a moron ...nuts........

heee heee heee

[Big-G]

moron shoron theek hai...magar yeh 'BUTT' waali baat zara khul key batao...
who knows...you might get lucky...i might be interested.

[Senorita]

Originally posted by Big-G
moron shoron theek hai...magar yeh 'BUTT' waali baat zara khul key batao...
who knows...you might get lucky...i might be interested.

ye butt mein kuch zyada hi interested hai..

bhaiyya michael jackson ya phir sir elton john ke pas chale jao...tumhara butt bhi examine kar lengey wo log aur daam bhi sahee dengey...Phir you can buy sanitary pads for your momma darling (aakhir unka time of month jo chal raha hai)

:p

heeee heeee heeee

[Big-G]

...and I thought IITian gals only looked ugly. Maybe you never had loving parents, so you never learnt to respect others'.

[Senorita]

Originally posted by Big-G
...and I thought IITian gals only looked ugly. Maybe you never had loving parents, so you never learnt to respect others'.

heee heee heee

bhaiyya look who's talking

ladkiyon se aap jab argue karne mein harne lagte hain to abusive ho jate hain aur phir unexpectedly jab ladkiyan bhi aapko aapki hi medicine ka taste karvati hain to aap kehte hain duniya mein sharafat nahin bachee.......
sighhhhhhhhh......talk about double standards........:p

heee heee

bhaiyya tadap rahe hain :D

[Big-G]

Hey..i know you are feeling pathetic. Those false 'hee hee's aint being much help. So, give me one instance where I have been abusive or have cussed about your parents???

sigh...if only formal education could redeem an abusive, uncultured upbringing.

[Senorita]

Originally posted by Big-G
[B

sigh...if only formal education could redeem an abusive, uncultured upbringing. [/B]

very true very true

so was it your dad who abused you or your mom who ignored you coz she was busy changing her sanitary pads

:p

you lack brains moron..admit it...

heee heeee

you've made our day :D

[Big-G]

..with every post of yours you are painting a more and more prominent picture of an ugly frustrated female, who lacked male attention all her life, looking for some cheap kicks at this late hour of the night.....

See Senorita, you can be insulting without being profane or resorting to hurling abuses at parents.... your girlies must be feeling uncomfortable, with you feeling so pathetic about yourself.

Accept it Senorita, now you are not enjoying this at all.

[Senorita]

:D

nah we are enjoying every moment ...

it really does feel great when somebody who tries to match wits goes down kissing our feet

choooooo chweet bhaiyya

now you are reasoning eh when we kicked your butt?

wimp of a man ugh :p

:D

[Big-G]

Trying hard..real hard to appear cool.. :D :D
But hey, we all know it gal....you ain't enjoying any of this.... ask your girlies what they say???

You can have an ugly face and yet be a beautiful person... just give it a try Senorita.... some males do look beyond physical appearance too.

Pity is all that I feel for you :)

[smellyfinger]

Guys (and Gals)..
Please avoid insulting/abusing each others families. They are not involved in these discussions, why bring them in ??

Its also funny how every one thinks they kicked the other person's butt. :D :D

[Big-G]

Nice thought Smelly, but not all have been lucky enough to have been borne to a loving set of parents. Some hold their own parents responsible for the way they look (not that they are wrong). It's not surprising when they find hurling abuses at someone else's parents funny.

Let her live and learn....I am still hopeful. :)

[Senorita]

big g heaves a sigh of relief at being rescued by smelly..

heee heee

he was itching to get out of this without a red face n smellyji ne izzat bacha lee :D


big g you ARE heee heee relieved aren't you?

:p

[Big-G]

hmmm...does that mean you are finished for the day???

But seriously, ain't your girlies feeling sorry for you, when they see you typing "hee hee"s, while you have that constipated look of extreme frustration on your face??

You are sorry you started this, ain't you Senorita???? :)

[Senorita]

he won't give up man

and those hee hee s they irritate him no end :D hee heee heeee

c'mon bunny boy..you couldn't handle so lil stuff..wot you gonna do when you grow up

girlies say they are getting bored and so am i

:D heeee heeee heeeee

[Big-G]

:)

The girlies ain't getting bored....they are feeling sorry for you. Go ahead my dear, shower the posts with "hee hee"s..but is that helping in any way ???

You are gonna go back home and look at your face in the mirror for a long time, aren't you??? Once again those hidden complexes you been fighting down all your life are gonna show their ugly heads, aren't they???

I pity you Senorita.... :)

[smellyfinger]

Originally posted by Senorita
:D

can we be serious for a change

or am i askin for too much

:p

Senorita,

I believe you wrote this ?? Or do you suffer from some form of schizophrenia ??

