Adaab!
I am reading Bazaar-e-Husn by Munshi Prem Chandr…just started it..seems very good…
how about you?
asif…
I'm reading "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabakov, great style, sensitive topic, so far pretty good.
Just finished "The Prophet" by Kahlil Gibran, real nice, highly recommended for people who like simple verse.
Witness to surrender, by Sadeeq Salik.
Just finished ‘Commando’ by Tariq Ismael Sagir
:)
The Dilbert Principle by Scott Adams.
Windows NT for dummies...easy learning, great style, easy to digest.
Just finished Windows 98 for dummies. Highly recommended.
Pathwari,
that book's splendid! Just luved them engineer jokes :)
hahaha I am reading nothing of literary importance. Two books
1) Blur by some partners at Ernst & Young
2) Clickable Corporation by partners at Arthur Andersen.
InshaAllah will try to get my hands on some literature once I get some time.
Y2K compliant Documents for all my developed Phone Banking Applications!
BTW, Faiz's Naqsh-e-Faryade & Akhryee Khut (Last Letter)
Nadeem
The fountainhead by Ayn Rand, again. And various shairi, by various shairs always!
I am reading all these posts ;)
[This message has been edited by JAK (edited December 03, 1999).]
Since this is a Culture Section, I thought I should mention some book of cultural notability. The Book (that I read many years ago) is the “Remembered Village” (by M.N. Srinivas). Mr. Srinavas died two days ago in Banglore at the age of 83. He is best known for his work on Indian Caste systems and is perhaps the most famous Indian Field Sociologist who worked in the villages and factories to study the complexities of Indian castes. He referred to Indian Villages as “my Trobriand Islands, my Nuerland, my Navajo country”. May his soul rest in peace.
Currently I am reading “Hokusai - 100 Poets” by Peter Morse. Hokusai is one of the greatest artists of any time or place. His most famous work is perhaps ‘Thirty Six Views of Fuji’.
SalamoAlaikum
If you guys get the opportunity, read "Jannat key Talash" by Raheem Gul.
It is the best novel I've ever read. You'll be very glad you read it. :->
Wa'salam
Mostansar
"The Bride" by Bapsi Sidhwa - Pakistani writer is a really good one.
About 3 years ago, I wandered off deep into an isle in our public library and voila!! stumbled upon a little shelf full of urdu books!! hmm…can’t say they were all mayaari, adbi kitaabain..but hey! if it’s urdu…i am reading it! so now…there isn’t one book on there that i haven’t read…ahem! ok ok…may be a few of those stupid ones u can tell suck by the cover?! anyways…sabah jee’s commando reminded me of my little shelf..haven’t been to that library in a while now…i got my hands on 4 or 5 silsilay waar books of commando…what’s sad is that they didn’t have the complete set…so i never really finished it..
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khair…since that crummy little bookshelf contains all the urdu reading i’ve ever done (except for the taleem-e-tarbiyyat, phool, bachhon ka baagh, imran series and a million other little books I used to eat up when i was young..), oh not to forget Sayyaara digest, I remember i always finished it before my dad even got the chance to touch it!
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aaargh well…i am back tracking to god knows how long ago…it’s just my big fat caluclus and physics books i read and fall asleep in now… sigh
you mean other then Akhbar-e-jahan and the newspaper :)
Desert Royal by Jean Sasson