Dear
all,
Book
club meeting was held on August 01, 2012 at Business Lounge over lunch….
Following
Books were read / discussed:
Amitkumar
Sharma: None….
Deepali
Dabholkar: Maya da /
Jean Sasson
Karthik
Nilagiri: books by
Charu Nivedita (Tamil books)
Pratibha
Shetty:
Songs of Blood & Sword / by Fatima Bhutto
Vivek: The Prize / Daniel Yergin
Vandana: We weren’t lover’s like that../
Navtej Sarna
After
reading Mayada, Deepali said we are very safe in Mumbai. The way females are
tortured in Islamic countries are beyond imagination. Mayada was from the
political family. She was kidnapped and imprisoned in the notorious Baladiyat Prison—headquarters of Saddam
Hussein’s infamous secret police. Her family was one of the most
distinguished and honoured families in Iraq. She was tortured from within the
body so that her outer appearance didn’t show any marks on her body….. This is
really worth thinking….We have so much still we yearn for more…If we don’t get
the desired things, we curse people…when you read such kind of books, one is
forced to think that our life is much much better!!!!!!!!!
Pratibha
found the book very captivating…She found the author very bold and has
described all the things very minutely….the book revolves around her father’s
life…she found the book was written after doing a very thorough research on the
facts…In-spite of she staying abroad, her heart still belongs to Pakistan.
Vivek
discussed a book on history of Oil…In the olden days how oil was manufactured /
traded/ how the terms related with oil came into existence…One of the example
he mentioned was of barrel….earlier people used to have liquor stored in the
barrels. Later the same were used to store oil…hence the term barrel…
Karthik
discussed books authored by Charu Nivedita…Most of his writing are in
Tamil….Karthik mentioned that his some of his books are based against God,
marriage, social practices, etc. Charu Nivedita has also written numerous
articles on various topics such as politics, literature, music, cinema, post-modernism,
general human beliefs and many more…..When we were discussing the theme on God,
Amit had a fundamental question “Is God there” ???.... This is a very debatable
point….Many of them say, God is everywhere….it is there within you….But then
how do you define God...is it that there is some supernatural powers….I believe
that there is some supernatural powers in existence. When you are deep in
trouble, every one tend to remember “GOD” and NOT THE SOLUTION ! ! !.....I have
experienced myself these powers…..even doctors decides the fate of the patient
citing faith / belief and will of GOD!!!!!!!!......Any takers????
Remember
the dialogue from the movie Angels & Demons by Dan Brown…
Camerlengo: Do you believe in God,
Sir?
Robert Langdon: Father, I simply
believe that religion...
Camerlengo: I did not ask if you
believe what man says about God. I asked if you believe in God.
Robert Langdon: I’m academic. My
mind tells me I will never understand God.
Camerlengo: And your heart?
Robert Langdon: Tells me I am not
meant to. Faith is a gift that i am yet to receive.
I
discussed the book We weren’t lovers like that…book was not so great…About the book: Aftab's wife Mina walks out of their
weary marriage for another man, Rajiv. Aftab, humiliated but not hurt, gives up
his insipid job, pissed off by petty office politics, and takes the Shatabdi
Express to Dehradun, following a frail hope of reunion with his long lost love,
Rohini. The book covers his journey from Delhi to Dehradun; his journey from
his conformist and timid past to the promise of a content future.
After
reading the book was just wondering, the role of “other woman”…does she always
have to be blamed for breaking the marriage!!!!!!!!!!or is she the ONE who
gives emotional strength to the person…As Vivek rightly said, every
relationship is based on some “NEED”…..except for the school friends where you
don’t expect anything back in return…..where the need of some kind is not
FELT….One doesn’t even realise that we should be gaining something out of this
friendship….However, over the years, unconsciously, you develop friendship with
some desire / need / expectation in mind…….If you try to analyse it, you will
find that in any kind of relationship there is always some kind of expectation
from other person…When you don’t get anything out of the relationship it ceases
to exist.. doesn’t have the same charm as it used to be!!!!!!!!!
Relationship(s)
are based on trust, understanding, confidence…… ……. Lack of these “ends the
relationship”….
Anything
more to ADD????
