tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post5078170322424312981..comments2024-03-09T02:39:40.253-08:00Comments on Hallucinations!: A Suitable BookShruthihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00635222842257175541noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post-39432143124576297742014-08-24T22:39:32.872-07:002014-08-24T22:39:32.872-07:00You've sold it to me, Shruthi!You've sold it to me, Shruthi!sandhyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09654489216158421654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post-60353467512597698472008-12-07T13:34:00.000-08:002008-12-07T13:34:00.000-08:00Oh I loved this book!! Got my hands on it after re...Oh I loved this book!! Got my hands on it after reading your wonderful review and truly enjoyed it.pumpkins momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15485762687110137320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post-60472824751072834902008-10-18T10:09:00.000-07:002008-10-18T10:09:00.000-07:00i can't imagine myself reading 1400 page book...it...i can't imagine myself reading 1400 page book...its hard for me to even read a 14 page book....but with ur description i can fool anybody that i have read a book called A Suitable Boy :)Bhupihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08372621005529756622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post-66327897727501262202008-10-16T22:03:00.000-07:002008-10-16T22:03:00.000-07:00Devaki: High-five! Ooooh I love the Chatterjees, ...Devaki: High-five! Ooooh I love the Chatterjees, including Meenakshi - how I love to hate her!<BR/><BR/>Abha: Thank you! But skin show is not that apparent in the movies of the fifties, is it? Or am I wrong?<BR/><BR/>Raj: Thank you!<BR/><BR/>Anu: But its worth it, isn't it? :) <BR/><BR/>Adu: Well, I wanted her to marry one of them because of the matters of the heart, the second for the comfort level, and the third for the sheer practicality of all. So I guess I didn't really have a favourite :D<BR/><BR/>Indian homemaker: I absolutely agree. Firoz's and the Nawabsahib's gesture at the end is so heartwarming. And that is the Raja of Marh! (What a wonderfully hate-able character! :))<BR/><BR/>Panikp: Thank you!<BR/><BR/>Rajk: Did it end with Lata feeding monkeys musambi? If yes, then that is the end - and yes, it does seem kind of strange, though I think it is meant to be symbolic. Did this help?<BR/><BR/>Sanju: Thank you!<BR/><BR/>Raghu maama: Coming from you, this is high praise indeed!Shruthihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00635222842257175541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post-72909382754203606462008-10-15T01:21:00.000-07:002008-10-15T01:21:00.000-07:00iwish i could explain a book that i have read, so ...iwish i could explain a book that i have read, so analytically and appealingly. forget about suitable boy, i like your writing about it.M S Raghunandanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00647845606867522447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post-10119865519454107642008-10-14T23:13:00.000-07:002008-10-14T23:13:00.000-07:00Hmmm.....Good post shruti...Infact, the way you ha...Hmmm.....Good post shruti...Infact, the way you have reviewed is really cool...I seriously liked it...Keep the good work going...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post-37964974345199194952008-10-14T09:34:00.000-07:002008-10-14T09:34:00.000-07:00I'm glad you wrote about this book because I had a...I'm glad you wrote about this book because I had a doubt that I'd like cleared. Has anyone read this book in parts? I read A Suitable Boy many years back and I don't remember it being 1400 pages long. However I do remember it ending very abruptly and I kept checking if there were some last pages torn or if there was a sequel to it...but never found any!! <BR/>Please clear my confusion anyone!!rajkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04473706252786535841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post-63369123611804621412008-10-14T06:53:00.000-07:002008-10-14T06:53:00.000-07:00you can start reviewing the books this is also one...you can start reviewing the books this is also one assignment which can come continuosuly to you from some magazines once your reviews start getting published. your review or post is wonderful and very fact that it has taken you into real life like thing is the greatest strength of the book. must read if i get one I will certainly read let me make a try all the bestpraneshacharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09985671857461968536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post-27823668540048454192008-10-14T04:11:00.000-07:002008-10-14T04:11:00.000-07:00Here through Blog Bharti, loved your review of a f...Here through Blog Bharti, loved your review of a favourite book.<BR/>I think the rich and the sophisticated were like the rhyming siblings, though he might have exaggerated. <BR/>I missed the characters when the book finished, like you did. And I loved Maan's stay in his father's constituency, his popularity and his natural tact. <BR/>Just think how many issues he touched upon, the rikshaw driver's extortion, the shoe makers, our religious beliefs, and the story of that creepy Raja (I forget this name, the one who was compared to a buffalo), and the way his effort to create conflict ends. <BR/>And the friendship of the Nawab's sons and Maan. You are left with a warm feeling in the end.Indian Home Makerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649133480442907582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post-89791901262607631992008-10-13T08:58:00.000-07:002008-10-13T08:58:00.000-07:00Oh! I love this book too! About the accuracy of th...Oh! I love this book too! About the accuracy of the portrayal ("was it really like that in the 50s?"), maybe it depends on where in India? Also, I think while there might have been considerable freedom in certain respects, there wuz on average less freedom in others (e.g., choice of partner for marriage). But yeah, it does seem like something of a magical time.<BR/><BR/>Also, who do you feel/wish L should have ended up with? Tell me in some cryptic way, if you can, so as not to give away any spoilers :)Aduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11882571487538304737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post-40961826421583798862008-10-13T08:33:00.000-07:002008-10-13T08:33:00.000-07:00Thank god, no spoilers in the post. I am currently...Thank god, no spoilers in the post. I am currently reading the book.<BR/><BR/>My friends still laugh at me wondering when I will finish the book, considering its volume, amd me trying to read atleast two pages a day..:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post-78085852067156211592008-10-13T08:13:00.000-07:002008-10-13T08:13:00.000-07:00Hey, I like the way this sentence is constructed :...Hey, I like the way this sentence is constructed : "Because, never have I read a book that is so vast, teeming with characters, brimming with stories, involving so many people, so many events, and so much of everything"Rajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09367344161081393779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post-25661723829489219532008-10-13T05:06:00.000-07:002008-10-13T05:06:00.000-07:00i quite liked the book too! i loved the way Seth m...i quite liked the book too! i loved the way Seth managed to tie all the ends propahly!<BR/><BR/>and funnily those days were lot more tolerant about skin show and opp sex mingling! it somehwere around 670's i think when things must have changed! :)<BR/><BR/>great review!<BR/><BR/>cheers!<BR/><BR/>abhaMama - Miahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06330103540647472728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11795715.post-19414315784694128912008-10-13T04:43:00.000-07:002008-10-13T04:43:00.000-07:00I was delighted to see your post early in the morn...I was delighted to see your post early in the morning Shruthi - you just made my day! This is one of my favoritest books ever and I feel so sad when folks find it boring... they don't know what they are missing.<BR/><BR/>I loved your review too. Kept nodding my head at every point you made! I always wondered about Meenakshi too... she is a deliciously wicked character!<BR/><BR/>And lets both of us write Mr. Vikram Seth pleading for Suitable Girl, what say? :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com