Before I decided to read this book, I used to laugh at the title and I probably looked down on people who might have read it. I mean who needs to read a book to win friends? What kind of loser would that person be? Well, here I am, one of such Losers. In hindsight,…
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Humans: The only storytellers
About a month ago I got a chance to read a very interesting book called Sapiens. It was written by a historian and it was one of the most thought provoking books I have had a chance to read. I rarely read non-fiction but history interests me somewhat. This book was more of a mashup…
Continue ReadingThe Elusive state of equilibrium
We all talk about finding peace and harmony all the time. Of finding the balance between yin and yang. Of being one with the energy of the universe. I do want all of those things. I want to be in sync with the energy coursing through our universe as well.
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I just finished another epic book. 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami. As always with his works, I am left in a state of hangover. There is definitely something about this guy which makes me crave for his books. In itself Murakami is a genre of books. If you could refer to something as Shakespearean then probably…
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No matter how many books you read, each new one has its own set of possibilities and expectations. And somehow it takes a lot of time for me now to select a book to read next. So there was this book called Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami. A random stumble in a way…
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I like to read books. And i have some expectations from most that i do read. That might be because i spend 15 minutes or more in finding the right book to buy or read from the library. So when i decided to read a book , that has sold 25 million copies, and cost…
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Its as if a light appeared, just as the darkness seemed to descend. That’s how it feels after reading this book recently. God is not Dead by Amit Goswami. The central theme is God, and Quantum Physics. Doesn’t seem related, right? Well it is and isn’t in a sense. The reality is that materialism ( love…
Continue ReadingIsland : An interesting Society
Something about the way things are around me, seems to nag me always. Society as i see it, seems so imperfect. Its hard to believe it exists. I write about it frequently. But mostly i used to point out the issues. I did not have an answer. I still do not have an answer on…
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Its one of the name that might remain in my memory for a long time to come. He is not my best friend or mentor. He is just a character from a book. A book i had intended to read as a novel, a work of fiction. But it turned out to give me some…
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The last book i read was The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy. Obviously it was a very acclaimed book, and winner of Booker Prize too. So there were infact a lot of expectations leading up to the book. Like perhaps it would be highly addictive, or amazing story, or something good. But somehow,…
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