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The Back of the Napkin by Dan Roam
Dan Roam is someone who makes his living by drawing pictures. No, he is not a painter or an artist. But what he does...
Great Speeches of Modern India by Rudrangshu Mukherjee
This book is a collection of some of the great speeches in India from 1857 onwards. The cover of the book has been interestingly...
The Medici Effect by Frans Johansson
The Medici Effect refers to the creative environment created by the Medici banking family in Renaissance Italy in the 16th Century. The author gives insights...
Bookless in Baghdad by Shashi Tharoor
Bookless in Baghdad is a very personal account of the author’s relationship with the world of books. Both that he has read and those...
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
This book Life of Pi was recommended by anyone who has read it, almost unanimously. The book is definitely different from the usual fiction...
Raga Mala The Autobiography of Pt Ravi Shankar
This autobiography completes a small biography shelf in my library. The book Raga Mala has been well designed to give and gives you a...
Reflections on the Art of Living – A Joseph Campbell Companion
There are very few books that you read and you know you will keep going back to them. Reflections on the Art of Living...
Games Indians Play by V Raghunathan
If I have to summarize this book Games Indians Play in one sentence, it would be ‘A book written by an upper-middle-class Bangalorean, who...
Code Name God by Mani Bhaumik
Someone said ‘You can write a book and become famous, or you can become famous and write a book’. The author of this book...
The Music Room by Namita Devidayal
My journey with biographies seems to go on. This time it actually happened unknowingly. I got this book The Music Room as a gift....
