Kurt Gray’s Outraged is a must read for everyone today. It explores the important question “Why We Fight About Morality and Politics”. Whether you fight or not, I am sure this question would have come to your mind about the world we live in. Is there a common ground. A common ground where we can converse and understand. There is always, but we need to … Continue reading So Outraged !!
When have I last asked someone what book I should read next? I don’t remember and don’t ask because there are so many books that I want to read that I might never get time to read. Then what is the point in asking. Also I started reading books religiously much late in life and so there is so much catch up that I have … Continue reading What Should I read next ?
I still remember when I moved to Fremont in 2008. We had bookstores. Yes we had them. And we had open mics at those books stores. I used to spend time roaming around inside them with coffee. And I used to buy books regularly. Then things changed. Yes they changed. After that I used to make my regular pilgrimages to City Lights Books in San … Continue reading A new bookstore in Fremont – Banter Bookshop
Bill Bryson’s Book ‘ The Body’ – A Fascinating Read… #books #BookReviews Continue reading The Body by Bill Bryson | Book Review
2021 was also a work from home year which means the commute time gets converted to what ever you want.. Some might have had used it in work.. or forced so… but I was lucky to use that for both exercise and reading… Even combining the two activity… I clocked at around 30 books this year… After posting these on social media for a few … Continue reading My Reading Shelf in 2021
Having learned history throughout my school I always thought I would have a fair idea of what happened… And after school and taking up the Science and Engineering track, I had given up on learning anything of what happened in the past… History was History for me… But over past few years I have been wanting to read more history just to understand better.. on … Continue reading India After Gandhi by Ramchandra Guha | Book Introduction
This Post is long due… because I had met MNN Chettan (Madassery Neelankandan Namboothiri) two months back to receive a copy of his translations of the Malayalam’s beloved poet Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri… I have been close to MNN Chettan for a while here in the US…. My acquaintance with Poet Vishnu Narayanan Namboodiri though go back to when I was a kid… Vishnu Narayanan Namboodiri … Continue reading Nights and Days in Ujjaini
The New World Disorder and the Indian Imperative is a pretty interesting book written by Shashi Tharoor and Sameer Saran. I read it two months back and got to have a chat with Shashi recently. By the time we readers have read it, Shashi is out with two more books ‘Tharoorosaurus’ and ‘The Battle of Belonging’. This is less of an interview and more of … Continue reading In Conversation with Shashi Tharoor on his book ‘The New World Disorder and The Indian Imperative’
There are not many books that I finish reading in one sitting. This was one such book, and the reason is many. ‘Illiberal India’ – Gauri Lankesh and the Age of Unreason is written by Gauri’s lifelong friend and ex-husband Chidanand Rajghatta (Chidu). I bought it from the fresh books on the stand. I believe it was released in May this year. Just so you … Continue reading Illiberal India – Gauri Lankesh and the Age of Unreason
The writer in Tharoor has always fascinated me. I have found his prose very beautiful. I have to admit that I say so by only reading his ‘India: From Midnight to the Millennium’. But in this trip I bought a few of his books and read his superbly written collection of essays ‘Bookless in Baghdad’. This journey has given me good reading time. The book … Continue reading Bookless in Baghdad – A reader’s delightful stroll through 230 pages
Vinod Narayan 