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Satire and humor at its rawest
By: sheermelody  | Dec 21, 2006 12:00 AM
This is one of the funniest books I have ever read. And probably the best attempt at humorous and mind-bending satire by an Indian author. It all starts with the name, to be more precise: the comma...
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Required reading for the lost
By: thebigbadwolf | May 06, 2006 01:22 AM
I finally polished up English, August by Upamanyu Chatterjee. It was a hazaar f*cked up book(as so often mentioned by the protagonist in the novel) and I realized this somewhere in the middle of it, but...
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Recommended!
By: nid_mak  | Mar 21, 2006 12:04 AM
I was a bit tired of reading Julian Barnes when I chanced upon English, August among the umpteenth number of books on the shelves of British Council library. The book was written in 1988 and the author...
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48 ENJOYABLE HOURS OF EXPLORING AGASTYA'S LIFE
By: BORN2THINK | Mar 12, 2006 12:20 PM
THIS BOOK HOLDS SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR A PERSON WHO WISHES TO JOIN THE CIVIL SERVICES AND YES, I DO THINK THAT THE BOOK HELD MY ATTENTION TILL THE VERY END.THERE IS A CONSTANT UNDERCURRENT OF IRONY IN...
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ogu, agatsya....
By: arunash | Jul 11, 2005 10:49 PM
how often do we come across novels that place us in the role of the protagonist? how often does life seem complex before u start a novel and by the time u finish it, u feel good, not bcos ure problems...
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Antiutopia
By: Sachin.Kapoor | Mar 26, 2005 02:08 AM
The Great Indian Middle Class is a very dynamic phenomenon which has created a way of life which could be termed as quite monotonous, but at the same time one which provides security-financial and social....
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A very boring and dirty book
By: anurag18571 | Feb 26, 2005 02:53 PM
Now what do you say about a IAS officer who smokes a joint and fantasizes about every new girl he meets regardless of station of the girl or anything else. Does not take his responsibilities seriously...
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A Must Read!
By: naughtychap | Feb 26, 2005 02:42 PM
It starts off at an interesting note with the central character Agastya and his conversation with his cousin (His cousin is called Dhrubo? Note all the characters here have interesting and amazingly real...
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IAS Officer-on ki jai !..
By: Aparna21 | Feb 07, 2005 10:43 AM
...Which means - Hail to IAS officers!
I have not read the complete book ? it could not hold my interest actually. I had always heard that IAS officers are selected after very tough entrance...
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