2 States: A Review

Fancy reading 260-something pages of movie script. Do pick a copy, OR just wait for the movie. Chetan Bhagat has once again delivered excellent material for a quintessential Bollywood flick. I am not implying that this is a badly written book. Though the plot is highly cliched the narrative is absorbing and definitely witty. There is nothing striking about this book, but its the kind of book that requires absolutely no effort to read through. And is perfect for those occasions when you are stranded somewhere and need to take your mind off the clock. Having  picked it up at an airport, while waiting for a badly timed connection, I enjoyed reading through. Had I read it on any other day, I would not have liked it perhaps.

The blurb says this:

Love marriages around the world are simple:
Boy loves girl. Girl loves boy.
They get married. 

In India, there are a few more steps:
Boy loves Girl. Girl loves Boy.
Girl's family has to love boy. Boy's family has to love girl.
Girl's Family has to love Boy's Family. Boy's family has to love girl's family.
Girl and Boy still love each other. They get married. 

A little boring isn't it? That's just the blurb. The book however, gets slightly better. Happy reading!

The Morning Report

As hard as I wanted to keep this blog purely literary, I don't think I can much longer. But I will try to relatively keep it that way. Before getting into that, where have I been lately? I have abandoned my home, my husband and of course my blog for a few months, in order to be with my parents. It sure felt really strange to see how much they needed me, and not the other way around. Only recently, things have been getting back to normal. No, everything is not alright. But then, I have realized that not being alright is also normal. And people just deal with abnormal and difficult situations. In general my life is getting back to normalcy.
I've mostly used this blog to dabble in short stories, poetry-of-sorts or for reviewing a book or poem I recently read. You might find a post here or there with none of those things. For instance, I might just write about nothing like I am doing today. Oh, though I have been away from my blog, I never left my books. I read quite a few recently. So, hang in there to hear about the books I've been worming through...

And now for The Morning Report