Comments on: Standing Babas! http://anmolsagar.com/2008/09/30/standing-babas/ Myriad thoughts on a million things Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:24:03 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Anmol http://anmolsagar.com/2008/09/30/standing-babas/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Anmol Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:27:24 +0000 http://anmolsagar.com/blog/?p=35#comment-41 So I finished shantaram! Finally! The end was really quite a dampner. I thought there would be a logical conclusion on how he finally managed to stop living a fugitive's life... but there was no indications on that and I also felt some other loose ends were left unanswered... it was something like after 900 pages, he decided abrubtly thats he's written enough and quickly wrapped it up. :( So I finished shantaram! Finally! The end was really quite a dampner. I thought there would be a logical conclusion on how he finally managed to stop living a fugitive’s life… but there was no indications on that and I also felt some other loose ends were left unanswered… it was something like after 900 pages, he decided abrubtly thats he’s written enough and quickly wrapped it up. :(

]]> By: suneeta http://anmolsagar.com/2008/09/30/standing-babas/comment-page-1/#comment-34 suneeta Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:07:41 +0000 http://anmolsagar.com/blog/?p=35#comment-34 I used to work for a bookstore ;) and do u know the script was burned twice and each time he started fresh.... I used to work for a bookstore ;) and do u know the script was burned twice and each time he started fresh….

]]> By: Anmol http://anmolsagar.com/2008/09/30/standing-babas/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Anmol Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:02:41 +0000 http://anmolsagar.com/blog/?p=35#comment-33 Wow... author signed book!! that is awesome :) how didst thou manage that? and yes, the book is slow, but does leave a long lasting impression. I even checked out Robert's you tube videos on his book reading. Really nice... and all the stuff in the book is actually true! I thought he would have fictionalised most of it, but it;s all true.. about the underworld, the slums, the jail... wow. Wow… author signed book!! that is awesome :) how didst thou manage that? and yes, the book is slow, but does leave a long lasting impression. I even checked out Robert’s you tube videos on his book reading. Really nice… and all the stuff in the book is actually true! I thought he would have fictionalised most of it, but it;s all true.. about the underworld, the slums, the jail… wow.

]]> By: suneeta http://anmolsagar.com/2008/09/30/standing-babas/comment-page-1/#comment-32 suneeta Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:58:35 +0000 http://anmolsagar.com/blog/?p=35#comment-32 As u will proceed further u will realize that u don’t know Mumbai at all. Yes it is dark side of Mumbai that is revealed but it is really fascinating…… U will read about Mumbai Mob fury, slums, underworld, fake currency racket, prostitution and stuff that will leave u amazed…. It is a very very very slow book but it does leave an impression on ur mind…. BTW I have author signed copy of Shantaram ? As u will proceed further u will realize that u don’t know Mumbai at all. Yes it is dark side of Mumbai that is revealed but it is really fascinating……

U will read about Mumbai Mob fury, slums, underworld, fake currency racket, prostitution and stuff that will leave u amazed….

It is a very very very slow book but it does leave an impression on ur mind….

BTW I have author signed copy of Shantaram ?

]]> By: anmol http://anmolsagar.com/2008/09/30/standing-babas/comment-page-1/#comment-31 anmol Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:20:30 +0000 http://anmolsagar.com/blog/?p=35#comment-31 Haha! yeah I know.. i have to labour through it sometimes too... But i can never leave a book unfinished so I will definitely get to end. Wait a few months! :) Haha! yeah I know.. i have to labour through it sometimes too… But i can never leave a book unfinished so I will definitely get to end. Wait a few months! :)

]]> By: Sharninder http://anmolsagar.com/2008/09/30/standing-babas/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Sharninder Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:08:23 +0000 http://anmolsagar.com/blog/?p=35#comment-30 Interesting. If you manage to finish Shantaram, please tell me the end ... I can never finish it ! Gets too slow for me after the first couple of chapters. Interesting. If you manage to finish Shantaram, please tell me the end … I can never finish it ! Gets too slow for me after the first couple of chapters.

]]> By: Shekhar http://anmolsagar.com/2008/09/30/standing-babas/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Shekhar Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:27:55 +0000 http://anmolsagar.com/blog/?p=35#comment-29 interesting read. interesting read.

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