Riot - A Love Story: Shashi Tharoor
An excerpt-y, opinionated, reflective and other synonym-y book post. (Published in the Indian sub-continent as Riot- A Novel) Disclaimer: This is also a breakaway from the typical or not so typical book reviews or reading guides or the groups of words strung together that you’d find in this blog. This post is written in a bulleted-list kind-of-way, and you can jump to any part. The parts in italics and quotes are directly taken from the book and are © Arcade Publishing , Penguin India and the author . Paperback Cover; Source: Flipkart // The first time I saw him I didn’t really like him. And I was soon happy I was stuck. There was something about his voice that reached out and drew me in, something that was both inviting and reassuring. I heard his voice, and the only thing I could care about was hearing that voice again. // “I think it was Oscar Wilde who said that usefulness the last refuge of the unappealing. But even a man of...