[Senorita]

I know smellyji but we need our daily quota of humor and today big g has so generously decided to comply...

big g though we would say is getting increasingly repetitive ...and thus boring...

heeee heeee (big g loves these smellyji i assure you)

[Big-G]

Smelly pal.... don't get mad at her... she does need her entertainment.... and this is her ONLY source. It'll be hard for you to understand. If only you had to lead your life carrying on your shoulders an ugly face.... I am happy if i have been able to give her some pleasure in an otherwise frustrating and bitter life... :)

Senorita...... tell me honestly. how do you feel when you look at yourself in the mirror??.... don't you feel cheated by God??... don't you wish you were like one of those so called 'dumb' chics, who though educationally unqualified , still command all the attention from guys?? Don't you wish your girlies were not here, reading all these sweet little things being said about you????
:)

[Senorita]

gosh big g can't you be more creative ... for the last 10 posts maybe you've amply demonstrated that you lack brains...you don't need to proclaim from the rooftops you are a slow dumbo :D

carry on fella........

you are just trying to salvage whatever remains of your bruised ego

heeeee heeee heeee :p

[Big-G]

:D :D

My ego has been bruised beyond repair...but hey, how exactly are you gonna take care of your crawling self esteem???? Your hideous looks? Your deep rooted complexes??? Plastic surgery is an option, but even science has it's limits.

I hope you get married soon. Though the guy won't exactly be a Tom Cruise..... :)

[Senorita]

Originally posted by Big-G
:D :D

My ego has been bruised beyond repair...but hey, how exactly are you gonna take care of your crawling self esteem???? Your hideous looks? Your deep rooted complexes??? Plastic surgery is an option, but even science has it's limits.

I hope you get married soon. Though the guy won't exactly be a Tom Cruise..... :)

he's really crying now though he doesn't realise this but others do :D


heeee heeeee (YOU LUV THIS NA :p)

[Big-G]

:) :)

you really reduced me to a crying, quivering pulp, didn't you??? How does it feel to be victorious all the time?? Plus how does it feel being ugly??

:)

[Senorita]

Originally posted by Big-G
:) :)

you really reduced me to a crying, quivering pulp, didn't you??? How does it feel to be victorious all the time?? Plus how does it feel being ugly??

:)

he's finally admitted he's done for but big g final parts of your act were repetitive and boring :p

please please let me thank you for putting up such a great comedy show :D

have fun big g

and may lord strike you with a temporary bout of amnesia so you can have your dinner in peace...:D

heee heeee heeee

[Big-G]

Don't tell me you are leaving without answering my questions...
trust me sweetie, my intentions are very noble. I know a few guys who have the same problem as yours. I can actually fix you up a date or maybe a husband.

So don't leave before you answer... :)

[Senorita]

Originally posted by Big-G
Don't tell me you are leaving without answering my questions...
trust me sweetie, my intentions are very noble. I know a few guys who have the same problem as yours. I can actually fix you up a date or maybe a husband.

So don't leave before you answer... :)

mereko lollipop chahiye .. mereko lollipop chahiye...

chooooooow chweet big g bhaiyya..

aaj raat lagta hai aapko neend nahin aayegee:D

heee heee heeee :p

[Big-G]

:D :D

hahaha...good, i can feel you losing it slowly. I know, it'll be hard for you to sleep. At least if the girlies weren't there you could have just tried to ignore it all and pretended as if nothing happened. But hey, now they all have seen the look on your face. It's gonna be hard acting normal in front of them, won't it?? :D

Do the zoo authorities tense up, look concerned and make a mad dash for the gorilla cage (to check) whenever they see you ?? :D

Kis kis tarah sey poochhoon yeh sawaal??

[Big-G]

I can't believe it...she left without as much as a BYE !!

[nandini]

senorita and big g kp ladna jhagadna hota hai to woh pm kyon nahin use karte this is definately anot about books

[laal_langot]

They are writing their own...thread by thread memoirs ikathhe ho rahein hain...hope the moderators dont vandalise the archives

[Indian]

clash of egos ???

[Senorita]

Can we start this afresh?

I mean not THIS ;) but the actual thread topic discussion.

[Netra]

Can we start this afresh?

nahi yaar Seno, gandeshji ki shaadi ki tayariyan shuru karte hain.

Waise topic ke hisaab se dekha jaye, to these days I am into Harry Potter.

[Senorita]

kaisee hotee hain harry potter ki kitabein?

suna hai mostly fantasy se deal kartee hain??

Super Girl se bhi poochna tha koi achchee see animal behaviour ki book Gandesh aur BIG G ke liye magar wo to gussa hoke bhaag gayee

khair aap batayiye howz harry potter!

[Netra]

Ekdum first class hain. You start reading, you don't feel like putting it down. Then you want to read the next one and so on. Its nothing but addiction. Of course it is supposed to be for children, but adults enjoy it equally. Why do you think I am behaving like a kid on this board?

I am addicted to reading and I started reading Harry Potter because I had nothing else to read on that day. That was the beginning and I am desperately waiting for the new one to come out.

[nandini]

my all time favourite is RAAG DURBAARI by Shrilal Shukla tho originally written in Hindi a very good English translation is available in Penguin....

