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… Read More ›
Books
A new bookstore in Fremont – Banter Bookshop
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… Read More ›
The Body by Bill Bryson | Book Review
Bill Bryson’s Book ‘ The Body’ – A Fascinating Read… #books #BookReviews
My Reading Shelf in 2021
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… Read More ›
India After Gandhi by Ramchandra Guha | Book Introduction
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… Read More ›
Nights and Days in Ujjaini
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… 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 ›
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