first and second dot com: Insufferable

What can I say? I went to the site after I read Madman's mail on the TWIN list. I clicked on '1000 greatest books ever' and I was lead to a page that showcased the latest Indian fiction. Latest as in, in the past few years. I was scandalised when i found Raj kamal Jha's Blue bed spread. Oh well, probably it was 1000 worst books ever. Mistakes do happen. What is this self-congratulatory outrage? And I realised that on the top of the page they had provided links to the 'real' 1000 greatest books ever. But why the ### would you display Raj kamal Jha in a page that is a target to the link 1000 great books? Beats me. Trust me when I say it. Jha's blue bed spread is horrible. Incoherent.If you wont believe me. Buy and read it for yourself. To say the least. Some real literary brain is at work in first and second. And for god'ssake wont they ever learn? The hand doesn't appear on important links like 'add to cart'. Also, I was saddened by the fact that under the greatest Indian books, Seth's Suitable boy sat on top. Malgudi days sat somewhere below, BELOW Raj kamal jha! It is high time I wrote a real great book. Watch it buddy. I am gonna shock the hell out of you. What Indian fiction needs is a honest-to-reader entertaining STORY. Definitely not House of blue mangoes or blue bed spreads or crimson panties. Look at it man, they write about 'women' and their troubles, and somehow it is always about urban women, wonder why. Or someone sitting in the ####ing bronx would write about her step-grand father's exploits in freaking Calcutta. And win a booker for it too. Yea yea, I know. I am raving because they are there. Up there without even half-the-effort. The days are numbered for the saga-tripping hypocrites. What we need is real story tellers. Honest story tellers if you will. But then again, what would you do with an industry where the CEO of Penguin writes and publishes his own book? I am talking about House of blue mangoes. It is better than rum man. I went to sleep, 10 minutes into that damn book. What next? Some one writing about the values of middle-ages Kerala and call it a ####ing novel? I am disgusted man. [Update: Didn't like the last two lines of the original post. Deleted it.]

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