[IA]

I personally like poetry specially by Ghalib, Mir, Chatbast to name a few.

[Super Girl]

I love Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

I am also a travel buff, so any travel book about any distant land, its history and culture will do.

[Senorita]

Well 2 of my favs are

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostyovsky

Of Human Bondage by W Somerset Maugham

For humor - Scott Adam's Dilbert series is tops.

[aryaputra]

nobody votes for Enid Blyton?

how can you forget her?

[smellyfinger]

For humour .. P G Wodehouse .. I can read the same book/story over and over again and still laugh .. Avoid buying American printed abridged versions of Wodehouse, though. They are the worst. All the funny stuff is taken out and they concentrate on the story line .. like thats whats important in a Wodehouse book .. :mad:

[Super Girl]

And also...

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

How I can we ever forget Enid Blyton and her Famous Five. I used to survive reading her books in middle school! And then came The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew! :)

[Senorita]

Originally posted by aryaputra
nobody votes for Enid Blyton?

how can you forget her?

6 cheers for her

Who can forget The Famous Five - Uncle Quentin , Aunt Fanny and Timmy the dog

Secret Seven

Five find-outers
- I think that funny policeman Mr Goon- the kids used to call him
'Clear orf'

[Senorita]

Originally posted by smellyfinger
For humour .. P G Wodehouse .. I can read the same book/story over and over again and still laugh .. Avoid buying American printed abridged versions of Wodehouse, though. They are the worst. All the funny stuff is taken out and they concentrate on the story line .. like thats whats important in a Wodehouse book .. :mad:

Wodehousean english is tops!!!!!!

And then if you go back a lil in time - Asterix n Noddy

[Senorita]

Originally posted by Super Girl
And also...

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

How I can we ever forget Enid Blyton and her Famous Five. I used to survive reading her books in middle school! And then came The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew! :)

Fountainhead took me almost a month to read..had to go thru it slowly .... savour her offerings at a leisurely pace....

Atlas Shrugged was good too.

[Super Girl]

Yep, that one was good too! In fact I read that first and then moved on to The FH. My friends and I had the same problem too! :D

We actually had to start a group to figure out what the heck was going on! :D

[Big-G]

:D :D :D
Of course, it would have taken you one month. Inglis mein jo tha. You should have gone for the telugu version. Novels, movies on VCR and the net. The sole sources of entertainment.Life must be $hit, eh O ugly one? :D :D

[Senorita]

Originally posted by Super Girl
Yep, that one was good too! In fact I read that first and then moved on to The FH. My friends and I had the same problem too! :D

We actually had to start a group to figure out what the heck was going on! :D

hehehehehehehe

I read it when i was in the 3rd yr of college...and for that month it virtually took precedence over all other pursuits...used to carry it over to the class and the dining hall and the canteen and wherever I roamed...what in particular took my fancy is that long winded speech by Howard Roarke (or was it someboy else??) in the intial phase - a 2-3 pgs long narrative that completely had me bamboozled!!!!!!!!!!!

[Laloo Prasad Yadav]

Lagta hai sanorita sudhar gai hai.

[Big-G]

hahahahaha....saala college time mein bhi koi ladka bhaav nahin deta tha???? Rona bhi aataa hai, aur hasi bhi. Kasam sey, teri jagah main hota toh kabka apkey apney aapko goli maar leta.
:D :D chal shanno, mummy ko mera hello bolna aur kehna us raat ki baat mujhey ab bhi yaad hai !!!!! baad mein miltey hain. :D :D

[Super Girl]

Originally posted by Senorita


hehehehehehehe

I read it when i was in the 3rd yr of college...and for that month it virtually took precedence over all other pursuits...used to carry it over to the class and the dining hall and the canteen and wherever I roamed...what in particular took my fancy is that long winded speech by Howard Roarke (or was it someboy else??) in the intial phase - a 2-3 pgs long narrative that completely had me bamboozled!!!!!!!!!!!

Honestly, don't remember. Am planning to read the book again! Might get some more insight in it too. :) My high school years are long gone by - a little over a decade ago!

[Rahul]

I am not a regular reader instead its kinda different with me, I used to read a book, when its beocme controvercial like Sat. Verces, Lajja, Mi Nathuram godse Boltey etc.

Hey may be I still have that child alive in me and love to read all those comix specially Astrix and mandrex ;)

[echarcha]

I can list the favorite books I have read through different stages of my life.

Started off with Chandoba, Kishor and Champak in school to improve my Marathi (despite being a Maharashtrian) in a English medium school.

In school we had a wonderful library where I read The Secret Seven, Famous Five, The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew

Along with these, I also followed and read P.L.Deshpande, Acharya Atre and Ganpat Patil and some other Marathi literature.

Marathi also had some good detective and crime series by Gurunath Naik, Baba Arnalkar, Sharadchandra Walimbe and others. A Marathi magazine called Dakshata was my favorite for police and other crime stories.

Then went on to Alistair McClean with all his classics like Guns of Banavrone, Where Eagles Dare.....

