The stories have a no-nonsense father, dog and children, but maybe the stories are not necessarily for children. After all, they are politically incorrect and they make you think a lot
Milan Vohra, known as India’s first Mills & Boon author has been a colleague in my advertising days. This is her third book. And it starts with a similar scene. It lets you know at the beginning that ‘Ragini is not really a damsel, and she’s certainly not in any major distress’. After that, you… Read More »
I picked up ‘The Spy’ as much for Paulo Coelho as for ‘Mata Hari’(Margarethe Zelle) the Dutch courtesan and her intriguing image of a double agent during World War-1. I am a big fan of Paulo Coelho. In fact, two of his books ‘Veronika Decides to die’ and ‘Eleven Minutes’ are in my list of books… Read More »
I liked Chandramouli Venkatesan’s first book ‘CATALYST’. The blurb of his next book ‘Get better at getting better’ interested me. It suggested -up suggested some similarity in thinking, I picked the second book. Getting better is evolutionary thought and the route to survival from Darwinian time. Chandramouli Venkatesan, in his book ‘GET BETTER AT GETTING… Read More »
I knew all along, there was something drastically wrong with the way the future is unveiling itself. I was on the lookout for a debate on ‘How to fix the future’. Andrew Keen’s session at the IAA World Congress held at Kochi, India in February this year probably opened new spaces for the discussion. The future is… Read More »
It took me time to pick ‘Catalyst: The Ultimate Strategies on How To Win At Work And In Life’ by Chandramouli Venkatesan. Reading it, I realised, I cover a lot of it in two of my workshops ‘Brand-I’ and ‘Re-Discover Yourself’, but from a different perspective. On the other side, I have that sinking feeling… Read More »
IDEO is a respected design & innovation firm. Tom Kelly, the author of The Art of Innovation, is a partner at IDEO. In the book’ The Art of Innovation’, he takes you on a roller coaster ride of innovative thinking and experimentation. He shares the strategies and the recipe for successful innovation. “Out there in… Read More »
OM GANESHAY NAMAHA. My copy of the book ‘I AM A TROLL- Inside the Secret World of the BJP’s Digital Army’ by Swati Chaturvedi was delivered last week. I could not stop myself from reading it. The super-hot comments and views by fellow member on a whatsapp group led to a deep curiosity. They are… Read More »
Normally, I read books in sequence. I just follow the ‘FIFO- First In- First Out’ policy. For ‘The Poison Artist’ by Jonathan Moore, I made an exception. How could I hold myself back after reading my favourite author of horror stories Stephen King’s comment. He says ‘it is an electrifying read… I haven’t read anything… Read More »
A semi cooked not so perfect psychological thriller. It has a dated, read somewhere kind of feel. Maybe, I have been suffering the after-effects of reading too much. The plot is full of characters drawn together to fit a jigsaw puzzle. Pity, the readers complete it with many pieces yet to be picked. It is… Read More »
