The Best of Satyajit Ray

Recently I finished "The Best of Satyajit Ray." A collection of short stories by the renowned film maker. I started with the last story called "Pikoo's Diary." A brilliant depiction of a small boy's diary and the complex happenings around him which he cannot understand. Talk of looking the world through child's eye, this story provides the glimpse. Then followed the other twenty stories. One after the other, he impresses you with the manner he handles each one. Be it ghost stories, encounters with alien creatures or even a simple daily life incident, each story has some element of humour and suspence attached with it. The characters described in the stories gets etched into your mind. The book can be recommended as a nice buy. Noteworthy: Satyajit Ray was given his Legion of Honor in 1987 by France for his short stories. technorati tags: books