Why is January always such a busy month of the year? It is as if everyone stirs from the deep holiday slumber and then wants everything done yesterday. And I am trying to introduce myself to Milan Kundera through Identity and Immortality. Apparently it is a bad month to do such fresh associations as my head feels thicker than usual :)
I was at the Chennai Book Fair (from Jan 6 - 17 I guess) one Sunday and added a few need-to-have-these classics to our home library. The Book Fair had several stalls for Tamil literature and given my proficiency in that language, I did not venture to pick any book from those stalls. The book that I picked up at the Asian Educational Services stall and that I am waiting to read is Manava Dharma Sastra (The Institutes of Manu). For long, I have been under the impression that Manu was not at all fair to women in his laws and since this impression was handed to me as a child, I want to read for myself and make an informed opinion.
Other than that, I really want to know what sort of Egyptian music has a quick beat. Helpful suggestions are eagerly looked forward to.
3 comments:
I bookmarked the link. Always wanted to read that. Have you read 'The Da Vinci Code'? It's awesome. I don't know how much you know about christianity. But if you know quite a few things, then after reading this book, you will have a whole new perspective.
Vimal - I did read the Da Vinci Code several months ago and really enjoyed the pace and the intellectual approach of the book. It does say a lot of different things about Christianity but I believe a lot of it is a convenient stretch of reality and a tasty seasoning of imagination.
Did you also read Angels & Demons? The ending was absolutely comical, in my opinion.
I won't say lot of them are stretch of imaginity. That means you believe all that is said in Bible. The bible that we have now has few hundred version probably. And none of them are original. They have been modified extensively by the kings who used the church+God as a medium to control their subjects. So we really don't know what is the truth and what is not. I haven't read Angels and Demons. That's next on my list.
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