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The Penguin Book of Indian Journeys by Dom Moraes
Recently I gave a talk on All India Radio on travel writing. While I was writing the script for my talk, I realized there...
Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath
Heath brothers have tried to explore what makes few ideas stick. And present an acronym like a formula for making your ideas stick. After...
Don’t Lose Your Mind, Lose Your Weight by Rujuta Diwekar
Don’t Lose Your Mind, Lose Your Weight - The title of the book is good enough to attract a second look by most urban people....
The Peter Pyramid by Dr Laurence J. Peter
The subtext of the book The Peter Pyramid says WHY WE ARE VICTIMS OF LARGE-SCALE INCOMPETENCE? There is a prequel to this book called...
A Daughter’s a Daughter by Mary Westmacott Agatha Christie
A Daughter’s a Daughter is a book that I should have read some 20 years back. And I am sure my reaction would have...
The Elephanta Suite by Paul Theroux
I have always read about Paul Theroux as a travel writer in newspapers and magazines. And had always wanted to read him. The Elephanta...
The Story of My Assassins by Tarun Tejpal
I was really impressed by the ‘Alchemy of Desire’ by Tarun, which I read a few months back. The number of elements and the...
Calcutta – Repossessing the City by Leena Kejriwal
Cliché is that a picture is worth a thousand words. But my dilemma is how do you write about a book where every page...
Innovative India Insights for the Thinking Manager by Parmit Chadha & Radhika Chadha
Innovation in organizations is a topic that everyone talks about. But most people have no clue about what it is. And how to structure...
The Calcutta Chromosome by Amitav Ghosh
The first thoughts that came to my mind after closing the book The Calcutta Chromosome were that the right writer but probably a wrong...
