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    Mr. Penumbra’s 24 Hours Bookstore – A nostalgic read

    Some places might not be very exotic, scenic or on people’s list of must see-must visit but often they offer something that many places…

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    Decoded – An Unusual Thriller

    Although, Decoded blurb and reviews considered the book to be a thriller, it is surely not a thriller in the traditional sense. It is…

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    What I read in 2013

    Non-fiction Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo Eat by Globe by Simon Majumdar Thinking Fast and Slow by…

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    What I read in 2012

    Non-fiction The Stuff of Thoughts by Steven Pinker Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell Fiction A Clash of Kings by George RR Martin Before I Go…

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    Buying eBooks in India ?

    A few weeks ago, Apple opened its iTunes music and movies store for India users but Apple bookstore is still not available for Indian…

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    The Mind of the Market

    For someone who works on ‘understanding markets’ and is familiar with previous works of Michael Shermer, picking “The Mind of the Market” from the…

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    What I read in 2011

    Fiction 1. Never Let Me Go by Ishiguro Kazuo Highly recommended if you are looking for a good thought provoking science fiction.  A mushy…

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    Night Train to Lisbon

    Some stories gradually grow on you and some characters seem that they have been made from ingredients picked from your own life. And when…

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    What I read in 2008

    Fiction Sacred Games By Viikram Chandra Bandicoots in moonlight by Avijit Ghosh The Girl with Dragon Tatoo by Steig Larsson Memories of My Melancholy…

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    What I read in 2007

    Though I could not read as much as I did last year and left many books half finished, or just untouched on the shelf.…

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    Seven Children Magazines That I loved

    Chandamama – We were waiting more eagerly to get this magazine from newspaper wala then our results. Beautiful stories of Kings, stories from ancient…

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    My Reading List For This Year and 2006

    This year I planned to read around 100 books, but could not achieve the target, and looking at the academic calender and schedule it…