Divya wrote:
> Fiction:
> - The Great Indian Novel - Shashi Tharoor
> - A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
> - Betrayal and Other Stories- Sivasankari (alas, her best Tamil novels are
> not available in translation)
> - Rich Like Us - Nayantara Sahgal
Sivasankari hasn't impressed me as much as she should, in Tamil or English
I'd suggest A.K.Mahadevan's poetry. Always impressive. And his
translation of sangam era poetry is even better. Probably the best
indian poet, ever. [There's a few others, such as Nissim Ezekiel..]
There's the excellent novels by Kalki as well - Ponniyin Selvan in
particular in a 6 volume english translation that retains the spirit and
zest of the old tamil novel
> - Ancient India - RC Majumdar
Rajaji's Ramayana and Mahabharata too
Nehru's "Discovery of India" is an all time favorite - the man was
erudite, and could write, for all that his naive belief in russian style
industrial socialism was enough to wreck india.
srs