Later on started with Len Deighton, Fredrick Forsyth and Robert Ludlum, Jack Higgins, Jeffrey Archer, Lawrence Sanders, Ken Follet,.....

Today I have been reading Micheal Crichton, John Grisham, James Patterson, Mary Higgins Clark and some others.

I have read some non-fiction like Chariots of the Gods - its about humans being from another planet, etc. Contact by Carl Sagan, Jonathon Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach.

I could never digest Ayn Rand who always thought that she was the ideal and prefect person and the whole world around us is crazy!

Then I like comedy works by George Carlin, D.L. Hughley and Chris Rock.

[Senorita]

Arrey yaar

how come nobody's mentioned champak , lotpot , chandamama , parag , nandan , madhumuskaan , chacha choudhry , billoo , pinki
etal

mebbe most of you wouldn't even what am talkin abt :(

[Senorita]

Originally posted by echarcha


Then I like comedy works by George Carlin, D.L. Hughley and Chris Rock.

never even heard of those..

could you mention a few novels' names by those guys

[echarcha]

Originally posted by Senorita
Arrey yaar

how come nobody's mentioned champak , lotpot , chandamama , parag , nandan , madhumuskaan , chacha choudhry , billoo , pinki
etal

mebbe most of you wouldn't even what am talkin abt :(

I have read them all.. I used to listen to "Diamond COmics" program on Vividhbharti on Sunday afternoons.

The jingle went like this - "Munnu padtha Diamond Comics, Chunni padthee Diamond Comics, Papa Munnu padthe Diamond Comics, Mummy Munnu padthee Diamond Comics. Majedaar yeh Diamond Comics.... " :D :D

It used to come after Bournvita Quiz Contest. :)

[Senorita]

Detectives mein to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wins hands-down..

Nothing like reading a Holmes' adventure with lotsa grram coffee n pakode
:D

[echarcha]

Originally posted by Senorita


never even heard of those..

could you mention a few novels' names by those guys

http://www.georgecarlin.com/
http://www.laugh.com/

These are stand up comics... Geroge carlin has also written books.

[nandini]

how cd you forget ROALD DAHL
not only the Bizzare Tales but also James and The Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
and of course Uncle Oswald's Story:D

[calmncool]

there are quite a few that I like

'Illusions' by Richard Bach, the film 'Bombay' by Mani Ratnam, Allama Iqbal's 'Khudi ko kar bluand itna...' to name a few...

[calmncool]

Originally posted by echarcha


I have read them all.. I used to listen to "Diamond COmics" program on Vividhbharti on Sunday afternoons.

The jingle went like this - "Munnu padtha Diamond Comics, Chunni padthee Diamond Comics, Papa Munnu padthe Diamond Comics, Mummy Munnu padthee Diamond Comics. Majedaar yeh Diamond Comics.... " :D :D

It used to come after Bournvita Quiz Contest. :)

Yeah! Actually I like some other jingles as well:

Lifebuoy: "Tandoroosti ki raksha hai lifebuoy, <voiceover> Lifebuoy mail main chipen kitano ko DHO deta hai. </voiceover>
Life buoy hai jahan, tandoorosti hai wahan, <chorus>LIFEBUOY</chorus>

and

Nirma detergent tikya, iske jaag ne jadu kar diya. Pani mein rehke bhi yeh kam gale, dhedo kapde dhoye aur zyada chale.....<don't remember the rest>

[Senorita]

'Jonathan Livingston Seagull' was an interesting read.

Somebody remember Eric Segal's 'Love Story' and 'The Class'?

[laal_langot]

Originally posted by Senorita
'Jonathan Livingston Seagull' was an interesting read.

Somebody remember Eric Segal's 'Love Story' and 'The Class'?

I remember K.L Segal's love story......jabb dil hi toooooot gayaaaa....jabb dil hi toooooot gayaaaa.... and his CLASS too....what class he had....... ek bangla bane nyaaaaraaaa....vishwakarma ke dwaaaraaaek bangla bane nyaaaaraaaa....vishwakarma ke dwaaaraaa

I guess the name you mentioned is just his name translated into English yeah??

[Senorita]

anpadh langot
:D

[laal_langot]

Ismein langot ki kya khaasiyat hai ann khaa ke to sabhi padh maarte hain...

[Senorita]

maskhara langot

:D

[laal_langot]

Naheen langot naturally laal hai....maskaara naheen lagaaya hai...

[Senorita]

badbola langot

:D

[perfect_storm]

Originally posted by Senorita
'Jonathan Livingston Seagull' was an interesting read.

Somebody remember Eric Segal's 'Love Story' and 'The Class'?

this time I am just remebering Rajendra Kumar's "Love Story"....Kumar gaurav Vijyeta Pandit and my own old "The Class" of college time :D :D :D :D :D

"Jo nathan" road ke kinare "living ston"e ki dukan hai jispe apna "Sea"n"gull" bhithta hai usi se matlab to nehi ;)

[Senorita]

haan bhaiyya wohi...aap mile ussey to bolna hum bahut yaad karte hain.......

