A November Sunday was the Novel I wrote… around 56 thousand words… completely written in a moving train as part of my daily commute to San Francisco in 30 days in a November in 2011. Not sure if I should… Read More ›
Books
52/365 I am a girl from Africa
After I finished reading Daniel Kahneman’s Noise…. I felt I wanted a break. There was too much to process in that book. My choice was to spend some time with fiction. But then I thought how about switching to Memoir…. Read More ›
In Conversation with Shashi Tharoor on his book ‘The New World Disorder and The Indian Imperative’
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… Read More ›
Illiberal India – Gauri Lankesh and the Age of Unreason
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… Read More ›
Bookless in Baghdad – A reader’s delightful stroll through 230 pages
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… Read More ›
Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less – Book Review
Earlier this year I had written a post Say ‘NO’ when you have to; And do it with Confidence. I wrote it when I was reminded of an earlier career incident when a friend had told me that I had a… Read More ›
Yuval Noah Harari’s ‘Sapiens’
I was in two minds to write a review on Yuval Noah Harari’s book ‘Sapiens’. My first thought was to do a combined review after I finish Homo Deus. But that will take time as two other books have come… Read More ›
Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think
The decision for me to read ‘Abundance’ had a reason. But once I started I was wondering why was I so late in reading it. It was released 6 years ago, in 2012 and in that 6 years I have… Read More ›
Givers, Takers and the insight into self and people we work with
With ‘Give and Take’, now I have read all three of Adam Grant’s books. I started with Originals. Was impressed and I started following him on LinkedIn and Twitter. Then I read Option B a few weeks back which he… Read More ›
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
Mark Manson’s book ‘The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck’ was not my first choice to read. But there was so much promotion on it. I saw people posting pictures of it on Social media. People talking.. yes.. people… Read More ›
