This evening at 6.30 p.m. Makarand will be in conversation with Andaleeb (author of Blinkers Off and More than Just Biriyani) at Atta Galatta, Bangalore
Join the author for a reading from his new novel Body Offering
Reading at Atta Galatta, Koramangala, Bangalore
September 1, 2013 at 10:14 pm (Published Articles (Random))
Meet the Author: Makarand R. Paranjape
September 1, 2013 at 9:23 pm (Published Articles (Random))
September 4th 2013, at India International center, conference room 1, Makarand Paranjape will read from his new novel “Body Offering”.
In conversation with Devapriya Roy (author of “The Vague Woman’s Handbook” and “The Weight Loss Club”), Introduced by Dr. GJV prasad and chaored by Keki N. Daruwalla with concluding remarks by Dr. Anand Kumar.
See you there!
Three talks on “The Supramental Manifestation”
August 11, 2013 at 11:18 pm (Published Articles (Random))
Dr. Paranjape will deliver a series of talks on Sri Aurobindo’s collection of essays, “The Supramental Manifestation”, on
13th August 2013, 6.30 P.M.
14th August 2013, 6.30 P.M.
and 15th August 2013 at 10.00 A.M.
At the meditation hall, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, New Delhi.
Body Offering Fifty shades darker
June 24, 2013 at 11:35 am (Book Reviews)
Tags: Body Offering, Makarand Paranjape
Body Offering | Fifty shades darker!
Body Offering
by Makarand R. Paranjape
1 June 2013, Neha Jain
Author: Makarand Paranjape
Publisher: Rupa
Price: Rs.296
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The book is an erotic tale, suffused with intense emotions, leading up to a poignant, unforeseen climax.
A man-woman relationship is as complex as it can get. It’s an equation where there are too many variables like sex, love, marriage that never balance each other. Few other external variables make it even more complex like age, social norms and perceived notion of expectations and hypocrisy to settle for much lesser in life.
Some say it’s much easier to decipher the code of entire universe than to really decipher a man-woman relationship. Makarand Paranjape’s Body Offering deals with one such emotion. It is a riveting novel about the persistence of a complex relationship and the essence of what it means to be human.
The author opens the book of love and shows how to read relationships in a whole new light. What is it that draws us so strongly to some people and repels’ us from others? What makes some work so smoothly while others burst into flames? Paranjape gives new answers to these questions by showing that the kind of relationship we create depends on the kind of love stories we carry inside us. In this contemporary, urban love story set in Delhi, Sunayana, a young, vivacious editor at a leading publishing house, finds herself drawn into a disorienting but compelling liaison with Ashok, a reserved but well-known middle-aged surgeon. She seeks a centre that has eluded her scattered self, while he struggles to come to terms with a broken marriage.
The uneasy attraction between this odd couple triggers profound questions. What is the quintessence of human coupling – desire, fear, need, or just habit? Is love a hormonal reflex or a romantic fantasy? Can carnal passion reveal deeper realities? Both embark on a passionate journey, leading to fresh discoveries and unchartered longings. But both have to push the boundaries to see how far they can go to be with each other. The book is a layered, erotic tale, suffused with intense emotions, leading up to a poignant, unforeseen climax.
The strong points of the book are many: an interesting read; excellent writing; and a true desire, on the part of the author, to communicate with the reader. The weak points are a wealth of concepts and ideas, tossed about liberally. There are so many, that the reader might just lose track, and actually lose sight of the initial idea behind the book.
Bottom line: Not a bad way to waste an afternoon.
The Best of Raja Rao
April 28, 2012 at 1:09 pm (Published Articles (Random))
Tags: Marathi Review, The Best of Raja Rao
Makarand R. Paranjape 