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Reading Wednesday
Feb. 19th, 2014 03:26 pmWhat did you just finish?
The Adventures of Feluda by Satyajit Ray (yes, the director). A collection of short stories about Prodosh Chandra Mitra, who goes by the nickname Feluda and works as a private investigator. He's assisted by his young cousin Topshe (who is very consciously Watson to Feluda's Sherlock Holmes, and who is the narrator of the stories) and his friend Lalmohon Ganguli, a timid dork who writes adventure novel under a pseudonym. Together, they fight crime! No, actually.
The stories aren't particularly deep, but they are fun, and have exciting settings. Most of the stories take place in Calcutta, but there's also one in Rajasthan, and another in Bombay and the rural area to the east. Very nice if you're in the mood for something easy to read.
What are you currently reading?
Dangerous Women edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois. Still working my way through this. A number of the stories so far have been deeply infuriating, which doesn't help my reading speed.
Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy by Sugata Bose and Ayesha Jalal. A nonfiction history, focusing on post-1857.
The Adventures of Feluda by Satyajit Ray (yes, the director). A collection of short stories about Prodosh Chandra Mitra, who goes by the nickname Feluda and works as a private investigator. He's assisted by his young cousin Topshe (who is very consciously Watson to Feluda's Sherlock Holmes, and who is the narrator of the stories) and his friend Lalmohon Ganguli, a timid dork who writes adventure novel under a pseudonym. Together, they fight crime! No, actually.
The stories aren't particularly deep, but they are fun, and have exciting settings. Most of the stories take place in Calcutta, but there's also one in Rajasthan, and another in Bombay and the rural area to the east. Very nice if you're in the mood for something easy to read.
What are you currently reading?
Dangerous Women edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois. Still working my way through this. A number of the stories so far have been deeply infuriating, which doesn't help my reading speed.
Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy by Sugata Bose and Ayesha Jalal. A nonfiction history, focusing on post-1857.
