Bookshelf/Shyam Benegal

quot;The most exciting stage in literature for me was when I discovered the Latin-American writers like Marquez. Among Indian authors Salman Rushdie8217;s Midnight8217;s Children left a deep impression on me. I am also fond of Amitav Ghosh and more recently I liked Arundhati Roy8217;s God of Small Things,quot; he says.Currently, Benegal is in search of books about the conflict inYugoslavia. quot;To me it seems very relevant 8212; living in India 8212; because of the kind of political ideas that have emerged there. I feel that one of the areas to study is to look at the problems of Yugoslavia and Bosnia. I8217;ve just read two books 8212; one is a wonderful account by a journalist who spent one year in Bosnia during the war. The other book, Blood and Belonging really affected me a lot,quot; he says. On cinema his favourite book is Technique of Film Editing.