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Aaren · 9 months ago

Been a reader here for a very long time; congratulations!!!! Looking forward to it.

Facebook User · 9 months ago

Nice.................

Indyeah · 9 months ago

Congratulations!hoep to get it when it comes in the market:)


PS:-you are serious arent you?:D

sidin · 9 months ago

Totally man. Totally.

Subhasish Das · 9 months ago

About that contract thingy. Make sure they print your name right on the actual contract otherwise you would never know who would get the actually money. :)

Noodle · 9 months ago

Congrats da machi. Can I download a torrent of it's pdf when it's released?
Noodle
http://twitter.com/ravivenkatesh

rads · 9 months ago

Awesome! Looking forward to it :)

Chittaranjan · 9 months ago

Ah! Now I know where the word 'Sadi-sm' originated from.....we were living all this while believing that some Marquiis De Sade was responsible for it! :D

BTW, didn't you say on another post that the first five commenters will get a copy FREE! I'll DM u my address once the book is out. without the postage, of course!

Anyways, wishing u good luck for it...

Chittaranjan · 9 months ago

P.S: Make that 'first six commenters'! Not including yourself, of course :P

Ritesh Sinha · 9 months ago

Going tomorrow to get an affidavit and change my name to Sadin Vadukut. Ha!

Archana · 9 months ago

About time!! Congratulations :-D - looking forward to reading it!

maxdavinci · 9 months ago

From REC to penguin, watay journey!

chalo cant wait from some guy to scan and upload pdfs on scribd!

ok ok kiddin....

Sabbah Haji · 9 months ago

Fantastic! Well done, Sir Sid. And Penguin even, the bestest bird, which immediately takes one back to the smell of old books and the funs with Wodehouse. Am very happy for you, being an ardent admirer (mmmmppfff) of your works and also having read something about you giving out free copies earlier on....?
Erm... Not to put too fine a point upon it, but before you become off one big shot and all and forget all about erstwhile Kashmiri connections, you had mentioned something about a microwave some time ago? Is the offer still valid? I have a farm or two free up here and could offload them on to you. BUT THE MICROWAVE IS OF ESSENCE. Without that, the deal is off. Here... Spit on it.

Once more, yay!

Siddharth · 9 months ago

Hearty congratulations

graycell · 9 months ago

Congrats da !

Amitabha · 9 months ago

Awesome Sirji....great inspiration for kids like us ...all the best to you ...

chica · 9 months ago

et tu! This is probably the 3/4 th blog I subscribe to which is publishing a book, my google reader is getting no love anymore. Congratulations though, will definitely read it. Do put up a teaser on your blog, would be nice to know about the book.

meetu · 9 months ago

Congratulations!!!! An awesome feeling that must be...

Amar · 9 months ago

Aw - I'm so proud of you. Consider the money set aside. Heck I'll even promote your book aggressively
How does one get a signed copy?

Rada · 9 months ago

Sidin!

Congratulations! You have manged to cross over to the other side, which is every self-respecting blogger's dream, I would say...

So happy for you, my friend!

Rada · 9 months ago

Hey sorry!

You already have a book out, haven't you?

Sam · 9 months ago

Finally, finally!!!!! the graduation day has come.... a great feeling.....congratulations.

silverine · 9 months ago

Congratulations!!

Karan Rajpal · 9 months ago

I'll buy a copy. It'll be worth it. Also, since you'd have a book launch in Delhi, I'll come to meet and shake hands with you.

Congratulations Sidin. You deserve this for all you've given us through your words.

All the mushy things said, whatay break!

Philip · 9 months ago

Can't wait to get hold of the book. I may be finally persuaded to buy a legal copy of a book, especially if the interim title is an indications of what's inside :)

Sowmya Ramanujam · 9 months ago

This is such good news. Congratulations :) Keep us posted on the developments

Advitiya · 9 months ago

Congratulations! Something odd to look forward to now :)

Ranjith · 9 months ago

Phew!!!! Better late than never......Have been hearing about the book for a couple of years!!! Finally we see concrete proof.........Congratulations!!!!!.................
p.s did I sound like I doubted it.....nope never had an iota of doubt...

Varun · 9 months ago

The Link http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/149877/contract.jpg is broken. Could you please correct this? And i will be reading your book :)

Prah · 9 months ago

The link is broken!

sidin · 9 months ago

Ugh! Dropbox is down for maintenance. Should be up soon...

Deepti · 9 months ago

Congrats Sidin ... Do we get an autographed copy?

Rk · 9 months ago

Yay !! Super title..is there a way to directly sneak into the last part of the title...or is there a way to buy only that part of the book ? :)
Congrats !

