The Weight Loss Club (English, Paperback, Roy Devapriya)
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The Weight Loss Club (English, Paperback, Roy Devapriya)
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- Language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd
- Genre: Fiction
- ISBN: 9788129124258, 9788129124258
- Pages: 256
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4
Humane and Humorous
This book reminded me of Alexander McCall Smith's 44 Scotland Street stories. It has that loving attention to people and places, the carefully interwoven relationships that characterize life in a housing colony as well as sufficient personal drama for each of its many characters to bring them to lasting life in the reader's imagination. Sometimes the stories go into deep, drawn-out detail as in the story behind Treeza Matthew's depression; other characters are more swiftly yet equally surely ...
READ MORESunayana Roy
Jul, 2013
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A very good and engaging read
totally awesome... very beautifully drafted story..
so many shades and a beautiful story written around them...
in initial few pages I felt its too many characters but then later all of them seemed as friends as i understood most of them because you presented them so well...
i read lots of new books, i mean current Indian book scene, but for a change somebody is just not writing about how they fell in love or something similar... and I am not trying to flatter...
and of course best thing i...
READ MOREso many shades and a beautiful story written around them...
in initial few pages I felt its too many characters but then later all of them seemed as friends as i understood most of them because you presented them so well...
i read lots of new books, i mean current Indian book scene, but for a change somebody is just not writing about how they fell in love or something similar... and I am not trying to flatter...
and of course best thing i...
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Nov, 2013
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Heartwarming stories and Lively characters
"The Weight Loss club" is a delightful, enjoyable read that took me on an incredible journey into the Nancy Housing Society. The book is set in Kolkata and explores the lives of the residents of Nancy. Even though there are so many characters, Devapriya Roy does a beautiful job of weaving them so well that you understand the whole story. The characters are so alive and very likeable. It opened up so many memories for me. For instance, the part about the Momzillas who are seen outside the scho...
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Nov, 2013
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The Weight Loss Club
A wonderful book crafted with gentle humour and care. All the characters, from Apu with her hunger pangs, unassuming, gentle Anondo to the two mothers in the book, so vastly different from each other- Treeza and Mrs. Das- come vividly(and very lovably) to life. Others like Abeer, AJ, Mandy, Rocky and Molly populate the 'college scene', endearingly young, and caught up in their little romances. And then, of course, there's Sandhya, holding the book together with her narrative of pain and enlig...
READ MOREMadhubanti De
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Sep, 2013
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Don't go by the title!
It's not a fitness book.
Buy it if you love life.
Or if you love Kolkata.
Or if you love the small things the Earth is still worth living for.
Or if you love people.
Or if you love relationships.
Or if you love Kolkata.
Or if you love nostalgia.
Or if you love camaraderie.
Or if you love literature.
Or if you love a smile.
Or if you love a tear.
Or if you love rising.
Or if you love your parents.
Or if you love your children.
Or if you love your siblings.
Or if you love your partners.
Or if ...
READ MOREBuy it if you love life.
Or if you love Kolkata.
Or if you love the small things the Earth is still worth living for.
Or if you love people.
Or if you love relationships.
Or if you love Kolkata.
Or if you love nostalgia.
Or if you love camaraderie.
Or if you love literature.
Or if you love a smile.
Or if you love a tear.
Or if you love rising.
Or if you love your parents.
Or if you love your children.
Or if you love your siblings.
Or if you love your partners.
Or if ...
Abhishek Mukherjee
Jul, 2013
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Two days, very well spent
Devapriya Roy is back with a bang! Always insightful, in her second book, her words have acquired the capacity of rifling through greater depths of human emotions, inciting a similar response from the reader. And her style, part humourous, part nostalgic, part documentative (not documentary), is wholly poignant. Some of the most memorable pieces of writing, of any art, for that matter, are so memorable because they can evoke poignancy (not in the simple sense of evoking sadness and pity, but ...
READ MORESreemoyee Dasgupta
Jul, 2013
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Humour and Philosphy.
How subtly the writer has conveyed such basic and supreme lessons of life. Each character portrayed is so much close to real life..they make u pause..think..and re look at your understanding of matters such as..life, success, marriage, parenthood, friendship etc. Humour is sucessfully in built. Enjoyed the book and loved it.
READ MOREAmandeep Kaur
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Feb, 2014
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Delightful reading
Books are mouth to the author as it is ears to the readers. It becomes a delight when it provides imagination power and when a reader starts to relate with the characters of the book. In her first book, Vague woman’s handbook, Devapriya produced a strong character who was independent and smart. On the other hand in this book (the weight loss club) a group of people with varied characteristics, temperament has been portrayed which has its own contribution towards making a strong society. It wa...
READ MOREYera Tripathi
Sep, 2013
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A keeper
Devapriya Roy’s The Weight Loss Club is witty, insightful and contemporary. She has a good understanding of the environment where the story is set. Calcutta is lovingly and colourfully portrayed. The characters are well-fleshed out, and easily relatable. The characters are as different as they come. Since the characters are so varied in their age and social upbringing, there is no place for the story to slack. The women issues that plague current times like violence against women, discriminat...
READ MOREsubhashree beeman
Certified Buyer, Hyderabad
Aug, 2013
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Racy, Imaginative Narrative. Lovely setting in Calcutta.
Luckily this book has NOTHING to do with HOW to lose weight - no diets, no secret recipes, no mystical formula, nada. It has a lovely cornucopia of characters, eminently believable, recognizable even - I saw myself, my mom, my sis, my dad, even my son in the lot!
What struck me specifically is Roy's unapologetic use of the 'right' Indian word without the 'italics'. Singara, Para, Sindoor-khela... adds weight, flavor and color to the narrative. Her English is so elegant and (hallelujah!) gra...
READ MOREWhat struck me specifically is Roy's unapologetic use of the 'right' Indian word without the 'italics'. Singara, Para, Sindoor-khela... adds weight, flavor and color to the narrative. Her English is so elegant and (hallelujah!) gra...
Meera Prashant
Certified Buyer, Chennai
Aug, 2013
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