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Wise enough to be foolish

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By now, its common knowledge that I am wary of books by Indian authors. My dislike for Chetan Bhagat is well documented , I could no t finish Jhumpa Lahiri's last book , I have read only one book by Aravind Adiga and have never even read Amitav Ghosh. Vikram Seth is different, he doesn't get into this league of writers at all! So when I picked up this book, I was sceptical. I had attended the book launch and heard some great things about the book by people there, I saw the author speak, I also read the quotes behind the book cover. But the book snob in me was still a bit sceptic. Then, I read the booklet that came along with the book, something like a sort of introduction to the book and the author's style, and noticed myself getting excited.