[perfect_storm]

message de dinge

yaad me Sea-n-gull teri jaag jaag ke seno raat bhar karwate badalti hain
Yun hi eCharcha me sara din bhar Big-G se jhagarti (ta) hain

[smellyfinger]

Jonathan Livingston Seagull was and still remains one of the best I have read. Also loved Illusions by Bach. Thought provoking, to say the least ..

[Senorita]

Most of us know R.K. Laxman as the 'common man' cartoonist but long back I'd chanced upon a novel by him by the name of 'Sorry, No Room' - It was a tragi-comic sorta thing and made for an absorbing read.

[Rahul]

Originally posted by Senorita
be it a poem , a short story , a play , works related to philosophy , thrillers and such...something that compels you to come back to it again and again...something which is a fountainhead of courage and hope or something about which you are just plain passionate...

Nobody come up with Ramayana, Koran, Bible etc, comeon those books are not that bad.

[Senorita]

hmmm Rahul you have a point there.

Most of you wouldn't bat an eyelid when I mention 'Geeta Press Gorakhpur'
They publish religious books of superb quality - Ramayana , Mahabharat and various other anecdotes from the vast hindu mythology.

They make a very good read and you also get to imbibe a lot of info abt hinduism as such

[nandini]

seno what odes one have to do to send you a PM ?
sorry for deviating from the topic
btw i think nothing can beat Gaban and Seva sadan by Premchand
yup even in tranlations Premchand is the best

[SimpleHuman]

Sino,

Life me abhi tak aik hi noval pada! "Shishe Ki Chattan" by Siraj Anwar! Took a week to finish was worth! :)

Sorry rahul bhai Quran is not a book! Book is something which is written by xyz!

No intension to divert this thread! its going good apart from some nautanki in the begining :D

[Senorita]

Originally posted by nandini
seno what odes one have to do to send you a PM ?
sorry for deviating from the topic
btw i think nothing can beat Gaban and Seva sadan by Premchand
yup even in tranlations Premchand is the best

Gaban was too good - a truly moving narrative. Infact short stories by Premchand like 'bade bhaisaheb' and 'soze vatan'
enthrall much more.

Nandini , I'd turned off my PM facility - have turned it back on again - try sending one now.

[Rahul]

Originally posted by SimpleHuman
Sino,

Life me abhi tak aik hi noval pada! "Shishe Ki Chattan" by Siraj Anwar! Took a week to finish was worth! :)

Sorry rahul bhai Quran is not a book! Book is something which is written by xyz!

No intension to divert this thread! its going good apart from some nautanki in the begining :D

for the good muslim like Simple Human, I apologize for my misunderstanding, U know why, bcoz I used to read from different sources like Hindu Holy Book, Muslim Holy book, so I used the word Book.

[SimpleHuman]

Aray yaar Rahul mera bolne ka matalb not to have an apology from you! was just for information! :)

Waise I wonder if you can get this "Shishe Ki Chattan" in hindi dont loose a chance to read it! story of an "Arogant NawabZadi and Khuddar Middle Class man!" what a emazing story! starts in India ends in Brazil.

[phaedrus]

umm...

hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy....(douglas RIP)
lila
narcissus and goldmund
east of eden
ulysses
malgudi
the age of reason
power shift
the world accordign to garp
catcher in the rye/nine stories
lord of the rings
.........and so on and so forth

[risingsun]

Lajja - taslima nasreen
Satanic verses - Salman Rushdie for facts they present

fiction
fan of jefferey archer, fredrick forsyth
hate robin cook, always the same plot.

hate all other kinds especially those i have to study :D

[Senorita]

who's the author of 'the age of reason'?

[laal_langot]

Some reason able guy....

[Senorita]

Originally posted by laal_langot
Some reason able guy....

WHY GUY?

bhaiyya iss political correctness ke zamane mein person bolo nahin to GABBAREEE GIRL aake tumhein kachcha chaba jayegee..vaise bhi badee jaldi khafa hotee hain wo...

[laal_langot]

Yeh ladkiyon ko kachhey(naade waale) chabaane ki aadat kab se padi??

[Senorita]

ladkiyan agar kachchay chaba gayeen to phir iss dharti par
sirf ladkiyan hi bachengeee......BOBBITISATION hamara brahmastra hai tum asuron ko nestanabood karne ka

[SimpleHuman]

rising that was cheap :o

[laal_langot]

Originally posted by Senorita
ladkiyan agar kachchay chaba gayeen to phir iss dharti par
sirf ladkiyan hi bachengeee......BOBBITISATION hamara brahmastra hai tum asuron ko nestanabood karne ka

BOBBItise se ek gaana yaad aa gaya......hum tum dang dang dang dang ........ek kamre mein band hon......dang dang dang dang......aur naada kho jaaye......tere kachhe ki bhool bhulaiya mein bobbi tise ho jaaye....

