#ghacharghochar

[adayinbookland]

Jan 22nd, 2020 || 🌿my latest reads🌿 . 👉🏼 i'm afraid of men by Vivek Shraya. this little book (barely 80 pages) manages to pack so much into it. it’s all about Shraya’s experiences with men regarding her identity and her transition. it is very raw and honest. i have only one complain: i wish it were longer. rating: 8.5/10 . 👉🏼 ghachar ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag. another short one that again manages to “talk” about loads of stuff. first of all, shout out to the incredible translation by Srinath Perur because it truly doesn’t feel as if this novel was translated. the language just flows beautifully. the novel is basically about a family who goes from poverty to sudden wealth and how that affects them individually and collectively. Shanbhag commentary on money is spot on. rating: 7.5/10. . do yo know of any short novel that also manages to carry a lot of weight? • • • • #adayinbooklandreviews #ghacharghochar #imafraidofmen #vivekshraya #vivekshanbhag #literaryfiction #indianliterature #booksandcoffee #booksandblankets #bookish #bookrecommendations #unitedbookstagram #wednesdaybooks #januaryreads https://www.instagram.com/p/B7oSoOxojsq/?igshid=1q4cymnz971xi

[garimadutt]

Easily the best book I have read in recent times. In fact I finished reading it sometime last year and got back to it again. This is a deceptively simple but disconcerting modern tale of how acquisition of money makes relationships in a household and with the self convoluted, eventually changing the dynamics of people's engagement with one another. Vivek Shanbhag draws you in from the opening scene... . . . A note on the English translation: Srinath Perur makes the novel his own. The family scenes which are laced with local sarcasm and invectives, retain the palpable tension brimming underneath in English as well...making you uncomfortable as a reader. . . . I liked the cover so much that I bought both the hardback and paperback editions. Rightly hailed as a modern classic, this book is a must must read. 💓 . . . I missed meeting Vivek Shanbhag 😔😒 at the recent of launch of the Hindi edition by @vaniprakashan Can't wait to get my hands on it as well! . . . Because I was carrying it in my bag, made it a point to get clicked with this masterpiece. 🙈🙌😜 . . . . . #love #bookstagram #books #booklover #GhacharGhochar #VivekShanbhag #instabooks #mustread #literature #translation #kannada #english #SrinathPerur #HarperCollins #India #Bangalore #bookaddict #bookaholic #writersofinstagram #instareview #bibliophile #delhibloggers #delhigram #history #culturvation #society #BrunchBookChallenge #Book6 #DelhiEyes https://www.instagram.com/p/BpuQlHLHbnb/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=eslwpa3o722q

[sridu]

If you have read #GhacharGhochar book and want to share what you feel, do drop your comment. To All the #Bengaluru #bookworm head to the Bookworm store in Church Street. Ask the store staff they will help you how to participate. You can be as anonymous you want to be. @krishna_bookworm • #bookdiscussion #bookoftheweek #influencer #instagrammer #instablogger #instainfluencer #books #bookrecommendations #reading #happyreading #letmesquiggle https://www.instagram.com/p/B7EXEDVgC8d/?igshid=12de9jwb7lahi

[sridu]

Stay tuned for the #bookreview #GhacharGhochar by #VivekShanbhag translated by #SrinathPerur published by @harpercollinsin Update: 21 December,2019 The book is about a household rising from rags to riches. The narrator himself narrates you about how life unfolds at his household. It is a psychological drama novella. The book is very complex in terms of how the characters roll out eventually once you progress from one chapter till the end. The eccentricity of the book is brilliant and I have experienced certain things akin to the household described. For me the title deems fit and this book indeed is a GHACHAR GHOCHAR. I believe this is a book which I may not be able to describe in words but, you readers ought to pick it. Disclaimer: If you are going through a low phase or in a repair mode and want to read something happy, this is NOT the book. This book is BRILLIANT but the time which you are going through may not be a correct one to pick this book. • #currentread #LetMeSquiggle #booksofinstagram #instabooks #europagram #bookreview #bookreviewpost #bookstagram #happyreading #newbook #Instabooks #instagrambookreviewer #instagrammer #reading #books #InstaBooks #Bibliophile #IndianAuthor #IndianPublishing #Christmasreading #Holidayreading #SeasonsReading #bookrecommendation #bookof2019 #translatedwork #reading • Bought the book from @krishna_bookworm store #Bookworm in #Bengaluru (at Dyu Art Cafe) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6TotXegP44/?igshid=uekj3bnf2213

[thebooksatchel]

There are two kinds of Indian novels - some that are made Indian to please readers, often the foreign audience, and some that are distinctly Indian in soul. - - Ghachar Ghochar belongs to the latter category. In mere 100 pages, Shanbhag paints a vivid and realistic portrayal of a lower middle class family coming across unexpected wealth. There is humour, fleshed out characters and I guarantee that not one sentence can be edited out of the book. - - As is usual with all books I adore, I have heaps to talk about this book. Check link in bio for more. - - Do you have recommendations of books from your country that you feel has captured the true essence of the place? Please recommend them in the comments below along with the name of the country. Let’s get our TBRs kicking! . . . #ghacharghochar #indianbooks #translatedbooks

[khepiari]

'On that day I became convinced that it is the words of women that deeply wound other women. I'd never imagined Malati and Amma to be capable of such cruelty - they were like dogs protecting their territory. All that woman had wanted was too see Chikkappa once. But these two felled her with their words, and they kept at it as she sobbed there sitting on the ground.' The blurb tells its the story of a sensitive narrator numbed by the swirl around him. As he and his family rise to become New Money from salaried middle class existence. Its an obvious story written very smartly and translated wonderfully. Its story of one family - a workaholic unmarried uncle, an (in)sane retired father, a matriarch mum, a husband returned volatile sister, a righteous wife and her husband the narrator. They stick together and protect each other, but their methods of protecting each other might be as instinctive and cruel as killing off the ants at first sight- the little demons. Money when scarce is meek and money when bountiful, rules everything and us. It's a rag to riches tale which goes twisted through the cups of coffee inside an ancient Coffee House and under the watchful eyes of an oracular waiter. I don't find the narrator sensitive but a spineless little brat who needs someone or something to blame for the life they wasted. Here its the family business 'Sona Masala' he blames. And the phrase 'ghachar ghochar' appears only three times in the book. #ghacharghochar by #vivekshanbhag translated by #srinathperur #book #reading #bookstagram #bookreview #instabook #reader #bibliophile #literaturelover #novella #booklover #fiction #bookworm #indianliterature #instabooks #literature #booknerd #books #bookgeek #bookworm #bookover #bookphotography #bookdrawal #bookreview #bookaholic #booklovers #booklove #bookaddict #bookish #novel (at Golfgreen Central Park)