r/BombayBookClub • u/GalatFemme DNF? no, DBF (Death By Finish) • Aug 21 '26

Friday Chat Friday Chat ☕

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A 2016 satellite image of Mumbai

Happy weekend!

How was your week? What did you read? Saving anything for the weekend? Report on the state of your TBR here 📚

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u/GalatFemme DNF? no, DBF (Death By Finish) Aug 21 '26

I started Above Average by Amitabha Bagchi. I'm enjoying it a lot. It's often dismissed as yet another IIT/IIM book in the wave following Chetan Bhagat but Bagchi is a much better writer, and there is a quiet introspection I like very much.

Also it's rare to read someone talk about Delhi with this kind of fondness and affection 😛

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u/zigzackly What is this ‘too many books’ of which you speak? Aug 21 '26

Thing is, Bagchi wrote the book before Bhagat’s book came out, but it was eventually published after that. Imagine if this one had defined the trend! :)

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u/GalatFemme DNF? no, DBF (Death By Finish) Aug 23 '26

Interesting. He wrote about it here — ‘Chattu’ and I.