[risingsun]

Originally posted by SimpleHuman
rising that was cheap :o

kya? what was cheap? did i crack some comment? how much drink have you had till now, barr barr bolta hoon, daru mat pee mat pee, dekh apni kya haalat bana rakhi hai.

[Senorita]

Have just come across a copy of 'Gone with the Wind'

anybody here who's read it?

[nandini]

what r u talking about? i have grown up dreaming about a guy like Rhett...........sigh

[laal_langot]

You dream of rats???and fatasise about cockroaches??

[nandini]

i only fantasise abt you laaaaloooooo mere bhaaaaaalooooooo
btw where the **** is tantric now-a-days??????

[Randheer]

1) Surendra Mohan Pathak and Ved Prakash Sharma in Hindi Novels,I usually read them in Train

2) Chahcha Chaudhary and Bankela(Raj Comics) in Comics.

3) Hardy Noys in English

:D :D :D

[phaedrus]

Originally posted by Senorita
who's the author of 'the age of reason'?

Sartre

[phaedrus]

Originally posted by Senorita
Have just come across a copy of 'Gone with the Wind'

anybody here who's read it?

It is an ok book...too hyped up...steinbeck does a much better job of describing american culture of the past...

[ManOfLaMancha]

Originally posted by phaedrus


Sartre

Think its Thomas Paine.
BTW, phaedrus, seems you have read zen and the art of motorc..

[ManOfLaMancha]

Difficult to choose a single one from so many.

100 Years of Solitude (anything by Marquez)
Crime & Punishment + The Idiot - Dostoevsky
Catch-22
Thus Spake Zarathustra

Mostly like to read plays -

Shakespeare (he rules!!!)
Rhinoceros
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are dead
Waiting for Godot
Marat/Sade

But the best are Marathi plays. I'll grab anything written by Vijay Tendulkar. Desis who haven't read Silence! The Court is in Session and Giddh are missing something.
Elkunchwar, too, is awesome.

Haven't read much of Hindi apart from Rakesh and Dharmaveer Bharati. Want to lay my hands on Kabir and Habib Tanveer. Anybody in Bay Area knows where these are available?

BTW, anybody here find Dilip Chitre interesting?

[phaedrus]

Originally posted by ManOfLaMancha


Think its Thomas Paine.
BTW, phaedrus, seems you have read zen and the art of motorc..

I am talking about a different book...thomas paine dealt with chritianity & its flaws in his book, which obviously is of no interest for me. Existentialism makes more sense to me....;)

The Age of Reason (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0141185287/o/qid=990262320/sr=2-4/202-7841287-0941428)

yup read zen, though prefer the next one "Lila". You?

[Sauron]

I think it's almost impossible to come up with a one or two books/authors that are my favorites - depends on my mood and/or the time of day :)
Anywayz here are some of my favorites in no particular order

Humor - PG Wodehouse and Terry Pratchett. Cervantes for Don Quioxte (The story goes he was getting paid by the word, which explains some crazy tangents)

SciFi/Fantasy - Asimov (Foundation Series), Gregory Benford, Herbert (Dune) and of course Tolkien

Russians (I count them as a seperate genre :) ) - Dosteyevsky - Brothers Karamazov in particular, and Gogol

Kafka - for creating the most haunting atmospheres - even filtered through a translator.

Camus, Steinbeck, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Arthur Miller- for empathy and understanding

Nietzsche - for raw power

Shakespeare - no pidgeon hole for this guy - but I'll put him under psychology

Sadly I don't have any Indian authors on this list - not because theyre not deserving but because Im lacking. In general most european languages seem to survive translation but the cultural divide is too much for most eastern languages. I can read halting hindi and punjabi but it's way too much of an effort - if anyone has some suggestions for good translations (having read both the original and the translation) - I'd love to hear about it

[ManOfLaMancha]

Originally posted by phaedrus
yup read zen, though prefer the next one "Lila". You? [/B]
Neither actually. As a juxtaposition between East & West, Zen was okay otherwise wasn't much to it. Don't even remember much about these books now. Read them a long long time ago.
Have you got a chance to read any in Indian languages?

So, what happened to the high faluting discussion on literature?

Ever read the Gita?

Care to test out the Bible?

The Koran too deep for you?

Are we going to discuss at the level of Amarchitra Katha?

Is Vivekananda an idiot?

and Arundhati Roy a moron?

And the lady without any mercy is a Hee Hee Hee nincompoop acting a pseudo intelligent role?

Baap re Baap!

[Netra]

Originally posted by Nalin
So, what happened to the high faluting discussion on literature?

Ever read the Gita? No

Care to test out the Bible? No

The Koran too deep for you?Yes

Are we going to discuss at the level of Amarchitra Katha? Why not?

