ASHIM

I bought this in Colombo, because I wanted to read a book on my Sri Lanka trip by a local author.

I was nervous about this book, after all its a book about the life of a crow and their tribe.

Boi oh boi, I'm surprised at how this short book kept me hooked. It's simple, comfortable and leaves me thinking about the life of an ‘ordinary' crow. Now, weirdly, when I look at any crow, I'm able to think from this perspective.

I recently got shat on by a crow. I wonder if he was the local ‘Rectum Ranger champion' of the day. If you were - cheers my friend xD

I remember the feeling I got after I read ‘A man called Ove' - heart-warming, calm. It's the same feeling I got while reading this book. The setting, the characters and the story really warms your heart, the slow pace of life is very comfortable. I loved this!

One of my absolute favourites. Our brain is so adaptable to what we let it experience. People can change, it takes effort, and do wonderful things with their lives.
Our brain is just beautiful and amazing in so many ways.

I asked the personnel in Kathmandu's Pilgrim bookhouse to give me a book for my 12 day Everest Base Camp trek. A book which has the story of an expedition to a big Himalayan peak, a story which is well written and tells me about the realities of an expedition. A story which dives deep into the difficulty of the summits, and explains both the physical and mental limits that man faces.

After I ended my long explanation of what I wanted, a man showed me this book and said “This is the story of the first successful expedition of an 8000m peak, which happened before Everest. This is a story from 1950, by the expedition leader himself. You'll like it”.

And oh boy, did I like it? I loved it!

PS. I'd give 4.5 stars if I could as it got complicated in the start, identifying the people but the benefit of doubt for the brave team and the fact it was more than 70 years ago.

Great read!
The story, atleast the starting part (Elizabeth's existential crisis) is very relatable (No, im not married but adjusting with what the society wants). That keeps me hooked. I enjoy her experiences of pleasure in eating in Italy and love the realisations she has. The second part, in India, about spirituality is good too - since it mostly relies on belief along the lines of logic, rather than complete faith. The third part, in Bali, is about love and somehow that wasn't able to keep me interested for long.