(re)discovers nature…
In my career, I maintained a primarily technical role, with limited management experience, leading only small groups of people (though I’ve coordinated across much larger international groups). And in this role, I was definitely not the best or any kind of role model, but had a mixture of success as well as shortcomings. With this […]
I’ve mentioned earlier in one of the posts, that the first time I came across the Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, it was just a very funny science fiction book that I read end to end – a laugh riot! Many years later, had chanced across it and read it again. This second read of […]
Someone asked about a book on psychology, and I thought of posting my reply here as a post. Here is a good simple book that I’d come across around a decade ago… Games People Play by Eric Berne
I’d read the book Hitchiker’s Guide To The Galaxy during college days as well and had a laugh riot. But reading them recently after a many years I laughed again, but the books had an astonishing depth I’d never perceived before! I wondered why… Found some explanation for it in this article Lament for Douglas […]
On a visit to this beautiful book shop – a venerable landmark of Bangalore – found that it might soon be closed. The lease for it is over and the the money-minded owner dosen’t want to renew it. Mr. Shanbag was pretty tranquil about it, he calmly explained that he’s trying to either extend it, […]
[some corrections made on 21-Nov-2005] The story of Astavakra is pretty fascinating, and sets the background and the context. As per what I remember from a seminar I attended recently, I present the speaker’s opinions as I remember them, I hope I do not misquote anything!
An open letter from Paolo Coelho on the 10th Anniversary of The Alchemist, reflecting on the book’s success and meaning.
“When Jiriki, a young monk, is sent by his Abbot from his mountain monastery to the Metropolis, he finds the modern world a confusing and illogical place; the technology of the modern world, which supposedly exists to make life easier, to Jiriki’s simple eyes only makes living more complicated. And as confused as Jiriki is […]
Yesterday I went to this bookstall waiting for my sister to pick up some book, and as I strolled through casually glancing at the books, one of the books I passed was My Experiments With Truth… the autobiography by Gandhi. I continued to stroll through and then remembered that a friend had strongly recommended it. […]
You are sure to love this book. Even if you don’t have the habit of reading, nor the time or inclination… I still strongly recommend that as an exception… you read this one book: Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach Its a very small book, but has a lightning bolt packed in it. It dosent […]