Finally after all the madness in las few weeks I am relaxed and completely free from any professional commitment for a week. It really feels good to be free to decide what you want to do next .. read books, listen to music or just gaze at the numerous objects in front of my eyes and get lost in thoughts. Though the primary reason to take a week off and…
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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 Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Non-Fiction Egonomics by David Marcum and Steven Smith The Cult of Amateurs by Andrew Keen A Perfect Mess by David Freedman Super Crunchers by Ian Ayres Wikinomics by Tapscott and Wiliams How to change the world by David Bornstein Stick to…
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. These are books I did manage to finish, apart from the compulsory reading required by my job. Fiction Alchemy of Desire by Tarun Tejpal Wild Fire by Nelson DeMille The Righteous Men by Sam Bourne Snow by Orhan Pamuk The Innocent Men by John Grisham The…
Seven Children Magazines That I loved
1. Chandamama – We were waiting more eagerly to get this magazine from newspaper wala then our results. Beautiful stories of Kings, stories from ancient epics with written with clear motive of promoting values and culture in children made this magazine immensely popular among kids. Recently, Chandamama’s last 60 years issues have been digitized, so those who want to gift their children a good read, devoid of gory action and…
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 does not seem possible. Though I think I have managed to read around 20-22 books so far, excluding academic or related books. But, the revised target for the rest of the year and first half of next year, is the following list. This time I decided…