After a not so brief hiatus,Vishwa is back to blogging ways.And this has more to do with acheiving personal ends than any other pass time "bulla" i usually give.
In the past week, i beat my own personal record for the number of books completel read in a week category.I reached a personal best of three.The reason, a short holiday and the ennui that Tata Allapey trips result in when you are all alone.The list of books that i completed included Delhi by Kushwanth Singh, Nick Mason s PINK FLOYD inside out and Goalkeepers are crazy a football stories collection collected and compiled by Brian Glanville.
Of the three books that i read last week, Delhi stuck out as my personal favourite, not the least because it had history of delhi embedded in it.Any history enthusiast in this country will always be enamored by the history of Delhi,i am no different,more so because i think i am the greatest patron of the fact that Delhi is second only to London in richness of history.
Narrating the history of Delhi from the times of Nadir Shah to his time, through the eyes of Mr.Singh a historian, a part time guide woking with the embassy,Kushwant Singh easily makes strong inroads into the mind of the history hungry reader.The "riveting wit" which invariably accompanies many Kushwant Singh's books and articles forms an integral part of this book.Alternating between fiction and fact the book also gives a unclouded account of the present day Delhiites. His account arguing for both sides of the coin on serious moot points does not leave any space for serious controversies. Especially the one which alleges a builder to be a boot licker of the English has been well executed.
A thoroughly enjoyable read if you are an history enthusiast.
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