Is Vivekananda an idiot? No

and Arundhati Roy a moron? No

And the lady without any mercy is a Hee Hee Hee nincompoop acting a pseudo intelligent role? I'll let her answer that
Baap re Baap! [/B]

Nalin, the question was "What is your most favourite work of literature?" and each one gave his/her view. If the literature you have mentioned is your favourite, we respect your views. But please let us have our own opionions.

[risingsun]

Originally posted by Nalin
So, what happened to the high faluting discussion on literature?

Ever read the Gita?

Care to test out the Bible?

The Koran too deep for you?

Are we going to discuss at the level of Amarchitra Katha?

Is Vivekananda an idiot?

and Arundhati Roy a moron?

And the lady without any mercy is a Hee Hee Hee nincompoop acting a pseudo intelligent role?

Baap re Baap!

what does Vivekanad or arundhati have to do with what is my favourite piece of literature...why drag them in here?

Baap re Baap!

Hame to kachcha chabajaya!

I am outta here!
Got better things to do!

Bye!

[Indian]

Originally posted by Nalin
Baap re Baap!

Hame to kachcha chabajaya!
I am outta here!
Got better things to do!

Bye!

Did you leave the bhajan in middle at prashanti nilayam..and freaked out here ?? confused what to post ??

kacha naheen .. pani aur thel mein ubal kar bhi kha jayenge ..agar matlab ki baat naheen karey tho . GOT THAT ???

now go back to bhajan !

:D :D :D

[risingsun]

Originally posted by Nalin
Baap re Baap!

Hame to kachcha chabajaya!

I am outta here!
Got better things to do!

Bye!

That was a stupid post of yours which was criticised, if you think before you post people will appreciate it.

[phaedrus]

Originally posted by ManOfLaMancha

Neither actually. As a juxtaposition between East & West, Zen was okay otherwise wasn't much to it. Don't even remember much about these books now. Read them a long long time ago.
Have you got a chance to read any in Indian languages?

Umm...lila is nothing like that...and zen was not just a mix of east & west. That is more done be frijtof & zukav...zen was more about a soul's pursuit of truth and the travails....

Umm only thing in indian languages i read was ramayana (the valimiki version), they are tough to find. Like all the other losers, i have to read the english versions of indian works :) You can check out "philosophies of india" by Heinrich Zimmer. I found it pretty good ....

[tantric_yogi]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by rakhwala
All literature by Veer Savarkar, Nathuram Godse and Subhash Chandra Bose!! [/QUOTE

Nathuram Godse has written? I am not aware of any book written by Netaji Subash Chandra Bose??! Could you elaborate...and name publisher or place in Bombay/Delhi to order copies...thanks.

[Chulbula]

"Banhon me Chale Aaao" by sino! :D:D

[Indy]

My all time favorite is Jane Austin. I have read all her novels. They all are really good. But my favorite is Pride and Prejudice.

[Robinhood]

Most of the Michael Critchton novels.

20,000 leagues under the sea, Time machine, A journey to the centre of the earth by Jules Verne.

'Treasure Island' by R.L. Stevenson

And then of course as someone said some books are to be swallowed , in that category, I'd put sidney sheldon and fredrick forsyth at the top.

[Netra]

And then of course as someone said some books are to be swallowed , in that category, I'd put sidney sheldon and fredrick forsyth at the top.

I would add Irwing Wallace also.

[tantric_yogi]

Reding two this week
by
Swami Sivananda
and
Carlos Castaneda.

[tantric_yogi]

Originally posted by NARCISSIST
Chariots of God's is realy good

one of my old fav. I have book for years and do go back to it every once in a while...it does have some solid theories...
loved 90min tv documentary based on the book...

[ShivSainik]

My all times fav are champak , chacha choudhari plus historical books like IInd world war, warsaw to Hiroshima etc etc.

[balebale]

have any Echarchan read Nathuram Godse's "MAY IT PLEASE YOUR HONOUR". If so what is your views on this book.

[Robinhood]

good stuff!

have added quite a few books to my must-read list.

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Women are from Bras and men are from penus is an excellent laughter.

The power of your subconscious mind is one book which i rate better then the best of aLL THE BOOKS EVER WRITTEN.
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narci who are the authors of these two?

and what is 'chariots of gods' about?

[ManOfLaMancha]

Originally posted by Robinhood

and what is 'chariots of gods' about?

Don't know about the bra/penus thing.
But chariots is written by erich von daniken.
daniken puts forth the theory that earth was visited by aliens some hundred years ago. He justifies this theory with evidence related ancient sculptures, cities. He even goes on to say that we are descendants of these alien visitors.

[crazy-sexy-cool-babe]

_______________________________________

To Robihood
_______________

Robin HoodEven I have read The power of your subconscious Mind and must say even I havent read a book better then that .

The authors name is Dr.Joseph Murphy


About that bra and panty book I mean Womaen are from Bras and men are from Penus atleast I have no idea and have nevr even heard of them .

_____________________________
To Senorita
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Nice to know Senoritathat you have heard and read the books from Geeta Press Gorakhpur .I share an insight with you on this that none of them wud have heard of geeta press Gorakhpur and an atheist like me has heard and read almost all the geeta press books.


