There sometime comes a book that takes you by storm and impresses a lot more than expected. JAYA by DEVDUTT PATTANAIK is one such book. It is one of the MOST RECOMMENDED books in my list. Attempting to retell MAHABHARAT (originally known as Jaya ) is never easy- but his ease of narration and not… Read More »
G Sampath- delivers what he promises. Checks on your feelings- emotions – argument and through the book- sometime- somewhere does offend you at some level. The Delhi based journalist and columnist leaves no bones while writing on a varied subject with direct-in directed references to people and subject that could only lead one way- making… Read More »
‘Ex’ by Novoneel Chakraborty was a surprise. It’s definitely a complex crooked twisted love story delivered in the forced First Person format that is a favorite with the authors and the readers. You definitely tend to more relate to them. What sells now days- Love- romance-sex and the thought of it. So the line at… Read More »
It’s an uneven road. It’s like travelling from Mumbai to Kolkata by road. The book is a journey of uneven pace- as if the author was not worried of the Reader expectation or experience. Its film and its Mumbai and its surrogate politics and mafia and the grass root foolish cadre that supports it. The… Read More »
TATA LOG – is a select set of Eight Modern Stories by HARISH BHAT from a timeless Institution- TATA. Harish Bhat is a batch mate from IIMA- the batch of ’87. I never had heard of his book. So picking this thick hardbound book at Airport had much to do about brotherhood then the interest… Read More »
Vikas Singh’s Debut novel- ‘THE BIX FIX’ dealing with the Cricket passion and fixing- is a far too simpler but a well paced novel. It draws on Pakistan Coach who dies and the matches that are supposed to be tainted to the film Star that owns the team in ICT- T20 carnival. As usual you… Read More »
‘Lady, You’re not a man’ goes with a misguiding subscript- The adventures of a woman at work- by Apurva Purohit. In the words of the author- who also blogs at what else but ‘Womanatwork.co.in’ – ‘it is It is a fun look at the travails a working woman faces as she scurries around managing home… Read More »
Life stories – narrated with simplicity and honesty . Many of them being episodic in nature and many more which colour life through the canvas of time. Beautifully picked from different strata of life and a wide spectrum of emotions- Sudha Murthy in these short stories brings alive so many lives and different messages that… Read More »
‘The One Thing’ is a simple management Motivational success secret kind of book that goes with the subscript ‘The surprising simple truth behind extraordinary results’ Gary keller throughout the book focuses on a simple truth- if you are clear about ‘what is that one thing that will make other things doable – easy or unnecessary’… Read More »
NOT MY KIND OF BOOK Sometimes you should judge the book by its cover and listen to your own gut feeling. Unfortunately I did not and end up reading SPYING IN HIGH HEELS- by GEMMA HALLIDAY. ( Oh it says this was on New York Times Bestselling Author list)- must not be the book. Defined… Read More »
