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Publisher: Penguin Books India
You Are Here
‘The trouble with my life is that it`s like a bra strap when you put your bra on wrong . . .`
At twenty-five, life`s innumerable entanglements are getting to Arshi.
Her blonde American step-mom`s trying too hard (she`s taken to welcoming guests with a traditional aarti). The gorgeous guy who has Arshi all flushed and dreamy doesn`t seem to be trying at all (he`s the Ice Prince who thaws at his own convenience). Her best friend Deeksha`s going to be married in a few months (Arshi`s still in the process of finding the correct labels for the men in her life). And, her otherwise unruffled, cocktail-concocting flatmate Topsy`s getting testier by the day because her conservative family will never approve of the darling guy she`s in love with. What`s more, there`s a cheating ex-boyfriend, a weepy neighbour and a heinous boss who need to be told where to get off.
Her head spinning wildly with the sheer gravity of her life`s quandaries, Arshi realizes what she needs most now (besides a barrelful of alcohol and some serious postcoital cuddling) are just a few epiphanies of the right kind . . .
Saucy, wise and audaciously candid, You Are Here introduces a bold and irresistible new voice.
Click here to read an excerpt of You Are Here
At twenty-five, life`s innumerable entanglements are getting to Arshi.
Her blonde American step-mom`s trying too hard (she`s taken to welcoming guests with a traditional aarti). The gorgeous guy who has Arshi all flushed and dreamy doesn`t seem to be trying at all (he`s the Ice Prince who thaws at his own convenience). Her best friend Deeksha`s going to be married in a few months (Arshi`s still in the process of finding the correct labels for the men in her life). And, her otherwise unruffled, cocktail-concocting flatmate Topsy`s getting testier by the day because her conservative family will never approve of the darling guy she`s in love with. What`s more, there`s a cheating ex-boyfriend, a weepy neighbour and a heinous boss who need to be told where to get off.
Her head spinning wildly with the sheer gravity of her life`s quandaries, Arshi realizes what she needs most now (besides a barrelful of alcohol and some serious postcoital cuddling) are just a few epiphanies of the right kind . . .
Saucy, wise and audaciously candid, You Are Here introduces a bold and irresistible new voice.
Click here to read an excerpt of You Are Here
Blog of Minakshi Reddy MadhavanIf you like this, then you should also visit Minakshi's blog:
http://thecompulsiveconfessor.blogspot.com/
Very interesting.
http://thecompulsiveconfessor.blogspot.com/
Very interesting.
Idiotic one....Its one book which I actually left the second day, tried picking it up again for sm nth time but failed...
I do agree that the use of language is good but nothing more... its absolute time waste....
I do agree that the use of language is good but nothing more... its absolute time waste....
Reply to Deepa's Review@Deepa , Your anger drips all over your review :)
I put the book down after reading the first 2 chapters.
But anyways owing to the money I spent on the book, I think I will complete it some day :)
But definitely not recommending this book to anyone.
But of course if you are a fan of her blog, or any other blog of women of such genre, you might as well enjoy the book. Can't even give it a tag of 'chik-lit', I guess.
I got bored of it.
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I put the book down after reading the first 2 chapters.
But anyways owing to the money I spent on the book, I think I will complete it some day :)
But definitely not recommending this book to anyone.
But of course if you are a fan of her blog, or any other blog of women of such genre, you might as well enjoy the book. Can't even give it a tag of 'chik-lit', I guess.
I got bored of it.
Thanks
Crap does not end thereThe book is an absolute crap; god knows how come she got a publisher.
Stick to bloggingReading this was a criminal waste of time. Curiosity got the better of me and i picked it up at Blossoms last week. The only consolation is that i can return the book for a fair rate and be rid of it as a bad experience.
Coming to think of it her blog is more tied together, articulate when compared to the 'novel'.
Also, i fail to comprehend what 'use of language' people talk about when they say its good in her book. Its very much colloquial, metro-ish with arbit hindi words thrown in.
somehow it comes across like she's tried very hard, seems pretntious, vane even.
Topsy seems nice - the only good thing about the whole damn $%#%.
Read the book - get rid of your inquisition and stay away.
Coming to think of it her blog is more tied together, articulate when compared to the 'novel'.
