Have you read any author who is multi-talented enough to cause severe irritation just because of there knack of writing? What about Stephanie Meyer’s paranormal ‘velvety voice’ romances, the young sixteen year old witches of New York city of Meg Cabot or the so called clumsy writing of Dan Brown, possibly even the repetitive endings of Danielle Steel. Did any one of you think of Indian authors?
Let me state my confessions:
- I detest Indian authors who write in English by that I mean those who write fiction.
- Sadly, my first Indian author aside from the Champak stories was Chetan Bhagat.
- I had vowed to never read another Indian novelist again but that didn’t last long.
- The latest Indian author I read was
To all the modern Indian authors, how do you write? Does it give you immense pain to open the dictionary or even at times the thesaurus while writing, does Harry Potter point his wand yelling Crucio at you not to right click on a specific word in MS Word to look up for its synonym. I admit I am not keen on Indian authors especially the new ones since those are the only one I have read.
I have read (my order of reading from 2008 to 2011):
- The 3 Mistakes of My Life- Chetan Bhagat
- The Indian legends retold- RK Narayan
- A Girl like me- Swati Kaushal
- Trust me- Rajashree
- Anything for you ma’am- Tushar Raheja
- 5 point someone- Chetan Bhagat
- Namesake – Jumpha Lahri
- The White Tiger – Aravind Adiga
- The Zoya factor- Anuja Chauhan
That makes ten from which I have excluded the Hindi novels- Pinjar by Amrita Pritam and Pareeneta by Sharad Chandra. See, I don’t read Indian authors all of these books have just crossed me path sometime or the other. Some of the books that really stand out for me in this list as:
IMMESASURABLY DESPISED:
The 3 Mistakes of My Life- Chetan Bhagat
Almost every Indian knows this book or at least the writer. “Bad” is the word to describe this. Bad English, bad characters, Bad plot, bad author. How can anything be that much bad? Truthfully, I haven’t even finished this book since the past three years!
About the author: Studided in IIT Dehi and then in IIM Ahemdabad
A Girl like Me- Swati KaushalA young girl called Ani has moved from US to India
About the Author: Swati Kaushal is an MBA from IIM in Calcutta India
Trust me- Rajashree
A blunt heroine and an egoless hero… Wow this must be such a non-cheesy book with no flicks of Bollywood masalas and ooh and yes I forgot I so do not know what will happen in the end! Additional note: There is a mutual understanding between me and this book we hate each other and please trust me on this one!
About the author: She has written and directed a film, The Rebel, which won a National Award
Anything for you Ma’am- Tushar Raheja
People who haven’t read many books, I dedicate this book for you. If you have an expertise in this area you will abhor it like I do(excluding the fact that I don't have much expertise). If it were a movie it would have done much better because the author (non surprisingly again an IIT ian) cannot write. I mean it he cant write at all.
About the author: Was an 4th year IIT ’ian when he wrote: Anything for you ma’am.
LIKED:
The White Tiger – Aravind Adiga
I really liked this book I cant explain it though. The writing was good but it wasn’t polished enough. Maybe it was the way Mr.Adiga formatted his plot you could feel the hard feelings flowing through you. You felt what the poor man felt through his letter to Mr.Premier. Now that’s what I call a true writer.
About the author: Won the man booker prize in 2008 For the White Tiger.
It is true I don’t like chick-lit nor do I like Indian authors writing fiction in English. This story isn’t good in fact it’s a normal as any chick lit can be but I love the author. Its because of the author I have read her books. Her writing is unique and there are few Indians who can even write. She has this witty style of writing which makes think that the whole conversation is in Hindi while its written in English. It’s a feat a few author can achieve.About the Author: Used to be the vice president and Executice Creative Director of JWT an advertising company. She has created Pepsi's 'Nothing official about it' campaign and ad slogans like, Pepsi's Yeh Dil Maange More and Oye Bubbly.
Indians in English letters may appeal to you in some way or the other, maybe its the IITian or IIM tag perhaps it’s the epic Bollywood Masala you’ve been waiting for or maybe like me, you like a decent book with very good writing. For me, writing is what makes a book outstanding. Books with great plot and intensified characters can only made with unique styles of literature. So a request to new Indian authors please do use the thesaurus. I am sure Harry Potter wont Crucio you, he probably doesn't even know who you are.
I dont knw abt indian authors using thesauruses or dictionary but i m using a one right now...(: :P
ReplyDeleteWell done !! u can be a great critic..do think about it seriously
Thanks Anonymous! :P I shall think over it but I'm too young to think about criticizing about other peoples work... :D
ReplyDeleteYou say you are too young to be critisizing other peoples work and yet you are doing it anyway...you said in the above blog and i quote "there are a few indians who can even write."(refer to Battle for Bittora- anuja chauhan.)be aware when i say that this is a bold thing to say.rather too bold actually.
ReplyDeletethough i am sure miss Chauhan would appreciate the praise you have give her i don't thing you should expect the same thing from miss Kaushal or mr.Bhagat.
Okay I admit I have made rather a too bold statement... my knowledge on books is still inferior to that of a professional critic. :P
ReplyDeleteMust be an enjoyable read Battle For Bittora by Anuja Chauhan. loved the way you wrote it. I find your review very genuine and orignal, this book is going in by "to read" list.
ReplyDelete@rohitBattle For Bittora is a good read, you'll enjoy it if you like Politics ,Chick-lit and humor. Thanks for the compliments :D!
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