Today morning I completed the second book I had borrowed from Nik - "Johny Gone Down". It was fast paced novel, where the protagonist is an MIT graduate who goes to Cambodia for vacation, ends up being a captive in prison. After 2 years he does manage to flee, but loses one arm in the effort. Saved by Buddhist Monk, he himself decides to be a Monk. The story then moves to Rio, then to Minneapolis, back to Delhi. The name of the protagonist keeps changing from - Nikhil to Nick to Buddha to Johny. Its just the way story is told, however unrealistic it might seem, is amazing. Before this book, I read Ashwin Sanghi's historical fiction "Chanakya's Chant". There are 2 parallel tracks in the book, one describing Chanakya's journey to make Chandragupta Maurya, the emperor of India. The other one is about a modern day Chanakya - Pandit Gangasagar Mishra - who wants to make Chandani, India's Prime Minister. This one is also good book, though I didn't lik...