A book that I had read quite sometime ago but that which stayed with me creating a sort of cognitive dissonance. a real soul stirring book.
Category Archives: Books I have read
Predictably Irrational
Make a beginning. Read and identify with the Indian Psyche’.
The woman in the window
The Last Lecture
Academicians deliver a last lecture reminiscing over the academic pursuits and mull over the legacy. Here is a book that moves from pancreatic cancer to life filled with inspiration and humour. Live life King size.
Becoming
Michelle Obama – the first African American to become the first lady, has chronicled her journey in her book. She, in her memoir ‘Becoming’ draws a picture of an ambitious, lower middle-class lass focusing on academics to raise her economic prospects. The book takes one through her experiences from childhood in Southside of Chicago toContinue reading “Becoming”
Three cups of Tea
The Rozabel Line, Krishna Key and Chanakya’s chant
The Grapes of Wrath
At Montaray Harbour with a statue of John Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath was the first book that I read written by John Steinbeck. Herein, he tells the story of a family of impoverished farmers during the Great Depression who lose their livelihood and are forced to trek from Oklahoma to California, looking for workContinue reading “The Grapes of Wrath”
The Forty Rules of Love
Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak Here is a book that I just completed reading. – Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak. Ella takes on an assignment of reviewing a book that changes her life. It gives her a new perspective of looking at life in general. Ella is intrigued by the thirteenth-centuryContinue reading “The Forty Rules of Love”
The Silent Patient
Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides Theo Faber, the psychologist takes up a job at The Grove just so that he could find out more about Alicia Bereebnson who murdered her husband in cold blood. . What prompted Alicia to do that when she was happily married? Not just that – she stops speaking after theContinue reading “The Silent Patient”
Being Nobody, Going Nowhere Meditations on the Buddhist Path by Ayya Khema
The book required concentration and could not be read like one reads a novel. A few points struck me and have listed them out. This is not a review but more like a summary as I understood it. The Buddha said there is only one cause, one reason we experience suffering, and that’s craving. WeContinue reading “Being Nobody, Going Nowhere Meditations on the Buddhist Path by Ayya Khema”
The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
I would recommend The Silent. Patient. After reading that book, this seems mediocre.