Anuradha · 9 months ago

Congrats!!! :)

Saad Akhtar · 9 months ago

Hey congratulations! I have deposited money in a fixed deposit so I can buy this when it comes out. Alternate title - A Suitable God of Small Poppy Seas.

I'm sure the postal dept ruined this letter during transport because some important bits are all yellowed out. Perhaps you can tell us some of the accidentally erased information. Specially the "... and please find the enclosed cheque for X million rupees" types.

Good good...

gooddaysunshine · 9 months ago

Long time reader..never commented though. Congratulations on the book deal! The money has most definitely been set aside!

piyush · 9 months ago

Hi i'm kinda new to this blog..but i already like ur writing style...and congrats for the contract...

Jo · 9 months ago

Congrats.

And I thought "Vadukut" could be spelled wrong but "Sidin"? No way!

Sangeetha · 9 months ago

Congratulations!!!! Do we get a free copy by the virtue of being followers of your blog and regularly posting comments?? :D

Well, to be frank, will buy a copy even if we don't :-) provided you launch it in the first week of the month ;-)

Twilight Fairy · 9 months ago

congrats penguin vadukut! :P

Sarah · 9 months ago

That's great, Sidin. Congratulations.

naren · 9 months ago

Congratulations! The Penguin is a most discriminating bird. You have arrived!

Cheers.

Manish Krishnan · 9 months ago

Awesome ! Looking forward to it. :) .. not that I read though... u know..just generally.

Aditya Kuber · 9 months ago

And is that why you also moved to Delhi? Congrats...

barun · 9 months ago

kaangrachulassun!!! guess who's gonna buy the first copy when it comes out?

Chintan Zangda · 9 months ago

Hey Congratulations!!!!.. I am following your blog since a long time and was really missing your updates... they reduced alot... now we get it why... :-)... Once again congratulations and Good Luck!!!

Dhiraj · 9 months ago

Congratulations .. you deserve it ..

anand · 9 months ago

Congratulations Sidin/Sadin. Been a long time follower of your blog and looking forward for that early copy. Hope that doesn't cut off the blogging. cheers.

anand · 9 months ago

and hey, it's amusing to see L.K.Advanis' ad on your page after your piece in HT!!

anand · 9 months ago

and LK.Ad on your site after your column in HT? Amusing!

Sajit Sadasivan · 9 months ago

congratulations sidin....should be atleast 1 book of which i will buy a legal copy....and i'm sure it will be worth it.

Nikhil Narayanan · 9 months ago

Sidin,

Kidilol-kidilam

-Nikhil

Arun · 9 months ago

finally ! Congrats man :) !!!

Oscar Varghese · 9 months ago

Oh finally! Finally! Runs around naked in my room with tears of Joy!

HP · 9 months ago

Congrats Sire!

Ashish Shakya · 9 months ago

Congratulations! And with a title like that, you're sure to bag the "Man Booker Whitbread Nobel Oscar Sahitya Akademi Puraskar". Will definitely dip into my beer fund and buy the book.

the mad momma · 9 months ago

congratulations!!!!
I'm quite taken by the title already :p

Deepa Garimella · 9 months ago

congrats!!! hope it's as much fun as everything else you write!!

VpT · 9 months ago

Cool!
Have been a reader of your blog for about 2 years now.... I'll buy the book the day it's out!

Mahesh · 9 months ago

Congrats.... I hope its going to be rib ticklingly funny :-)

nirav · 9 months ago

definitely started saving up to buy the book, but please ensure the following things
(1) dont release an expensive hardback version and them come up with a cheaper paper back 3 months later
(2) Ensure your books are available outside india since many of your readers reside there.

Darshan · 9 months ago

Hi Sidin,

Have been following your blog for long time... Congratulations..
Looking forward ...

Split Infinitive · 9 months ago

Well done & congratulations!

AM · 9 months ago

Congratulations.

Deepti · 9 months ago

Wow! Congratulations.

I'm a regular reader of your blog. Looking fwd to the book :).

Shreyas · 9 months ago

Congratulations!

Arathi · 9 months ago

Congratulations!!!

Deepti · 9 months ago

Yay!! Congrats..Can't wait to read THE book:)..

purvapar · 9 months ago

I know what Im supposed to be seeing. but all I can see is a black rectangle sid.

Please re-upload the image.

