A Free Man

Not so long and a well-written book on Delhi. Aman Sethi follows the life of 'Ashraf' and his friends –a gang of impoverished daily wage earners. I enjoyed reading this book, and knowing more about the people who are so brutally ignored in everyday life as if they do not exist. The indifference of m......more

The blurbs rave about it. If you can stop smirking at the obviously PR induced sound-bytes and look inside the book you'd find it worth a read. In fact it is a recommended read. The writing might be a bit similar to a rushed notes in journal kind but the acute sense of 'people watching' and, awarene......more

I absolutely loved this book--actually finished it in one night! Aman Sethi does an amazing job transporting the reader to Delhi. The people he chose to write about are colorful and insightful. I hope the author decides to do more research on the lives of those struggling in the slums of India. It's......more

A friend of mine gifted this book recently. We had discussed how our middle class upbringings had kept us so far away from the lives of so many around us - laborers, daily wage workers and such. My ignorance had created a curiosity. I finished this book in a few days and found it a remarkable ethnogr......more