Book Reading.

45 minutes of thought, and i come up with an irreproachable heading--> Book Reading

Anyways i recently read 2 books, One is Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts(Which one is the author you would think....). Its a single name you Indian fools!!!
and the other one is The White Tiger By Aravinda Adiga(Now there is a name).

Let me start with Shantaram, though the author claims that it's inspired by true events, i later came to know from a source(Google) that most of it is a work of fiction. It starts with an Australian ,a heroin addict and a convicted bank robber(again a single guy!!!) reaching India. He arrives at Bombay and has no clue what he is going to do, he takes Dharavi to be a war torn refugee camp and of course is enthralled by the poverty(owing to his skin pigmentation), he decides to stay here for good. His life from hereon is a roller coaster ride. He meets this mysterious woman Karla, who he falls in love with, this very interesting, head wiggling, hinglish speaking taxi driver who he thankfully does not fall in love with and a dozen others. The book revolves around the author's experiences in our slums, prison,underworld, bollywood(yes bollywood!!) and Afghanistan .
Conclusion -->By the time you will finish this book you wont have an iota of doubt about whites being insanely crazy.
Actual Conclusion--> I loved his narrative, which gets vividly graphic at times making it all the more saucy...his way of putting the lifestyle of the slum dwellers and the slums, where humanity is not a myth.He actually tells the reader that its not Taj Mahal or, or, or... well Taj Mahal is all we've got, but the people of India that define the "Incredible" in Incredible India(Take that Pakistan!!).


Coming on to my second conquest The White Tiger,
I think the book is just like this Blog's heading.. i mean clearly Aravinda Adiga gave a lot of thought, the idea is really cool(letters to the Chinese President) but it finally didn't add up to anything interesting.
Conclusion: Its not a good read.
Actual Conclusion: The conclusion is totally correct.