Archive for the 'Book Reviews' Category

Who Moved My Cheese, Review

Just finished reading, Who Moved My Cheese by Dr. Spencer Johnson. My curiosity in this book had risen, after I heard a member of one of the forums I frequent at, mention it repeatedly in a discussion. So I decided to check it out, especially since it is such a small book (great for lazy [...]

At the Court of The-Fish-Eyed-Goddess

After reading The Age of Kali and City of Djinns, I have kind of become a fan of William Dalrymple’s writing, So I decided to read his third book on India, At the Court of The-Fish-Eyed-Goddess and boy was it a big mistake! Not because the book is boring or anything like that, but due [...]

The Making of a Nation, review

I have just finished reading, The Making of a Nation by B. R. Nanda and here is my short review on this book, which attempts to document and make sense of the entire Indian Freedom Struggle, in a concise manner. Being a little weak in history, I didn’t knew who B. R. Nanda was, till [...]

Permission Marketing by Seth Godin

I recently read (well heard cause it was an audio book) Permission Marketing, it’s a book about e-marketing, which was written a long-long time back (1999 to be precise) by marketing guru, Seth Godin. Even though it is quite an old book, the things which Seth talks about are quite relevant even today and would [...]

Chanakya Niti by Chanakya

Chanakya Niti is a book written by Chanakya, who was the advisor of Great Indian King, Chandragupta Maurya and lived in India during 350–283BC. While most books from that era talk about the spiritual side of things, Chanakya Niti (Niti-Sastra i.e. science of common sense) is all about the practical side; from advising a king [...]