Yes, i can understand the techie eyebrows shooting up, but its nothing to do with system related legacies..its more to do with the original usage of the word, long before they had thought of computers…Like i have said in a post not too long ago, in addition to the fact that we love reading, there is also possibly a subconscious reason for buying books.. it is perhaps a way of transmitting ourselves to those who come after us.. because the books we have read also tell a little something about the kind of persons we are, and also share the ideas that in a way shaped our thinking… i also write the date of purchase of the book so i can sit back a long time later and smile at the books i used to read…:)
I have started collecting Ashok Banker’s Ramayana series, also because of the fact that it might be slightly more appreciated than the ramanand sagar vcds..:).. though i bought it quite a while back, i started reading it only recently.. the author has a disclaimer that there are lots of versions of the ramayana, and he has tried is best to be as true to the original version by valmiki as possible…but he has written it very clearly keeping the current generation in mind… there is definitely a difference in the style of storytelling..
this is almost like a desi ‘Lord of the Rings’ interms of characterisation and narration.. for example, i am not too comfortable with a ‘Harishchandra Avenue’ in Ayodhya or Shatrughan being called ‘Shot’!! but its still a good book..and so while i may be leaving behind a legacy, i should keep in mind that books are also the perspective of the author and can be way different from what i would want it to be…
until next time, dont believe everything you read 🙂
until next time, dont believe everything you read 🙂
I never believe what you write here. 😉
Is it an animation series 🙂
oh yeah…i guess books read tell a lot readers. never reflected on that before…but ur post had me nodding all the way 🙂
The advent of computers has definitely had a telling impact on English language.To give an example,the word ‘erase’ has been almost ‘deleted’ from the dictionary due to the popularity of ‘delete’ thanks to M Windows.
The new age writers’ tendency to sex up the sacred epics in the name of catering to popular taste doesnt appeal to me.And Shatrugana,the embodiment of sacrifice and the non-pareil paragon of surrender to the Supreme, being called “Shot”, is more unpalatable than unforgivable.
When it comes to the English version of Ramayana,my vote goes to Rajaji’s.
quite.
austere
Shatrugana called as “shot” pooh!!
There is no other better written Ramayana?
I read Ashok Bankar’s first one…it wasn’t bad…very weird at points but it did keep me there. The second one I haven’t got to.
The details (maybe because of the new-world context) are so much easier to remember though…
check out this http://aashraya.blogspot.com/2005/11/vyasas-dissertation.html
hmmm…i loved the ramayana…i’ll check this out…
dismissing the book just becuse shatrughna is called “shot” is bullshit!!!! okay, i dint like that too.. but what matters is the book in its entirety…
banker scores because of his chracterisations.. please note- this is a retelling of the Ramayana, not a mere translation..
got it??
i suggest you guys read the books and then discuss it.. he actually gets better with each book.. so dont miss it!!
hyde: hehe, i bet you dont 🙂
pallaveeeee its a book!!
deez: thats good 🙂
csk: yes, rajaji’s versions of both mahabharata and ramayana are extremely good..
austere: 🙂
arunima: depends on who’s reading it, doesnt it?? 🙂
gabby: think i will start on the second sometime later this month ..
stone: will do
monk: that you should..
tapas: no arguments on whether its a good book or not.. but well, all of us have our opinions.. 🙂