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Rude Food by Vir Sanghvi
I picked up this book Rude Food as I wanted to read something on food that was beyond the recipes that were someone’s favorite...
Earning the Laundry Stripes by Manreet Sodhi Someshwar
I read this book Earning the Laundry Stripes because I happened to meet the author at the book launch event that she conducted in...
The Sufi Mystery by Idries Shah
Sufism has always intrigued me. The only association I have had with them is the fact that I like Sufi music which somewhere touches...
Mira and the Mahatma by Sudhir Kakar
Mira and the Mahatma by Sudhir Kakar - the title gives the impression of Mira’s story. In fact, is the story of a British...
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
The story is like a sketch of immigrant lives and the generations thereof. I think in the recent past enough ink has been spent...
Our Films Their Films by Satyajit Ray
As the title suggests Our Films Their Films, Satyajit Ray writes about his own films and about the world cinema. He talks about Cinema...
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Kafka on the Shore is the first Murakami book I have read. I also read fiction after a long time. The book follows an...
The Book of Man by Osho
The more I read Osho, the more I like him and his books like this one The Book of Man. Probably because he gives...
Babur Nama by Dilip Hiro
I bought this book Babur Nama after reading a wonderful review of this book in the Times of India a few months back. And...
Relationships: Applications for Living by Neale Donald Walsch
Neale Donald Walsch is the famous author of ‘Conversations with God’. In this book Relationships: Applications for Living, he talks about human relationships. And...