idling away

what gorgeous weather outside! having a warm rainy night followed by a bright sunny morning is such a treat in the middle of a fall that seems set to precede a rough winter.

have been reading Shashi Tharoor's "The Great Indian Novel". i have to say i am completely entranced by Tharoor's smooth, flowing, lucid style peppered with the vernacular be it sardonic prose or rib-tickling poetry. the story is qite long, covering 3 generations and i've probably been at it for more than 3 weeks (considering the book has been slotted for commute-read). even so im hooked and can't wait to explore other works of the prolific prodigous writer-diplomat (PhD at 22 for heaven's sake!). i've got Riot and Business on reserve at the library and i still have to finish with chitra banarjee and douglas adams before i can read those. and then there are these exceptional blogs more and more of which i stumble across everyday. Lordy! so much to read...

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on a musical note, have been listening to the album Kabhi by Josh. me liketh a lot! after our first internationally reknown rock band indus creed, for a while there with the entry of bands like silk-route there seemed to be hope yet for the indi-pop scene. and then 'kaanta laga' happened. and every skinny girl with a half 'bare'-able body wanted to gyrate to badly mixed RD Burman songs. and now rock bands like parikrama and pop bands like strings and josh have restored my faith in indian fusion artists.

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now that my boss successfully thinks i'm very vella i think i'll leave the rest of my idle thoughts to a later post and actually get some work done.

current song Gharee by Josh