Home 2008
Archives
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...
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....
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...
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 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...
The Argumentative Indian by Amartya Sen
Francis Bacon said ‘Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.’. This book The...
Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
Freakonomics is probably the most hyped and most superficial and dumb book I have read in recent times. How it qualifies to be an...
The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman
The World is Flat had been on the bestseller list for a long time. And hence had the curiosity to read it. Especially as...
