After a long time, I read a book that is an example of brilliant storytelling. ‘A Village Dies – your invitation to a memorable funeral’ by Ivan Arthur. Published by ‘Speaking Tiger’. It is a story in convenient flashbacks. TVD, is a story of two villages Kevni and Amboli, in erstwhile Bombay. A mixed community… Read More »
This year been a mixed bag in terms of books that I have read or plan to read. I stayed focussed on business, marketing, advertising and media books, keeping my distance from anything political or fiction. But here are 15 books I believe one absolutely must read (if you haven’t already!) though not all of… Read More »
Was it the subject or was it the insipid writing that made the book a cross to carry. The last time I left a book unfinished was many years back; hence I ploughed through the difficult task of making sense of the subject for myself. The only thing I can say with surety is that… Read More »
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 »
So what is love and Is love and sex the same thing. What is Lust and how is that a part of the growing teenagers life. How differently male and female brain works when it comes to LOVE and SEX. What can happen to you, incase you do not differentiate abetween the… Read More »
‘ I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find that there isn’t, than live my life as if there isn’t and die to find out there is ‘ : Albert Camus ( 1913-60) At Dainik Bhaskar group. Pradeep Dwivedi picked the book ‘For God’s Sake: An adman… Read More »
17 books that you should read- these are part of the 50 Books I read in 2013- and the one which I felt I could recommend FICTION RECOMMENDED ‘BANKERUPT’ by Ravii Subramanian ‘ASURA’ : Tale of the vanquished. By Anand Neelakantan. Recommended ‘END OF STORY’ by Arjun Shekar ‘SITA’ by Devdutt Pattanaik ‘BATTLE OF BITTORA’… Read More »
So here are 15 books I read in 2013 as part of my 50 book challenge – and think that you could avoid reading. FICTION ‘SHIVA & THE RISE OF SHADOWS’ by KANIKA DHILLION ‘EX’ by Novoneel Chakraborty ‘THE BIG FIX’ by Vikas Singh ‘THE ONE THING’ by Gary Keller ’99 THOUGHTS ON GANESH’ by… Read More »
Ok finally I completed 50 Book Challenge for the year 2013. During the year I read and blogged the book reviews. Unfortunately during the year I shifted my blog from Sulekha to my own site www.sanjeevkotnala.com and hence many of the reviews are not available. Quite a lot (8-9 of the last read) lot are… Read More »
The title and its stark black cover compelled me to buy this book. So how do you start a story titled ‘END OF STORY’. I was unprepared for the style of narration. The style of writing was new to me. So what was it all about? I do want you to PICK THIS BOOK AND… Read More »
