mussoorie, mountains and books

Today, while browsing the official website of The Nobel Prize in Literature I got fascinated by the acceptance lectures given by the winners of this most prestigious award in the world literature. I found Gabriel García Márquez's, winner of the The Prize in 1982, account of Latin American dictators very interesting. Here is the link for those who would want to read what he said some 26 years ago. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1982/marquez-lecture-e.html

Here is an essay by Pankaj Mishra published in that great magazine New Yorker where he talks about India's partition. It's a really well researched write up by Pankaj, as always! A must read for lovers of good writing! http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2007/08/13/070813crbo_books_mishra?currentPage=all

Pico Iyer is one writer whom I admire for writing about the places which are not the kind of touristy locations one reads about in newspapers and magazines. And the kind of observations he makes are his trademark. One of his books which I like most is Falling off the Map . I recently read his article in the Washington Post Book World where he talks about him moving to Japan and it influenced his writing. I think it's worth reading by those who aspire to write. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/07/AR2008020702856.html