..by Robin Sharma
You will not generally catch me with a self help book in my hand. But believe it or not, even with all the hype surrounding this one , I had thought it was a story. Well, to be fair to the book it is a story which is supposed to cleverly wrap the inspiring formulas to lead a spiritual and good life.
Julian Mantle is a prolific lawyer who is never tired of his law practice. One day , unable to bear the stress of a high…
‘It’s the simple things in life that keep us from going crazy,’ says Ruskin Bond in ‘Notes From A Small Room’, and I am bound to agree. In the craziness of everyday life, it is the simple things that touch our heart, reaffirm our faith, and help us retain our sanity. I can’t agree more with Ruskin Bond. Little things like a familiar song or a sudden evening downpour or a beautiful sunset or an unexpected smile or kind word have often made my day, and stopped me from losing…
Title : The Age of Kali
Author : William Dalrymple
Publisher : Penguin India
ISBN : 978-0-143-03109-3
Kaliyug or the Period of Kali is the last of the four Hindu periods contained in mahayuga – the great age of the world. The age of Kali is when the imperfections are so overpowering that the doomsday is not far behind and a new cycle begins.
After having read ‘The Age of Kali’ by William Dalrymple, I just wondered, perhaps defining India means, getting the feeling of ‘Neti Neti’ (its neither this,…
Title : Holy Cow : An Indian Adventure
Author : Sarah MacDonald
Publisher : Random House
ISBN : 978-0-553-81601-3
Reviewed by Vibha Sharma
Twenty one years old Sarah MacDonald visits India and to say the least she simply hates her experience in the country and vows never to step her foot on this land again. But destiny does bring her back after 11 years, making an Indian beggar’s prophecy correct about her. This time she comes to India leaving her dream job in Sydney for the love of her life,…
I’ve been following Parul Sharma’s blog for a while now and I have to admit that I love her style of writing.Her first book, Bringing up Vasu was promptly devoured in a few hours and left me waiting for her next book. I was excited when Friends of books let me have a review copy of her second book, By the water Cooler.
Mini and Tanya have let go of their jobs in an ad agency and have joined JR enterprises to take their careers to the next level.Little do…
Summary
A Search in Secret India is one of the great classics of spiritual travel writing. With a keen eye for detail combined with a generosity of view, Paul Brunton describes his journey round India: living amongst yogis, mystics and gurus, seeking the one who would give him the peace and tranquillity that come with self-knowledge. Set in the pre-independence era (although it continues to be a hot seller), the book pictures India as a vivid land of saints, rishis, fakirs, even some fake ones!
This is not a book…
The pink coloured cover of this book with a picture of a woman in a spaghetti top ,stilettos and yoga pants sitting in a yoga pose clutching a handbag somehow almost screams “Don’t take me seriously!.”But Lucy Edge’s travel memoir is not as flippant as you would think it would be.Lucy,a disenchanted Londoner,who works for a huge ad agency is tired of coming up with ideas to sell margarine.She decides to travel to India in search of enlightenment and a perfect headstand.I know what you are thinking..Sounds like a copy-cat…
Book Review reposted with permission from Vishesh
A wonderful, awesome, spectacular book. Each and every one of the fifteen essays is worth your time and lends a different perspective into India.
I love the way Sen writes and also the way he explains his views. The book was educational to say the least; It talks about how India and its “Argumentative tradition” played and still plays a part in development, science, art, literature etc. The illustrations and examples drawn across various epochs lend clarity and force the arguments home.
According…
Translated from the original Tamil (‘Irandaam Jaamathin Kadhai’) by Lakshmi Holmstrom
Book review by Priya Arun
‘The hour past midnight’ is a story about women. Not the educated, emancipated and economically independent city-dwelling women like us, but about those women who’re still, in this time and age, shackled to their homes and hearth, by notions of religion, by society and sometimes, by themselves. It’s a poignant narrative of the lives of the women in a small south Indian town, of their everyday struggles and worries, of relationships, of love and…
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