Senorita I have just loved reading Babu Devki Nandan Khatree's Novel Chndrakaanta and I have also read :

Chandrakaantaa Santati Part 1

Chandrakaantaa Santati Part 2
Chandrakaantaa Santati Part 3


Chandrakaantaa Santati Part 4

Chandrakaantaa Santati Part 5

Chandrakaantaa Santati Part 6


These are the only Hindi Novels that I have read.
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Now senorita u 'll call me really crazy but here are the names of my all time favourite books :

1>Organic Chemistry By morrison and Boyd

2>Inorganic Chemistry By JD lee

3>Physical Chemistry By Aitkins.


I JUST HAVE A LUST FOT READING CHEMISTRY BOOKS.

Senorita In comics I have had the please of reading champak ,nandan,LOTPOT,madhumuskaan,chandmaama, madhu muskaan , paraag,chacha chaudhari , billu , pinky,chacha bhatijaa, lambu motu,fauladee singh , mahabali shaka,tauji and rumzhum, and all other diamond comics , manoj comics and raj comics, and killer japaataa, and baal pocket books and just everything from Nancy Drew To nancy Friday,Hardy Boys to Hard core ,

You just name it Senorita and trust me I have read it be it Dostovysky or be it Leo Tolstoy , Be it chariots of Gods or City of Gods and PLEASE NOTE THAT I AM AN ARDENT AVOWED ATHEIST.

Be it dale carnegie or Stepjhen R covey be it Sigmund Freud, or William James or Carl Jung .Senoritaa I have read Tons of Psychology of William James the father of Psycholgy , Carl Jungs Psychiatry and Sigmin Freuds Psychoanalysis .

These are the guys who have nevr been topped in their knowledge of there fields of Psychology and psychoanalysis.


Senorita I have also read autobiogrpahies and have arrived at the conclusion that they were all better written then Lived with th eponly exception of the Biography of Benjamin Franklin the best Diplomat the world ever had and the most LOved person in America say 250 years ago approximately.


Senoritaa I just have a Lust for reading books and People ,so how much Should I write .There seems to be no end.

More Later Senorita......

[Parashuram]

Aunty

Check out my poetry :-
http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/way/2219/poetry.html

CHEERS

[crazy-sexy-cool-babe]

U have written it yourself , honestly bolo I swear kar ke .

[crazy-sexy-cool-babe]

I have read between the words Sonnie in ur poetry :)

[Parashuram]

Dekh Aunty

Badmash tho hoon .....magar log yahan pe tere peeche senti hone lage .....tho kya hai ki sach ye hai ki ......I'm a happily married man and wish to remain so .....Was just checking if u were some 40 yr old cross dresser masquerading as a PYT .....anyways good luck to ya behna ...find a nice tall handsome guy ......and ENJOYYYYYYY Life .........PS :- Me and my wife met each other on a internet chat site too .......Yup those stupid poems were written by me when I was about 18-20 or so ........CHEERS

[videsee]

Originally posted by Parashuram
. I DONT write poetry anymore. Taken from your web site!

Why?

[crazy-sexy-cool-babe]

Pal Parsu ...tum toh samjjdhaar ho samjhyo un logon ko kee SENTi hone se PANTY nahin miltee :)

Thanx for the wishes .....vaise basically don't belived in getting tied down .....prefer being free for fancies and .....F's ......:)


PAl parsu agar voh poetry Stupid thee toh ab toh tumhaara panigrahan sanskaar ho chukaa hai toh ab stupid kee jagah cupid poetry likho naa.

from the point of view of a 18to 20 year old too good :up:


Acchaa likhtae ho tum bahut poetry bhee aur posts bhee atleasts the ones in which u an d mee are communicating .

[Parashuram]

Originally posted by videsee
Taken from your web site!

Why?

Dude ......had to eat something ....so became a Chemical Engineer.....No money there too ......So wrote code ......didnt pay ....couldnt publish ........anyways finally published at a rag at http://www.poetry.com ........thats on the site and in Print too ....

[Parashuram]

Originally posted by crazy-sexy-cool-babe
Pal Parsu ...tum toh samjjdhaar ho samjhyo un logon ko kee SENTi hone se PANTY nahin miltee :)

Thanx for the wishes .....vaise basically don't belived in getting tied down .....prefer being free for fancies and .....F's ......:)

Aunty kabhi Times Square dekha hain ....Be nice ....have a munna and a munni or two .....and a nice backyard with a barbeque .........

PAl parsu agar voh poetry Stupid thee toh ab toh tumhaara panigrahan sanskaar ho chukaa hai toh ab stupid kee jagah cupid poetry likho naa.
Ever heard of PAPA HEMINGWAY ......cupid shupid nahi likha jaata re .......

from the point of view of a 18to 20 year old too good :up:


Acchaa likhtae ho tum bahut poetry bhee aur posts bhee atleasts the ones in which u an d mee are communicating .