Don't people read anymore?

[Cowboy]

Just finished Stephen King's "The Shining". Damn good book and probably the scariest book I've ever read. Next to go - Stephen King's "The Stand"

[asli_badmash]

Gandhi wanted to make Jinnah the first prime minister to avert partition and Jinnah was agreeable to that. but the Congress _ staunchly opposed that and we can see the results today

As far as I know and read about Gandhi.. I dont think he made any such promise on paper or media. Jinnah was very critical of gandhi and his way of winnign freedom. Jinnah wanted freedom for India but he didnt want to oppose the british. Jinnah was very opposed to all the movements started by gandhi. Gandhi had talks with Jinnah about the partition and he tried to convince Jinnah not to divide India, but he failed.

My little respect was gone when I read about the actual history behind Nehru, Indira, Feroze, Rajiv and Sanjay. You guys should've got that forwarded mail like a thousand times. It was an eye-opener.

I read that mail too... If I am not wrong, it was posted on FHDB early this year. May be a hoax... but Nehru was known to be a ladies man.

In in his initial days he was a staunch supporter of hindu-muslim ekta. later changed his mind as he thot he was not getting enuf respect....
all this seperate state theory was only to settle a personal prejudice against the INC.
Infact he wasnt a true muslim in neway. he never read the Quran, used to drink wine every day.....and yet he was leading a muslim state!

Thats true akhil and that waht surprised me the most. But I guess since he was in politics for a long time and had major connections he was the obvious choice of all the Muslims.

Well, Jinnah wanted 36% seats in parliament for Muslims, which is way more than the percentage of muslim population.

Yes you are right... but the number is somewhere in the ball park (I think its 27%). Anyway, he was not interested in Indian Unity from the first; all he wanted was a seperate nation that he can do as he pleases with. To what avail.. he died barely a year after Pakistan was formed(1948) and everything went downhill from there and it continues to date. Not only is that country dragging itself to the bottom.. its trying to pull India down too. Thats what sucks!



Read the book... "The man who divided India:Rafiq Zakaria" you will get more facts to bust the myth called Pakistan. Not that there is anything to burst.

[azazel]

Just finished Stephen King's "The Shining". Damn good book and probably the scariest book I've ever read. Next to go - Stephen King's "The Stand"

aaah, Shining was terrific. rite now, me's tryin to read The Talisman havent read The Stand, temme abt it when ur done.

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Gandhi wanted to make Jinnah the first prime minister to avert partition and Jinnah was agreeable to that. but the Congress _ staunchly opposed that and we can see the results today

As far as I know and read about Gandhi.. I dont think he made any such promise on paper or media. Jinnah was very critical of gandhi and his way of winnign freedom. Jinnah wanted freedom for India but he didnt want to oppose the british. Jinnah was very opposed to all the movements started by gandhi. Gandhi had talks with Jinnah about the partition and he tried to convince Jinnah not to divide India, but he failed.

lots of books n articles on Gandhi, Jinnah n the Partition talk abt this. It seems gandhi made this appeal as a last ditch effort to avert partition.

I read that mail too... If I am not wrong, it was posted on FHDB early this year. May be a hoax... but Nehru was known to be a ladies man.

i had posted it long ago in this forum. dunno whether its a hoax or not, but the contents of that article were damn convincing.

[LP]

Any Michael Crichton fans here?I just love his books.There was a press release on his website that his new book will be coming out in Dec 2004.Its "State of fear".Anyone here knows what is it about?I am guessing it has something to do with terrorists since he never tried that story line before and all his novels are different from each other(except Lost World).

[CtrlAltDel]

Any Michael Crichton fans here?

*raises hand...*



i was intro'ed to him with Jurassic Park abt 2yrs b4 the film was made (thats why i found the film disappointing). later i read his Great Train Robbery, Congo, Prey, Andromeda Strain, Timeline etc.



when he releases his nxt novel..i gonna buy it the day it comes out here...

[asli_badmash]

lots of books n articles on Gandhi, Jinnah n the Partition talk abt this. It seems gandhi made this appeal as a last ditch effort to avert partition.

Of all the books I have read about the partition and I didnt come across this. Maybe I should read more. I will take it as an opinion till I solidify it with facts.

I read that mail too... If I am not wrong, it was posted on FHDB early this year. May be a hoax... but Nehru was known to be a ladies man.

i had posted it long ago in this forum. dunno whether its a hoax or not, but the contents of that article were damn convincing.

Yeah I remeber.. it was damn convincing article about Nehru and the whole clan.. how they changed religions from being Parsi to being a Hindu. How they changed Feroz Ghandy to Feroz Gandhi to legitimize Indiras marraige. The origins of Sanjay Gandhi and Nehrus illegitimate child. I guess they have too many skeletons in the closet... if it is true.

[asli_badmash]

The book I talked about out... "Indian Muslims: Where have they gone wrong?" by Dr Rafiq Zakaria is here... Buy your copy.



I got a call from Book Selection Center Sec-bad that they got few copies today.

[Cowboy]

Anyone here read "Catcher in the Rye"? Been looking for it for months now. How is it? Any good?

[LP]

Anyone here knows anything about the next Fredrick Forsyth's book?The last I heard was that he was writing a novel and was taking help from an Retired Indian Major.

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Anyone here knows anything about the next Fredrick Forsyth's book?The last I heard was that he was writing a novel and was taking help from an Retired Indian Major.

something to do with kashmir...????

[LP]

Anyone here knows anything about the next Fredrick Forsyth's book?The last I heard was that he was writing a novel and was taking help from an Retired Indian Major.

something to do with kashmir...????

Yah thats what he told in an interveiw.

