Sunday, December 2, 2007

Da bogus code

I read the Da Vinci Code thanks to British Council Library. And I have no idea why the Christian community was up in arms over the movie based on this book. Anyone who reads it would know that it is nothing but pure unadulterated junk. Oh, it is immensely readable; Dan Brown employs all the tricks to keep the reader hooked to the plot. But that is all it is. It is fiction. He takes advantage of the fact that most of us would not have Leonardo Da Vinci's Last Supper to verify his claims. Come to that most of us would not know much about Da Vinci/Newton/Cocteau's beliefs to agree/disagree with what Dan Brown is saying. Nor would most of us would be steeped in the Christian theology to question/verify his claims. I loved the review that appeared in New Yorker.
I have also managed to get Cuckold by Kiran Nagarkar. It tells the story of Meera Bai from her husband's perspective.

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