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The Long Tail by Chris Anderson
The Long Tail is one of those bestsellers that comes every few years and announces new trends and how the world has changed forever....
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
I believe this is the first English novel written by and about Afghans and Afghanistan. For the first novel, this is a pretty well-written...
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
I read this book The Da Vinci Code over this weekend. Probably about 2-3 years later than most people would have read it. I...
Mirza Ghalib – A Biographical Scenario by Gulzar
This is not a typical biography that traces the life and time of Mirza Ghalib. But a more poetic anthology, a few defining scenes...
Identity and Violence by Amartya Sen
I picked up this book Identity and Violence last year after reading ‘The Argumentative Indian’ by Dr. Sen, which was a very enjoyable book....
It Happened in India by Kishore Biyani
This book is a result of one of the most recent and big business success stories in India. And maybe the biggest in the...
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting is the first Milan Kundera book that I have read. When I sit to write the review, I...
India after Gandhi by Ramachandra Guha
This book India After Gandhi is probably the first of its kind. I expect a lot of its kind to follow. This is a...
Nirvana: The Last Nightmare, Learning to Trust in Life by Osho
In Pune, I picked a lot of Osho books from Osho Meditation Resort. I am not sure when I will get the time to...
The Fifth Mountain by Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho wrote a book called ‘Alchemist’ and he should have stopped there. But I guess the book was so well accepted (it deserved...
