Good books are the best way to educate yourself !!

Books have the power to transport us to new worlds and different times, but they can also take us back to the important moments in our own lives.

There are a lot of good books to read on. (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/21/best-books-of-the-21st-century)

1. The God of Small Things

• About Author:  Suzanna Arundhati Roy (born 24 November 1961) is an Indian author best known for her novel The God of Small Things (1997), which won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997 and morever,became the best-selling book by a non-expatriate Indian author also.She is also a political activist involved in human rights and environmental causes. After a while ,Roy was awarded the 1997 Booker Prize for her novel The God of Small Things finally .

• Cover Artist: Sanjeev Saith, he was born in New Delhi in 1958 and has lived in the same house with his parents ever since After that,He studied at St. Columba’s High School, St. Stephens College and Delhi School of Economics and then climbed in the Himalayas for additional years, making a living by selling his photographs of the mountains. Additionally ,In the last twenty years, moreover his photographs have been published, exhibited and collected by several international galleries and museums including the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, Museum of Modern Art, New York and the Photographers’ Gallery, London.Additionaly His collection of portraits, ‘Freedom’, appeared in Granta 57.

• Country: India
• Language: English
• Published: In 1997

Plot:

The God of Small Things is the debut novel of Indian writer Arundhati Roy. It is a story about the childhood experiences of fraternal twins whose lives are destroyed by the “Love Laws” that lay down “who should be loved, and how. And how much.” Moreover ,The book explores how the small things affect people’s behavior and their lives. Additionaly ,The book also reflects its irony against casteism, which is a major discrimination that prevails in India eventually.It won the Booker Prize in 1997

• Characters:
  • Estha : He is Rahil’s twin brother.
  • Rahel: He is the partial narrator of the story, and moreover he is Estha’s younger sister by 18 minutes also
  • Ammu: Ammu is Rahel’s and Estha’s mother.
  • Velutha: He is a Paravan and an untouchable.
  • Chacko: Estha & Rahel’s maternal uncle.
  • Baby Kochamma: She is the twins’ maternal great aunt.

This book is based on certain Factors such as:

1. Indian history and politics morever ,
2. Caste relations and cultural tensions particularly
3. Forbidden Love certainly.
4. Social discrimination causes and consequences.
5. Betrayal consequently.
6. Misogyny and women in India also.

• Analysis: in this novel “The God of small things”, Arundhati Roy is aiming to portray the differences that Indians cast upon its people because of being born under different circumstances; Moreover ,the rights you are supposed to have as a human, Ineed no matter the gender or class you are from and for the sole reason for being a human definitely.

Book is available on Flipkart.

2. The Alchemist

“And , when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.“

-Paulo Coelho

• About Author:  Paulo Coelho, he was born on 24 August 1947) is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist, Undoubtedly,known for his novel The Alchemist. Moreover ,In 2014,in turn he uploaded his personal papers online to create a virtual Paulo Coelho Foundation also.

• Cover Artist: Caravaggio, was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life. Although During the final four years of his life he moved between Naples, Malta, and Sicily until his death. Ultimately paintings combine a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, which had a formative influence on Baroque painting .

• Country: Brazil
• Language: Portuguese & English
• Published: In English in 1993

Plot:

The plot follows the story of Santiago, a shepherd boy, who believes that a certain recurring dream he has been having is a prophecy of some kind. He visits a fortune-teller to ask her about it. She tells him that she sees a treasure in the pyramids in Egypt that Santiago should uncover. On his journey, he meets an old king who tells him of personal legends. “Your personal legend is what you have always wanted to accomplish. Everyone, when they are young, knows what their personal legend is,” and, “When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” To see if this is actually true, give it a read. 

• Characters:
  • The Continental Op
  • The Shopkeeper
  • Melchizedek
  • The Coptic Monk
  • Fatima
  • The Alchemist
  • The Englishman
  • Santigo

This book is based on certain Factors such as:

1. Dreams.
2. Desires.
3. Soul.
4. Obstacles.
5. Soul of the world.
6. Living the dreams.

• Analysis: To summarize,or in short,In the final analysis this novel, the central symbol of book entails coaxing metal to achieve its own personal legend to turn into Gold. Eventually a result, the idea that all individual should live in the singular pursuit of their individual dreams is the primary analysis of “The Alchemist”

Book is available on Amazon.