30 years in the searing sun: A Romance Memoir by Kalavathi Raj – Review
30 Years in the Searing Sun is a romance memoir by Kalavathi Raj. I have read many memoirs before. However, it is the first time I have been impressed by…
Three Men in Southeast Asia by Ashok Masillamani – Review
Three Men in Sea is a travel memoir by Ashok Yeshurun Masillamani. It may only be a simple introduction to the book by Ashok that does extend beyond the periphery…
The Eternal Feminine by Alok Pandey – Book Review
Dr Alok Pandey, the author of The Eternal Feminine, a book that tries to explore and decode the feminine depicted in the great Indian scriptures, myths, legends and religious history,…
How Leaders Decide: Tackling Biases and Risks in Decision-Making by Harjeet Khanduja – Book Review
Corporate books are not everybody’s cup of tea if written in a bulky language and cryptic style that only CEOs and management employees can understand. However, there are some authors…
Who Killed Shastri? The Tashkent Files book by Vivek Agnihotri – Review
Vivek Agnihotri’s movie, The Kashmir Files, has opened the floodgates. Many opinions are coming at a quick pace. Many are in favour of this movie and moviemaker. However, some people…
India That is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution by J Sai Deepak – Book Review
I have not put my faith in Ashwin Sanghi‘s concept of history being more stranger than fiction until now. After coming across the ‘opinions’ like Yudhishthir getting inspiration from Ashoka, and…
English Literature in Context by Paul Poplawski – Book Review
“… economic and social factors began significantly to change patterns of cultural production and consumption at the end of the nineteenth century. Of most relevance to literature (and fiction in…
Urban Naxals: The Making of Buddha in a Traffic Jam by Vivek Agnihotri – Review
Urban Naxals, a very popular title by director and screenwriter Vivek Agnihotri, published in 2017, is about the making of the movie Buddha in a Traffic Jam, as the subtitle…
Just Invest and Become Insanely Wealthy by Jayaram Rajaram – Book Review
No book can be complete ‘right at the target’. However, many might come close to that phrase. The recent one I have gone through (and liked) is written by a…
On The Way by Vanisha Uppal – Book Review
Vanisha Uppal’s book, On The Way, is about everything (almost) in life from a common person’s point of view. And in those perspectives of life, there are things that fall…
Isha Upanishad by Sri Aurobindo – Book Review
Sanatan Dharma (if we can really grasp the depth of the term) offers thoughts, anecdotes, songs, lyrics, literature, analysis, epics, instructions and many things more that we can read to…
Dharma: Decoding the Epics for a Meaningful Life by Amish Tripathi (and Bhavna Roy) – Review
Though Amish and his respected elder Sister, Bhavna, have made it too easy for the readers to decode the epics and enjoy a meaningful life, the readers, practically, will have…