I’m going to India for some weddings (!) and so I’m obviously going to be stocking up on books and DVDs there…they are SO much cheaper!
So go on, gimme some names of books/movies you’ve loved and I can get them if haven’t read them yet (which has a really high probability considering how I barely get time to read since I’ve been married!)
I rather get books really…I’m not big on watching movies at home…but if it was an exceptional movie (old or new) do tell me!
x
29 Comments
July 7, 2009 at 10:02 am
I am a huge Stephen Fry fan – so any of his books! I watched Monsoon Weddings the other day which was pretty good. Um, yeah…that’s it. LOL, I need some good books to read too.
July 8, 2009 at 11:29 am
Anything particularly good of SF’s? There’s too many to choose from!
Also I’ve got Monsoon Wedding already and liked it quite a bit…! I like collecting movies
July 7, 2009 at 11:28 am
Jummy, get this book.. i donno how it is, buts kinda awesome looking n seeming.. named: the diary of a social butterfly, its by mani mohsin.. paki book!!
And u can always get twilight boookssss hehehe!!
And then theres the new book by paulo coelho, the winner stands alone!
and then theres this book secrets..
:P
gosh, i m bad, i m letting u bring all books that i havnt read yet!!
July 8, 2009 at 11:30 am
LOL!! You’re referring books you haven’t read so I can get them and then you can get them from me!!! Evil!! I love your plan!!
July 7, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Kite Runner
A Thousands splendid sons
Both authored by Khalid Husseni
Zakir,
Alchemist,
By Paulo Coehlo
One hundred Years of solitude- Gabriel Garcia Morquez.
If for any teenage friends/relatives you wanna gift a book……I best is Speedpost by Shobha de.
Shantaram- Greogory David Roberts
Kafka on the Shore
by Haruki Murakami
The Elephant Vanishes: Stories
by Haruki Murakami
July 8, 2009 at 11:30 am
WoW that’s some list. I’ve got some of those and I’m definitely getting the others…BIG thank you!
July 8, 2009 at 2:25 pm
Shobha De.. No please nooooo
jumjum…i have a thousaND splendid suns.. kab milein gayyyy
July 8, 2009 at 6:07 pm
I would not recommand any other books of Shobha De as I have not read any of them. But this particular one is short of Letter from her to her children. The book was written a decade ago, but the content of it is more relevent even now and the days to come. Of course it is your choice of reading.
July 9, 2009 at 4:37 am
K, I hear her autobiography Selective Memory is quite good! Which of her books didn’t you like?
I think it’s unlikely we meet before I leave and I’m going to get the book anyways…lets all meet up for a super iftar as soon as Ramadan starts?
Maddy, this sounds interesting and I am gonna check it out…I read the review and liked it…!
July 9, 2009 at 6:07 am
sumthing called stars.. heck, ive forgotten the name as well.. the girls father died n it begins with a funeral..
u get that shoba de, gimme review, n i’ll giv it a shot too!!
khayr, okie, lets meet up 4 iftar, awesommeee!!
July 9, 2009 at 3:40 pm
read BLINK… you ll knock out!
July 14, 2009 at 10:11 am
Malcolm Gladwell??
July 13, 2009 at 12:04 pm
One hundred Years of solitude- Gabriel García Márquez, my all-time favorite.
Also, I love the books by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, specially “Sister of My Heart.”
August 27, 2009 at 8:54 am
I LOVED Sister of My Heart. Read it on the train ride back from Kerala. Really nice.
July 14, 2009 at 4:58 pm
Have to read up on One hundred Years of solitude- Gabriel García Márquez. It sounds quite something.
Look up David Baldacci as well.
August 27, 2009 at 8:57 am
I’ve bought One Hundred Years of Solitude, will let you know how it was.
Didn’t find anything from Baldacci that interested me…!
July 16, 2009 at 2:12 am
I like to stock up on desi movies I wouldn’t get to see otherwise; the good ones, classics…
August 27, 2009 at 8:58 am
I’ve got tons of classics
Bought a few more this time..!
What’s your favorite?
July 17, 2009 at 9:03 am
I love all English Flicks with desis in them
Buy those!
Books….buy The White Tiger. Its good. Buy everything you can get your hands on that’s NOT written by someone who speaks it as their native tongue. Brazilian, Portugese, Indian, Pakistani. See a foreign name on an English Novel? BUY IT!! They’re the hottest thing going around. Seriously.
And buy romances!! Lots of them! I never spend serious money on buying romances so when I get the chance to buy 3 for the price of 1 etc, I JUST DO IT!
Have fuN! And we want to see pictures of the dresses you’re going to wear. Oh, and shoes. The shoes! Me wanna see shoeses! ;D
August 27, 2009 at 9:00 am
LoL! You’re one book crazy lady.
Loved White Tiger, I had gotten it the last time *before* it won the Booker prize!
I took your advice about the ‘foreign name on an English novel’ btw
Dresses, FB. Shoes? Well there’s just where the dresses are
July 31, 2009 at 8:22 pm
Tare Zameen Par
Kuch kuch hota hai
Hum Tum
Dilwale Dulhania Le jayenge
And there’s one more of Kaajal and (yaar what’s her hubby’s name again? :/ ) purani-ish. Very cute movie. Will write when I remember the name.
August 27, 2009 at 9:02 am
Have all of them. Except the Kaajol-Ajay one, I think I’ve watched it though!
August 4, 2009 at 10:34 am
Hello there … haven’t been here in a while, and not sure if you are still in India… however, a few books that haven’t been mentioned yet…
1. The girl with the Dragon tattoo (the thing is sold out at every bookstore I’ve tried in Hong Kong… get me one too)
2. Old Man’s War – this is science fiction, and while I NEVER read sci-fi… this one came highly recommended… and I LOVED it! It is a fantastic book (in both meanings of the word ‘fantastic’). It has 2 sequels as well (‘the ghost brigades’ and ‘the last colony’… I haven’t read the last one yet, but the second one is also a lot of fun!).
3. I think somebody already mentioned ‘Blink’ (great book) by Malcolm Gladwell… he also wrote ‘The Tipping Point’ (another great book) and ‘Outliers’ (which I just bought). GET THEM ALL!
4. If you have an iota of interest in management: get ‘Good to Great’ by Jim Collins (he also has a couple of other books)
4. It you have an iota of interest in the financial markets: get ‘Demons of our own design’ by Richard Bookstaber.
Cheers.
August 27, 2009 at 9:06 am
Damn! I’m going to have to get these the next time I go! I was already in India when you graced this space
August 9, 2009 at 7:35 pm
kahan ho yaar???
August 27, 2009 at 9:07 am
Sorry K!
August 10, 2009 at 8:06 pm
Pyar to hona hi tha!
Got it! The kajol movie. Very cutie. 
August 27, 2009 at 9:10 am
That’s one! Naah, I liked French Kiss better.
August 22, 2009 at 10:03 pm
Meow!! wheres u???
u r tagged!!
:P
missin ur posts axlly!