Discovering P.G Wodehouse !

Well, he was long discovered, this is about me discovering him. I have no idea why I didnt want to read his book when I got introduced to it about 7 years back in TCS Trivandrum training period. Suchismita loved to read his books and she insisted I should read him too. But I tried to read a few pages and I decided that I dont find him funny at all!.

But now I read him and I cannot control myself, the joy the derive out of it !. I guess I didnt have enough western exposure or understood their culture and habits and behavior and didnt know what to find as amusing. But now, I know a little bit about the world and lo behold and I totally "GET IT" :-)

On valentines day I wanted to gift myself something and (what better gift than books :-) was going up and down "The Strand" at Infosys and came across the Jeeves series. I thought to myself, "Hey Aruna, it must be fate that you came upon him today, and took notice and feel like buying it..go ahead pick a book and I assure you, you cant go wrong, nothing can go wrong on a valentines day", Yup, I felt cheesy too :-) of my own thoughts :-).But then the next day I came upon the act that he died on valentines day 1975 ..I, all superstitious and cute ;-) beleive that it was Mr.Wodehouses spirit himself beckoning me to read him :-)

Well its such a pleasure to read him. I mean, the language, the situations, the cute wooster, the adorable Jeeves( I imagine them as thin and chubby baby faces young adults respectively :-) )After first few lines I figured that its more fun to read this book slowly and with english accent ( how much ever litte I know )and imagine their expressions. It was a little difficult in the beginning, being a super fast reader (I completed da vinci code in one 18 hr sitting (10 am to 2am)), but it helped to know that Hugh Laurie played Mr.Wooster and I LOVE HIM... Now I read with his comical face I saw in Stuart Little and I am having major fun thinking what Dr. House will think of him ( Hugh Laurie plays the seriously cynical genius doctor, completely opposite to Mr.Wooster(I am not calling him Bertie yet!) in one of my best TV series, "House").

All in all, I want to read more and I want to know the person who could imagine and write like this. So you can expect more of PGW and his books from me.

Its like I have a yummmy Fish Fry/Chicken Biryani in front of me and my mouth is watering and nothing is between me and the dishes :-) DIVINE !.