Kuch Ishq Kiya Kuch Kaam Kiya Piyush Mishra 2017 (6 ed) Rajkamal pp. 150 The book is a collection of poetry by Piyush Mishra. I picked it up because it was on an eighty percent discount and because I wanted to read Mishra. I thought it will be a collection of his experiences and not…
(Part 1 of a Series) Guest Post by Utkarsh Kumar* (Views expressed are personal.) I have heard the stories of the times when being a teacher, especially a school teacher, was the defining stick of moral compass of the community around him/her. You see the world being measured with the moral behaviour of a teacher….
Cure Robin Cook 2011 edition Pan Macmillan pp. 480 Cure by Robin Cook is a medical thriller interspersed by mafia wars and some crime chills. A Japanese scientist makes a breakthrough discovery and ends up in a legal mess about patents and potential corporate successes. I was hoping to read more about his discovery but…
Arnett, J. J., & Jensen, L. A. (2002) A Congregation of One: Individualised Religious Beliefs Among Emerging Adults. Journal of Adolescent Research, 17 (5): 451-467. The paper details out a study on 140 emerging adults religious beliefs. The data collection and analysis includes quantitative as well as qualitative methods. This is one of many papers…
In tip #11, I started a series on developing a thesis structure, with plans to write at least one post on each chapter that needs to be written. This blog post will focus on the conceptual framework and review chapter. The specific focus in this post is on locating references. This will also have to…
Navarasa Vinaya Patil 2018 Half Baked Beans pp. 98 Navarasa by Vinaya Patil is a collection of short stories. As the title suggests, the stories depict the nine moods. A brief anecdotal story precedes each short story, sort of serving as a prologue. Each prologue is a super short story in itself though. I found…
This new YouTube channel talks is working towards building a scientific temper by talking about what is relevant to us on an everyday basis. Science that is oft seen as theoretical, bookish and somewhat distant is made relevant by talking about things that are of importance on an everyday basis. Two of the videos uploaded…
Mothering a Muslim Nazia Erum 2017 Juggernaut pp. 220 The book is a non fictional account of the lives of urban Indian Mulsims. The book presents anecdotes from the lives of young children and their parents from various cities, with a predominance of NCR based incidents. The author shares her concerns and feelings over raising …
In February 2018, the Delhi Government launched Mission Buniyaad to strengthen the foundation of learning for students of primary and upper primary classes studying in government schools in Delhi. While the scheme itself has pros and cons, initiatives by teachers who are working hard to help children learn better need to be acknowledged. One such…
CrisisRobin Cook2007Pan Macmillanpp. 532If you have read other books by Cook, you would know that he writes medical fiction with more than just a dash of crime, thus blurring the boundaries of medical fiction and thriller genres. About a year back I vowed that I would read all of his books and have since been…
