A couple more Indian reads

1. A fine balance by Rohinton Mistry
   This beautifully written tales chronicles the lives of four individuals brought together by the circumstances of the state declared emergency in India in the seventies. It highlights the atrocities that took place during this period such as forced sterilisation and brings to light the discrimination that still characterises rural India as a result of the caste system.
   
   A book well worth reading but not for the faint hearted as it can be incredibly depressing in parts.
   
   Lou's Barry Ronge Rating: A Superlative Seven
   
   

1. The inheritance of loss by Kiran Desai
   An exquisitely descriptive story set in the Kalimpong district in the Darjeeling area in the mid 80's with a frustratingly unfinished ending. Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2006.
   
   Lou's Barry Ronge Rating: An Enigmatic Eight