Congrats btw :D. Waiting for the release date. Hope he title has ur signature "Whatay" in it.

wanderblah · 9 months ago

Congratulations mr.! will set aside money for my copy, and 1 copy for pintu, munna, pappu, ramsay and everybody else who must laugh (if the book's not funny, we'll laugh at you) while taking a crap plus at all other times of the day... yay!

Anna · 9 months ago

Many Many Congratulations Mr. Vadukut. Very amazing i say! Will definitely pick it up when its out.

Also will be telling people how well i know you and how i have been reading your work since you were this high :) But seriously, good for you!

Shyam · 9 months ago

Congrats Sadin :P

Sanjeev Priyam · 9 months ago

Hi Sidin!

Great to know. Will be the first one to get it as soon as it hits the stands. Congrats. My wishes for it to sell a billion copies :)

Best Wishes,
Sanjeev

Sanjeev Priyam · 9 months ago

It was worth the wait. We can carry Sidin & Sidinisms around. What say you guys! '

"SIDINISM" - Nice na?

Shah · 9 months ago

Congrats! Would it be made available outside India?

sidin · 9 months ago

I hope. I hope the Penguin guys ship it out. We'll figure out something.

kalhua · 9 months ago

awesome!!!!!!! congratulations-where is the mithai and the ladoooos!!! when is the party?

Kartik Krishnamoorthy · 9 months ago

"Yes my name is still causing trouble." ... Just drives you crazy, doesn't it?? Imagine your name being spelt "Karthick" by most people!! And im not even going to comment on the surname :D

Congrats Sidin!!! Can't wait to get my hands on that reading material!! :)

mads · 9 months ago

whoa!
super news da!
grats.

sampath menon · 9 months ago

congrats bud! Long due..
From the title, I'm guessing it's going to be 4 books for the price one. With a center-spread thrown in too?! Lemme start saving up...

Archana · 9 months ago

you mean you have just started working on it, or have almost finished it in the last year??? :P if its the former, it doesn't account for the blog slow down of last year... aint it?? :P
Anyways looking forward to the venture...

engineerindisguise · 9 months ago

congrats...I hope I can get buy it in my month's salary.....ok..ok..I forgot your name is not Ritu Beri :)) :P

best of luck!!!

Naveen Roy · 9 months ago

Woohooo....nice!!!

Lakshmi · 9 months ago

Congratulations! You've scared us all with the 'set aside money' bit. But a lil headsup prolly good, recession times and all.

Anuj · 9 months ago

Awesome! Visiting after a long time..had been buried with the B school stuff :)..This is great news!

Mahrek · 9 months ago

you won't post now-will you???

Hari · 9 months ago

'Been reading 'whatay' for years now!

Great to see you published. Please book a copy for me? ;-)

All the best, saaar!! Ella bhaavukangalum nerunnu! :P

lafemmereva · 9 months ago

Kudos Sidin...You totally rock!!!

lafemmereva · 8 months ago

Are they giving Franchisee ownership some such thingies to NRI folks...? How do we get to read your book? For example Almost single by Adavaita Kala was released here in Februrary in Amazon !!!! :(:(

Karan Johar first appeases us NRIs u know! :(

George · 8 months ago

Mone ( not monne )-

Have you heard the audio about the call center chick trying to talk to a mallu guy about his SBI card status.

roopa · 8 months ago

So, your book is gonna say "Sad inside" on the cover? ;-)

Congrats! I'm dropping a coin in my piggy bank every day to buy it.

Sreejith (ipru) · 8 months ago

Congratulations! I'm definitely looking forward to reading it.

Rosemary · 8 months ago

Sidin!!
I'm a regular here but been a while since I stopped by. Happy to note that 'Honey, you still got it!'.

The money is ready... just say when!
Btw, love the Delhi references since I'm here too now.. :).

Rose

Reena · 7 months ago

Congrats!!! coming back to your blog after a break so saw this post only now. Do keep us posted.

pallavi · 6 months ago

Just discovered your blog a few days ago and you have me in stitches!! Savoring it post by post... s-l-o-w-l-y.. You can blot out all you want but then there is google and publisher greed ;). Is this the same you? :D

http://www.infibeam.com/Books/info/sidin-vaduku...

Please to tell those penguins to make things available outside India. We read too you know, albeit s-l-o-w-l-y. Meanwhile, I shall tell friends in b'lore to watch for it like hawks...

Congratulations! Your writing is brilliant!

Virginia · 5 months ago

Your "Travails: article just reached my computer screen, in New York, 4 or 5 years later, and I decided to find you and tell you how much fun I think it is, and see what else you're writing - and I ran into this post so - that's exciting! and I too will set aside funds, in my case for postage (or airfare for me) as well as book purchase price.