Some indian authors have got the real thing that makes them into wonderful story tellers. the ecstasy one gets after reading their novels is like getting to view life from a new perspective. they are the kind who know what the heart of india is made of and they present it with so much simplicity,so utterly simple english, so simple terms that jostles a new life in each place they set their story in. one such story i completed about an hour ago is 'the hungry tide' by amitav ghosh. the characters were so amazing. out of all them,fokir,in particular,whose character would be the most simple and complex at the same time. ghosh has a history with calcutta and its neighbours. and real indian authors,the kind i am talking about, know that any novel in an indian setting could not get away without a beautiful history which must come from colonial times or maybe before. this is not a picked opinion but formed by reading certain great novels ,sea of poppies, alchemy of desire,a suitable boy, calcutta chromosome, god of small things,house of mr biswas and many more. these just could not go without a bit of some britain in it somehow. i do not know what good or bad did brits do by coming here,but sure they gave us a lot of stories to tell about. i beleive that;s what makes us different,authors,poets,thinkers different from some other people that we just live to tell a good story and then we have accomplished the purpose of life. one good story.that's all one needs for a lifetime.that's what i want my life to be. one such poet was shiv kumar batalvi,who succummed to alcohol badly and died at an early age of near 30's.but he produced beautiful poetry the time he lived for. i belive mathematics are no different,they are also poets and novelists. after having some mathematical maturity one could just read a mathematics monograph just like a novel, someone telling a story and appreciate its beauty.this has not happened yet to me.hopefully later if i stick to it.
