Decodaquote

I am addicted to solving the daily newspaper puzzles. The decodaquote is my favorite. In this puzzle you have to solve a jumble of letters to reveal words that make the quote. Some quotes are really great. I remember a few of these notable ones:

I saw an angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. Michelangelo

Some people have money and some people are rich. Coco Chanel

Vegetarian is an old Indian word for a lousy hunter!

No politician in India has the courage to say that cows can be eaten. Indira Gandhi

A thousand splendid suns

A thousand splendid suns is the second novel by Khaled Hosseni who has earlier written the Kite Runner (I liked the movie better than the novel). It is the story of how ordinary lives have been torn apart by the turbulent state of affairs in Afghanistan and this novel tells us that it is the woman who ultimately suffers the most. A mother losing her children to war, a single woman left all alone to fend off for herself, atrocities on women in pro male society, illetracy among women. But then this is the same woman who carries on living with a hope in her heart that she clings on to and weathers through her difficulties. It is the simple things in life that brings her cheer like the birth of a child or like the longing for a child.

Its a great book that I could not put down. It is a heartbreaking story mostly but carries a lot of hope. So much hope and faith in God that the family who suffered so much and left the country, came back to Afghanistan when the Taliban were ousted. I have to mention that the descriptions of the cooking of the kebabs , shorwa and tandoori roti made my mouth water all the time as I read along! That writers have an eye for details and describe so attentively the mundane things is very endearing.