East, West

Time:0900 hrs
02nd April 2004

Having convinced myself that to hate on the basis of heresay, is a sin, i decided to read "east,west" by rushdie simply cause the book happened to come into my possession.Now, i'm not gonna rave about the author n commend his brilliance cause i dont take too well to people disparaging what i like.However, i wud like to add that my opinion is overtly critical and wud encourage everyone to read the book and make up his/her own mind.The book is collection of stories as the name suggests of the east n west n its divided into 3 segments:east, west n east,west each containin 3 stories.The section which turned out to be the best, to my suprise, was "east".It was suprising for me cuz most indian or easternised stories tend to be soppy with an overdose of the colloquial lingo.However,these stories though simple n tinged with tragedy managed to quite capably pack a punch.The western section, i felt, was overdone n overadjectified.The 3rd section was an interesting mix, with bits of neil sedaka songs n star trek fantasies added for flavour.There's also a deceptively clever blend of absolutes n half-truths in all the stories, so when u'r reading make sure you've got u'r facts right.