[asli_badmash]

Anyone here read "Catcher in the Rye"? Been looking for it for months now. How is it? Any good?

Its a conspiracy theorist book... people say it secretly discloses a lot of clandestine operations. Good book. I had the chance to read it but didnt!



You should get it and read it if you get a chance. let us know what you feel about it.



By the way it was also in the Mel Gibson + Julia(Horse teeth) Roberts Movie "Conspiracy Theory".

[Cowboy]

Anyone here read "Catcher in the Rye"? Been looking for it for months now. How is it? Any good?

Its a conspiracy theorist book... people say it secretly discloses a lot of clandestine operations. Good book. I had the chance to read it but didnt!

You should get it and read it if you get a chance. let us know what you feel about it.

Finished 42 pages as of now. Will finish it by tomorrow morning.

By the way it was also in the Mel Gibson + Julia(Horse teeth) Roberts Movie "Conspiracy Theory".

Yeah...he keeps buying a lot of copies of that book in the movie. Good movie, but kinda sucks in some scenes.

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Anyone here knows anything about the next Fredrick Forsyth's book?The last I heard was that he was writing a novel and was taking help from an Retired Indian Major.

something to do with kashmir...????

Yah thats what he told in an interveiw.

i have a novel Op Center: Line of Control "co-written" by tom Clancy, that is set in Kashmir, that doesnt exactly show India in a flattering light

its an 'ok' effort and no patch on Clancy's original works.

[LP]

Anyone here knows anything about the next Fredrick Forsyth's book?The last I heard was that he was writing a novel and was taking help from an Retired Indian Major.

something to do with kashmir...????

Yah thats what he told in an interveiw.

i have a novel Op Center: Line of Control "co-written" by tom Clancy, that is set in Kashmir, that doesnt exactly show India in a flattering light
its an 'ok' effort and no patch on Clancy's original works.

Is this the one where India nukes pakistan and US doesnt do anything because its afraid of Russia who inturn are planning to attack some other country?

If this is the one,my friend told me that its really lame and stupid.

[Lucifer]

These bloody 'firangs' write anything against India and win critical acclaim!

[Scorpon's Sting]

Anyone here knows anything about the next Fredrick Forsyth's book?The last I heard was that he was writing a novel and was taking help from an Retired Indian Major.

something to do with kashmir...????

Yah thats what he told in an interveiw.

i have a novel Op Center: Line of Control "co-written" by tom Clancy, that is set in Kashmir, that doesnt exactly show India in a flattering light
its an 'ok' effort and no patch on Clancy's original works.

Yeah, I've read the book but it was an interesting read. It didn't show "India" in good light, it was just one politician overly intent on destroying Pak .

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Anyone here knows anything about the next Fredrick Forsyth's book?The last I heard was that he was writing a novel and was taking help from an Retired Indian Major.

something to do with kashmir...????

Yah thats what he told in an interveiw.

i have a novel Op Center: Line of Control "co-written" by tom Clancy, that is set in Kashmir, that doesnt exactly show India in a flattering light
its an 'ok' effort and no patch on Clancy's original works.

Yeah, I've read the book but it was an interesting read. It didn't show "India" in good light, it was just one politician overly intent on destroying Pak .

it was covertly sympathetic to the militants and the bad guy was an Indian MP. descriptions had many errors too...

[azazel]

it was covertly sympathetic to the militants and the bad guy was an Indian MP. descriptions had many errors too...

can we sue his arse for that? hurting us patriots's combined sense of self, causing severe psychological damage?



Reading: Ebook of Complete Idiots Guide to Amazing Sex

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it was covertly sympathetic to the militants and the bad guy was an Indian MP. descriptions had many errors too...

can we sue his arse for that? hurting us patriots's combined sense of self, causing severe psychological damage?

...if suing over such things are possible, Russia's GDP wud double after a year of law-suits...

Complete Idiots Guide to Amazing Sex

:shock: Sex for Dummies...? dont tell me they have that book too...[/i]

[azazel]

if suing over such things are possible, Russia's GDP wud double after a year of law-suits...

who gives a flying frig about 'em Ruskies.. what abt my Indian comrades?

:shock: Sex for Dummies...? dont tell me they have that book too...

yep, they do. be advised: im just giving it a cursory glance, who knows i mite find something interesting

[The Jackal]

Read the Da VInci Code yesterday. All I can say is wow.The research Dan Brown did was simply awesome.Every thing so neatly described.But did anyone think that the ending was kinda dissapointing....?I felt the novel should have ended with a bang,I think he did this do that he wouldnt have to face controversies from the church.

BTW hes is releasing another book this summer,apparently another Robert Langdon book set in D.C.

[CtrlAltDel]

Da Vinci Code is a great page turner except for the extra-mild ending. but this has whetted my appetite for more Dan Brown books, and also the book from which Dan's is suppossed to have 'plagarised' the idea: Holy Blood and Holy Grail



about Da Vinci code, his theory about the worship of the Powerful Feminie struck me as similar to the Shakti (tantric) Cult we have in India and its origin in the worship of the Supreme Shakti or Devi....As in the novel, in India too, patriarchial Hinduism has largely suppressed Shakti-ism tho not entirely coz Hindus still worship the Goddess. Shakti worship now persists strongly in Eastern India (esp Bengal, Assam) and some pockets of the South.

[The Jackal]

Just finished reading Angels & DEmons.This book is on par w/ The Da Vinci Code.I dont know the problem with Dan Brown.His books are simply awesome but he always screws up the ending.A+D is a major page turner,better than TDC but the way he screwed up the ending was shokcing.Anyone read this book?I am thinking he gets excited during the ending and then makes a mistake.Right now I am reading Digital Fortress.Its also good but it lacks a good story like TDC or A+D.