name: what is marxism?author: emile burnsreading time: 2 metro rides obviously, the book is about marxism. it can also be titled marxism made easy because it is written so simply. the important aspect is that it is written simply but it hasn’t trivialised the theory or the ideology. written brilliantly to make sense to anyone,…
name: the doomsday book: many ways the world can endauthor: joel levyreading time: 3-4 metro rides (not read in the metro) the book talks about alternative possibilities of reaching the doomsday. how the world could come to an end. the first chapter is dedicated to religious interpretation of what is called pralaya in hindu tradition…
name: Nine Livesauthor: William Dalrymplereading time: atleast 15 metro rides.. can be lesser if you concentrate… Nine lives is precisely what it claims to be… tracings of the sacred in modern india.. details of each of the nine lives have been presented in great detail… stories fleshed out to make them come alive in print……
name: men are from mars, women are from venusauthor: john grayreading time: 3 metro rides the book talks of how men and women are from different planets and therefore talk in mutually incomprehensible languages. a major part of the book is actually a translation of misinterpreted communications… the examples used are quite apt.. almost everyone…
name: stones into schoolsauthor: greg mortensonreading time: 20 metro rides and a little more stones into schools, in its own words is a story of promoting peace in afghanistan and pakistan through schools and not guns.. it describes, with painstaking detail, the effort made by mortenson in association with the central asia institute to set…
name: valmiki ramayanaauthor: anand prakashreading time: wasnt read in the metro but should be about 5-6 metro rides valmiki ramayana is yes.. valmiki ramayana.. nothing new.. the same old story.. have heard and read the story umpteen times so there was not much new.. except that valmiki ramayana has a lot less hero worshipping… though…
name: the tales of beedle the bardauthor: j k rowlingreading time: 2 metro rides the tales of beedle the bard is a very thin book… as is evident from the time taken to read it… i bought it from the book fair this year at an almost 85% discount… i should have known then that…
name: escape from childhoodauthor: john holtreading time: 4 metro rides escape from childhood is a powerful book… talks about how children are treated and how it impinges on a lot of their rights… sort of hits you in the face… it is not anything new if you have already done a few courses in education……
name : 2 statesauthor: chetan bhagatreading time: 4-5 metro rides 2 states is a time pass book.. the theme is inter community marriage… blatantly stereotypical.. exaggerated to put any bollywood movie to shame… full of drama… to give credit to bhagat, at least the hero does not fight 10 goons all by himself.. but yeah…
name: prince of ayodhayaauthor: ashok k bankerreading time: 20 metro rides atleast (became a slow distracted reader this time) prince of ayodhaya is book 1 of a series of 6 books of the ramayana. very interestingly written. the language is quite fluid. reads almost like harry potter with ravana taking the space of the “dark…
