Musafir Cafe Divya Prakash Dubey2016Westlandpp. 144Musafir Cafe by Dubey is the story of everyone who is in their late twenties and early thirties, or maybe even older. It is the story of everyone who has found a stable career but is in search of peace and meaning. Of everyone who is looking not for romantic love…
The Legend of Lakshmi PrasadTwinkle Khanna2016Juggernautpp. 233The book is a collection of four stories, each one completely different from the other. The first and the last focus on social issues and talk about the struggles of people who choose to tread the difficult path of starting a revolution. The last one, The Sanitary Man from…
A Double LifeAlyque Padamsee(with Arun Prabhu)1999Penguin Bookspp. 304A Double Life is an autobiographical account of Alyque Padamsee. After Stephen Hawking’s, quite surprisingly, this turned out to be the most inspiring biography I have read so far. Not that I have read many! To be fair to Padamsee, his life is definitely inspiring. Leading two successful…
Adopted Miracles: The Story of Our Family Anamika Mukherjee 2014 pp. 200 Harper Collins Adopted Miracles is a first person account of a young woman who discovers that she cannot have children by natural childbirth. The ordeal of tests, and of the umpteen people asking for “good news” is described in a straight forward…
2002 Lesser Known Tales from Mahabharat Volume IV Sharath Komarraju 2017 pp. 121 (Kindle Edition) The novel is a collection of short stories from the epic Mahabharata. The fourth in a series of books written by Komarraju, the book can be read independently of the other books in the series. The book comprises roughly…
Second Variety Phillip K Dick 1953 Start Classics Second Variety is a science fiction tale published as part of a collection of short stories as well as independently as a novella. The plot starts with the remnants of the war between America and Russia. Having reduced the world to a dreary land with minimal…
The NoseNikolai Gogol1836(original in Russian)(Read ebook)Gogol’s ‘The Nose’ presents his take on authority and identity. In a society driven by hierarchies, where relationships are marked by power, the story presents a strong take on how people tend to define themselves. The fictional account presents the story of a civil servant waking up one day to…
Work Smarter and Not Harder: 18 Productivity Tips That Boost Your Work Day PerformanceTimo Kiander63 pagesKindle edition (You can get a free copy here: Work Smarter Not Harder: 18 Productivity Tips That Boost Your Work Day Performance) The book is a simple and quick read. What you will get are tips to start your work day,…
Yeh Sach Hai (Hindi)Amrita Pritamp. 96(Ebook read. Publisher details n.a.) “अगर मैं कहुँ कि मैंने कई बार रात को चाँद की लौ में उसे देखा है, किसी टहनी पर उगने वाले पत्ते में, और नदी के पानी में तैरते हुए मंदिर के कलश में, और किसी किताब के… “ The love for reading Hindi continues. I…
उम्र बस नींद सी अज़ीज़ आज़ाद सूर्य प्रकाशन मंदिर बीकानेर पृ: 84 अज़ीज़ आज़ाद की ये ग़ज़ल इत्तेफ़ाक़न हाथ लगी। इंटरनेट पर मुफ्त पुस्तकें ढूंढने में कई ऐसे नाम मिले जो मैंने पहले कभी नहीं सुने थे। इसका एक बड़ा कारण है मेरी किताबों की दुनिया से दूरी। कभी सामान्य ज्ञान बढ़ाने के लिए किताबों या लेखकों के नाम मुझसे…
