Category Archives: BOOK REVIEW

YAJNASENI- Making sense of DRAUPADI to people with some understanding of Mahabharata

Tweet    Follow @S_kotnala DRAUPADI is one of the most well known characters in Indian Mythology. Many writers have interpreted her life. In fact her simply complex life, right from her birth, Swamyvar, Divisions for sharing by 5 Pandavs, Cheer Haran in the Kaurav Mahasabha and her revenge with Dushasana blood are something most Hindus’ and… Read More »

Dream With Your Eyes Open and close when you exit

Follow @twitter Tweet A great ease of story telling with experiences that are too near to him- makes DREAM WITH YOUR EYES OPEN a real interesting read. Ronnie Screwvala the first-generation entrepreneur and UTV founder takes you through the roller coaster rides that his life been. In process there are inferences (lessons) that you can deduce… Read More »

CONVICTION OF ABSOLUTENESS – a grade 2 rapid

Tweet      Follow @S_kotnala This is neither the first time nor the last time that I was reading a story based on the interesting professional arena called advertising. But, it was definitely the first where the characters seemed a lot more familiar. This caused a constant tussle between my real life perception of the characters… Read More »

THIS WILL CHANGE THE WAY YOU FOLLOW SPORT

Is it time that most of us in management cadre across levels of responsibility watch sports with a lot more focus. Maybe place TV sets at appropriate places and make watching the world cup, Wimbledon and Olympics (to name a few) mandatory. Maybe we have been missing a lot between the balls and swinging with… Read More »

SEVEN CONVERSATIONS – only the right questions gets you the answer.

Thank you NISTHA TRIPATHI (The author) for reaching out to me and sharing this book ‘SEVEN CONVERSATIONS’. Truthfully speaking, in the normal course of life, I certainly would have missed out. I would have failed to pick this and the loss would completely been mine. That is for the content not the format or the… Read More »

LOVE STORIES THAT TOUCHED MY HEART

Ravinder earlier two books- ‘I too have a love story’ and ‘Can Love happen Twice’ were really nothing much to talk about. They were simple- quite honest but lacked twist and the power to keep you glued on. So picking up ‘Love Stories That Touched My Heart‘ was definitely risky. Being an anthology with a… Read More »