“From those who can spare to those who are in need” can be a tagline for anything that is given in the sense altruism. But when money is involved in the supply chain and the demand is ready to pay a hefty fee for getting it, the whole equation goes wrong. With brokers emerging to manage the supply chain and trying to get a share … Continue reading The Red Market- Reviews and Thoughts
Addict Nation by Jane Velez Mitchell and Sandra Mohr is a look at America from the point of addiction, and in my opinion it is not just about america but also about every other developed and developing nation. As individuals the books calls its readers to look around and see who all are conspiring to keep us an addict. Though the book shows the naked … Continue reading Addict Nation – Book Review and Questions
Linda Polman’s “The Crisis Caravan: What’s Wrong With Humanitarian Aid?” takes you through the world of humanitarian aid through the eyes of a journalist as it makes stops at various points of distress on the world map. Stops where we can see how good intentions find it so tough to reach the right people and don’t always produce the same best results as people believe. … Continue reading The Crisis Caravan – Book Review and Questions
Malcolm Gladwell is one of my favorite authors, I started with his ‘Blink’ and then to outlier and now with his first book ‘Tipping Point’ and his latest ‘What the dog saw” in the past few months it leaves me with the wait for his next book. Over the past few years we have seen a lot of authors who follow this genre where they … Continue reading Recent Reads – A good mix of Politics, Business, Fiction, Philosphy & spirituality
My recent reads have always been a collection of what I read over a month or so, but I just finished a book that needs a special mention and I am dedicating a post for it. This is not an English book, but Malayalam (which is also my mother tongue). The book is called “Aadujeevitham” by Benyamin which is translated to English as ‘Goatlife’, or … Continue reading Aadujeevitham – A Goat like Life – Must Read
Microtrends
Had been in my list for a long time, but it is now that I got time to consume it. Beautiful written by Mark J. Penn this is a collection of various Microtrends as Continue reading “My Recent Reads in business and Spirituality”
Yes; that is what I have been last few weeks. The 1.5 hours Bart trips daily connects me with characters inside the train and in the books that give me company. Here are a few titles I read and some I tried and could not complete.
After the fun filled Chetan Bhagat feast earlier, I decided to trysome more of the Indian English writers, the books I had carried with me form my last India trip. But sadly both the books I read did not take me beyond 40 pages and I think it was more like people trying to cash in on a newly found wave for fame and money. Though very disappointing Continue reading “The Transit Reader”
Tim Ferriss if anyone does not know wrote the #1 Best Seller 4Hour Work Week. He also has a lot of things like Tango, Kick boxing and similar things that he has championship titles on. He is the guy who coined the phrase Lifestyle Design. An acclaimed speaker and motivator and inspiration for a lot of people. I heard about him a few years back … Continue reading Tim Ferriss and his Four Hour WorkWeek
‘The White Tiger’ by Aravind Adiga, you will love it if you like some dark humor. The Indian english novels are quite interesting and gives a whole different perspective. And here Aravind showcases a man’s quest to break off from his current existence and how he self analyses and defends all what he does how ever bad and brutal it is. The author is able to guide you perfectly through the mind of a guy whom you finally confuse to relate as an entrepreneur, victim, murderer or opportunist
Also had a chance to finish Rashmi Bansal’s “Stay Hungry Stay Foolish” which talks about 25 IIM graduates who got into business, some by planning for it, some accidentally. More that the individual journeys what is interesting is each person’s advice to entrepreneurs.
Vinod Narayan 