'Book'ed

Got tagged by Arpz who asked me to write about my tastes in books. Not that difficult a task unless you happen to be the one who is hardly into reading. So if most of the answers are blank, don't cringe 'coz that's pretty much all I have. Here it goes :

A book that made you laugh:
First ball bouncer !!!
(After forcing my grey cells to go wild hunting for 5 minutes) I duck. None of the books I have read falls into this category.

A book that made you cry:
Literally.... none.
Otherwise.... 'The God of Small Things'. Same reason as Arpz, it was way too boring and dragging. I actually got headache after some 25 pages and the maximum I could torture myself was upto 50 pages or so. Then I gave up.

A book that scared you:
Literally.... again... none.
Otherwise.... All the textbooks post school.

A book that disgusted you:
'The Blue Bedspread' by Rajkamal Jha. I have not read it but the content made me sick. It talks about lesbianism and incest. My objection is to the incest part of it, which is the basic underlying theme of this book.

A book you loved in elementary school:
'Chacha Chowdhary' series. Awesome stuff. I bet every kid still loves it. On a second thought, this is also the 'book that made me laugh'.

A book you loved in middle school or junior high school:
On the risk of sounding a Geek, 'Mathematics' text books.

A book you loved in high school:
Continuing in the geeky mode.... 'Mathematics' by R.S. Agarwal.

A book you loved in college:
'Five Point Someone'. Those who have read it will know why and others.... go, get it.

A book that challenged your identity:
None yet. And I don't think any book has the power to do that.

A series that you love:
The novels by Dan Brown. I have read all 4 of them and loved each one.

Your favorite science fiction book:
If I am allowed to double-count, then 'Digital Fortress' by Dan Brown.
Otherwise, none. Though, back in my growing years, there used to be science magazine called 'Vigyan Pragati' which had a Sci-fi story in every issue. I loved them.

Your favorite fantasy:
None, which is probably the perfect answer for a non-reader who doesn't like fantasy.

Your favorite mystery:
Double-counting again.... 'Angels and Demons' by Dan Brown. Truly riveting.

Your favorite biography:
None. 'Coz I have read none and I have no reason why.

Your favorite "coming of age" book:
Absolutely no idea. Though, venturing again in the geeky territory... 'Multi-Objective Optimization using Evolutionary Algorithms' by Kalyanmoy Deb. It IS the "coming of age" book in the world of Genetic Algorithms and Evolutionary Computations.

Your favorite classic:
'Tughlaq' by Girish Karnad. I read it as a textbook but it is a classic in every sense of the word. A true masterpiece.

Your favorite romance book:
Yet again... none. Though I like romantic stuff but somehow I am yet to convince myself to read a romantic novel.

Alright.... job done.
And I hereby tag Godiva , Zee , Still Searching , Di , Lavender and Mini .

P.S. - I am not a geek.
Jai ho.

Heroes

Few days ago I came across a segment on IBN-LIVE called 'Citizen Journalist'. Actually I stumbled on this piece of news:

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/impact-cj-hajabba-gets-the-fruit-of-his-labour/58031-20.html

Here is an illiterate fruit-seller who earns hardly Rs 100 a day and he saved for 12 years to open a school for the poor children of his village.

I followed the segment and came to know of a 75 year old man who owns a small cycle-repair shop in Faizabad in U.P. He makes sure that as many anonymous/unclaimed dead bodies in the region as possible are respectfully buried. Every individual deserves proper last rites and he has made this the mission of his life.

How else would you define 'Humanity'? How else would you define 'Selflessness'?

There are a lot of people silently doing their part and trying to bring about a change, a change for good.
http://cj.ibnlive.com/story/

All it takes is to believe and to actually do something about it.

I salute the Heroes of India.