Also, i fail to comprehend what 'use of language' people talk about when they say its good in her book. Its very much colloquial, metro-ish with arbit hindi words thrown in.
somehow it comes across like she's tried very hard, seems pretntious, vane even.
Topsy seems nice - the only good thing about the whole damn $%#%.
Read the book - get rid of your inquisition and stay away.
What a criminal waste of paper this book isI can't believe someone can write such a dumb book and get it published it as well.
The story goes on and on and on rambling endlessly about a stupid, alcoholic ever smoking woman in pursuit boyfriends and it also talks about her brainless friends who are so rich, ready to go skinny dipping and booze all their time away. Oh, btw,she also works as a PR executive with a bitchy fat boss.
I think ,a more appropriate name for this book would be 'I am stuck" or 'This story is goes nowhere'
Is there nothing else to write about in this world or about India or about women other than sex and alcohol and sesationalizing the 'new found liberation' of women?
The publisher could have done one favor to this world and saved the trees cut to make this book.
The story goes on and on and on rambling endlessly about a stupid, alcoholic ever smoking woman in pursuit boyfriends and it also talks about her brainless friends who are so rich, ready to go skinny dipping and booze all their time away. Oh, btw,she also works as a PR executive with a bitchy fat boss.
I think ,a more appropriate name for this book would be 'I am stuck" or 'This story is goes nowhere'
Is there nothing else to write about in this world or about India or about women other than sex and alcohol and sesationalizing the 'new found liberation' of women?
The publisher could have done one favor to this world and saved the trees cut to make this book.
CRAPufff...i just balme myself 4 buying dis so called novel..one of da worst buks i hav eva read..waste of time...itz all abt a shameless...n valueless gal..can she be called a gal?!?!...oh..i dont know..but datz wat meenakshi feels..she didnt bother a bit about da indian values..
i just advice ma frnds..or evn da rest..DONT WASTE TIME READING DIS..
i just advice ma frnds..or evn da rest..DONT WASTE TIME READING DIS..
uselessWhat the hell is this? how she can find a publisher for it. Each day i am trying to read this book, but, always throw it away from me.
You don't want to be here Utter waste, such a shallow novel with nothing worthwhile to write about.
now i know what happens if a blogger decides to write a novel.
Don't read it even if you have loads to time to kill and get this one for free.
now i know what happens if a blogger decides to write a novel.
Don't read it even if you have loads to time to kill and get this one for free.
seems tuffff to definei had got this one like someone has left it for me......
the story says the truth of the present sinario where emotion is as a set back
and the priority is to fulfill ur needsssss
well this is fine and may someone wait for its next edition
the story says the truth of the present sinario where emotion is as a set back
and the priority is to fulfill ur needsssss
well this is fine and may someone wait for its next edition
real naked truthhi , i think it is one of the good light hearted reading book , for all those young yuppies who had spent some days in thier college or hostel life > just a chill pill
InaneThis book needs to move beyond the clearly attention seeking yet completely mediocre life of the author. What on earth was Penguin thinking? Well connected parents should not mean that trash like this transcends from a blog to a book.
It is such a completely banal stereotype of the self prounounced 'hip' Indian woman who smokes all the time. What a waste of money
It is such a completely banal stereotype of the self prounounced 'hip' Indian woman who smokes all the time. What a waste of money
EnjoyableThough I haven%u2019t finished the book as yet but I am done with a substantial portion of it. All I have to say is that it%u2019s an enjoyable read. People, lets not go into stereotypes, this woman is not one. Furthermore, why must our so called 'open minded' public pass judgment about a girl who likes to smoke or drink or %u2013gasp%u2014FLIRT%u2014further gasping. Do men not do the same- I am a guy and I do. And people you guys are talking about values- seriously- get real- do you want the character to walk around in a bloody sari all the while and touch her the feet of Every elder, every time she sees one %u2013 how is that for stereotypical. I for one like this book n think it%u2019s a great read, especially for people who are a little messed up.
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Details of You Are Here Title: You Are Here
Author: Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan
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Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: August 2008
Publisher: Penguin Books India
Number of Pages: 272
Author: Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan
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0143064347
ISBN-13:
9780143064343
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: August 2008
Publisher: Penguin Books India
Number of Pages: 272
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