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About
the Book Club
The The Network of South Asian Professionals of DC (NetSAP-DC) book club
started in Oct. 1998 by Suvarna Rajguru. The idea was to share, learn and
discuss our south Asian heritage by reading books about South Asia or with
south Asian themes. The NetSAP-DC Bookclub meets the second Thursday of
the month at 7pm. We usually meet at the residence of one of the
participants, who lives preferably inside, (or just outside) the 495 beltway
for driving convenience.
To
Join the Book Club
The bookclub members vary each month based on current and any new members who
have made a good faith effort to read that book of the month. If you are new
to the bookclub, please join the listserv (see below) to find out about
meeting details. Please come to the meeting(s) only if you have made an
effort to read the book in order to participate in the discussion.
Join
the Book Club Listserve
To SUBSCRIBE: Send a blank email to netsap-books-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
Directions, Meeting Notices and book club/book related matters will be sent
via the listserve.
To UNSUBSCRIBE: Send a blank email to netsap-books-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com.
To SEND EMAIL TO ALL PARTICIPANTS: Send your message to bookclub@netsap.org. It is not
necessary to copy other email addresses on your message if they are book club
participants.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: BOOK CLUB COORDINATOR, Shalini Passales at
(703) 425-0546
Past Reading Lists
2004
- 2005 NetSAP-DC Book Club Reading List
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2004
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Date
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Title
|
Author
|
| January |
Born
Confused |
Tanuja
Desai Hidier |
| February |
The
Shadow Lines |
Amitav
Ghosh |
| March |
White
Teeth |
Zadie
Smith |
| April |
The
Autobiography of an Unknown Indian |
Nirad
Chaudhuri |
| May |
A
House for Mr. Biswas |
V.S.
Naipaul |
| June |
Untouchable |
Mulk
Raj Anand |
| July |
Shame |
Salman
Rushdie |
|
August
|
Madras
on Rainy Nights
|
Samina
Ali
|
|
September
|
The
Twentieth Wife
|
Indu Sunderesan
|
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October
|
The
Holder of the World
|
Bharti
Mukherjee
|
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November
|
Clive
Avenue
|
TS
Tirumurti
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December
|
Hero's
Walk
|
Anita
Rau Badami
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2005
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Date
|
Title
|
Author
|
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January
|
Brick
Lane
|
Monica
Ali
|
| February |
Suburban
Sahibs |
S.
Mitra Kalita |
| March |
Where
are you From? |
Dhooleka
Raj |
| April |
Freedom
Song |
Amit
Chaudhari |
| May |
Such
a Long Journey |
Rohinton
Mistry |
| June |
Memories
of Rain |
Sunetra
Gupta |
| July |
Baumgartner’s
Bombay |
Anita
Desai |
| August |
Monsoon
Diary: A Memoir With Recipes |
Shoba
Narayan |
|
September
|
Beneath
a Marble Sky: A Novel of the Taj Mahal
|
John
Shors
|
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NetSAP-DC
Book Club Guidelines
General Guidelines for Meetings and Postings
- Use the Bookclub listserve
ONLY for purposes that relate to book club
topics and meetings. Please do not use the listserve for non bookclub
related matters or
to generate non bookclub related discussions. The Yahoogroups website
provides a chat room for these purposes.
- Please refrain from making
personal attacks or using obscene language
when posting to the entire group.
- Attend the meeting, if you
have made a good faith effort to read the book.
- If the host will be
cooking, please extend common courtesy and email your
RSVP at least 3 days prior to the meeting(or more if the host requests
it).
Please call the host if you will be unable to make it, preferably the
day
before the meeting. Please do not be a no-show as a courtesy to the
host.
- . At the meetings, please
try to keep to one group discussion, vs. sideline
discussions. Everyone would like to hear and share in your comments and
viewpoints about the book or author.
- Ride requests-if you are
seeking a ride for the meeting, please send an
email to the listserve with the subject heading SEEKING RIDE.
Individuals
can then respond directly to the requestor vs. the whole group.
The Responsibilities
of the Book Club Coordinator
- Coordinate monthly meeting
by soliciting volunteers to host meetings and
coordinating any details email with the hosts.
- Send monthly meeting
details to Netsap secretary for inclusion in NetSAP
Weekly Announcements.
- Serve as moderator at the
bookclub meetings, if he/she is present.
- Serve as moderator for the
bookclub listserve if participants are not
following general guidelines, common courtesy or email etiquette.
- Create and maintain
NetSAP-DC website information about the bookclub,
reading list and meetings with assistance of the Yahoogroups website
Coordinator and NetSAP-DC Secretary.
- Coordinate the Future
Reading List by gathering recommendations from the
group. Conducting a "book election" via email and posting the
results.
- Act as liaison with
NetSAP-DC and moderator/coordinator for ad-hoc issues
from bookclub participants.
The Responsibilities
of the Website Coordinator
- Work with Bookclub
Coordinator to maintain NeSAP-DC Website with current
information such as reading list, meeting notices, and other general
information.
- Maintain Bookclub website
with Bookclub information, meeting notices and
participant listings and general information.
- Serve as coordinator for
posting of messages and maintain database of
participants.
Host
Responsibilities
- The host/hostess is only
expected to provide an environment conducive to
a lively discussion. Although some hosts have cooked, the expectation is
the
group will order pizzas and share the cost.
- The host needs only to
prepare directions and gather the RSVPs.
- The host should send out
the email to the listserve (or to the Bookclub coordinator Shalini
Passales at shalini.passales@nwa.com
).
- The host should also send a
recap of the attendees with the directions
the week of the meeting In the Meeting Notice email please include the
following information:
Date of meeting and time (7pm unless you prefer 7:30),
Name of Book and Author,
Driving Directions, and if you are Metro accessible.
Your complete address with zip code, and home phone number and
email address for RSVPs.
- The Bookclub Coordinator will need to send
the Meeting Notice details to
the NetSAP-DC secretary for posting on the NetSAP-DC Weekly Listserve.
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