bharathh Posted June 24, 2022 Posted June 24, 2022 My fav RK Narayan book is Swami and Friends though. Btw any good recommendations for Indian authors? Somehow I've ignored them growing up. Trying to make up for it now. I liked Amish Tripathi, Shatrujeet Nath and even Ashok Banker (although his stuff gets a little old after some time). I used to like Chetan Bhagat's old books before he became a LeLi
Vijy Posted June 24, 2022 Posted June 24, 2022 3 hours ago, bharathh said: Somehow this series doesn't equal the charm of the book. most movies/TV series don't equal the original source material (books). bharathh and coffee_rules 2
bharathh Posted June 24, 2022 Posted June 24, 2022 The visual versions of LOTR, Game of Thrones (Except for book 1 which was outstanding) and Hunger Games were better than the books IMO. LOTR I don't think i've managed to go past 1 chapter. Best cure for insomnia. Like reading a Charles Dickens on steroids. Vijy 1
Vijy Posted June 24, 2022 Posted June 24, 2022 1 hour ago, bharathh said: The visual versions of LOTR, Game of Thrones (Except for book 1 which was outstanding) and Hunger Games were better than the books IMO. LOTR I don't think i've managed to go past 1 chapter. Best cure for insomnia. Like reading a Charles Dickens on steroids. obviously these things are subjective. However, I found the book versions of LOTR and ASOIAF (A Song of Ice and Fire by Martin) to be much better than the movies/TV series. Hunger Games as a book didn't impress me too much nor did the movie trilogy, so they were roughly on par. LOTR the book series is not for everyone; same goes for ASOIAF. Hunger Games, Harry Potter, etc. are written for a broader audience
Vijy Posted June 24, 2022 Posted June 24, 2022 5 hours ago, bharathh said: My fav RK Narayan book is Swami and Friends though. Btw any good recommendations for Indian authors? Somehow I've ignored them growing up. Trying to make up for it now. I liked Amish Tripathi, Shatrujeet Nath and even Ashok Banker (although his stuff gets a little old after some time). I used to like Chetan Bhagat's old books before he became a LeLi lots of good ones in the vernaculars like premchand, Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, etc. In Indian english, some of the good ones are pretty old like narayan, mulk raj anand. most ind eng writing in last few decades is, however, by LeLis. bharathh 1
coffee_rules Posted June 24, 2022 Posted June 24, 2022 6 hours ago, bharathh said: My fav RK Narayan book is Swami and Friends though. Btw any good recommendations for Indian authors? Somehow I've ignored them growing up. Trying to make up for it now. I liked Amish Tripathi, Shatrujeet Nath and even Ashok Banker (although his stuff gets a little old after some time). I used to like Chetan Bhagat's old books before he became a LeLi There are many in regional languages. SL Bhyrappa’s Kannada novels are about a wide range of subjects- casteism, music, mythology, etc, he is best at historical fiction that very few proponents in India. His Parva (on Mahabharata) , Sartha and Aavarana (medieval India’s tryst with Islam) are available in English translations. Vijy 1
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