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 »
Having just finished ‘BUSINESS SUTRA’ by Devdutt Pattanaik- I picked up few other books by him. Nearing ‘Ganesh Chaturthi’ – 99 thoughts on Ganesha seemed to be the right one to read. And to be honest I was disappointed in the shallowness of the whole content. Maybe I the self-acclaimed Ganesha follower failed to fins… Read More »
BUSINESS SUTRA- an inspiring work- recommend reading Presented as ‘ A very Indian approach to management’- with a premise as simple as ‘As is belief- so is behaviour, so is business’. Business Sutra is a rich interpretation of Indian mythology and understanding. Divided into simple chapters. Starts with a detailed section CONNECTING BELIEF TO BUSINESS… Read More »
THE KILLER APP- Not chilling enough ‘The killer app and other paranormal stories’ a compilation published by Penguin India. It is a set of 12 Gripping , Bizarre paranormal stories that makes you feel as if someone is standing behind you waiting for the right moment. Makes you a bit more jittery- but definitely lacks punch… Read More »
