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My First Tag of 2010

My reading efforts and my life in general has been pretty lacklustre of late. Nothing eventful to blog about. Couple of weeks back, the snubnose was down with pneumonia. In the ensuing worry, leave from office, and so on, I have had to do some massive catch-up with work, and it is not over yet.…

Top 5 in 2009

Year End Book Meme

I first saw this meme at Aimee’s blog, which she picked up from Lorielle and I think it’s a nice way to look back at the books read during the year and try to list out THE books of the year for me. Well, here are the books that I read and absolutely loved this…

Ah! Kabul!

As promised in my previous post, I am adding this poem “Kabul”, by the 17th-century Persian poet Saib-e-Tabrizi. This is one translation of the poem that has inspired the title of “A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini. A second translation can be found here Ah! How beautiful is Kabul encircled by her arid mountainsAnd…

Love that she's walking in high heels across the rocky terrain :)

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini’s second novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns, is a story of two women and their lives in Afghanistan over the past 30 years spanning such tumultous events as the Soviet takeover of Afghanistan, the years of Mujahideen resistance, and the rise and fall of the Taliban. Mariam is an illegitimate child who is forced…