A Fine Poet

A Fine Poet: A Short Story

With the shirt dirty and torn from the sleeve, shoes unpolished, and without a pencil, what chance does the boy have in a class of poetry?

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Review: The Sense of an Ending

The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

"...what else have I done wrong?"

There have been many mystics in South Asia (and plausibly around the world) through the ages who have been asking to look inside, find the truth inside. First obstacle we face looking in is the truth itself. For the truth that stares in our faces is often the wrong we own. There is a couplet of Kabir (a mystic from India, contemporary of Guru Nanak) that goes like this:

Review: Animal Farm

Animal Farm by George Orwell
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

It is a classic, and it has been analyzed threadbare, so I doubt I can add anything substantial. Nevertheless, I am going to put a few words here. Animal Farm was an allegory to Russian Revolution, they say. Maybe. But it is more than that. It is the template of history unfolding. It is a statement which is corroborated by history time and again.

"Donkeys live a long time. None of you has ever seen a dead donkey."

Review: The God of Small Things

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I had first read the book years back, and I still sometimes pick up the book to remind myself of the joy it gave me the first time I read it. As the author herself states, the best stories are the ones that you already know.

"...the secret of Great Stories is that they have no secrets. The Great Stories are the ones you have heard and want to hear again."

Broken News : A Short Story

Broken News: A Short Story

This very short story gives a glimpse of the agony that an imaginary John goes through while reading a tragic news sitting on his new couch. What really agonizes him is the stuff of the story.(review by onlinebookclub).