And all it would have taken is – Tighter Editing — A book which works for one might not work for another. So these are purely my opinions of 3 books which I loved reading this year but which fell a little short of greatness simply because of one main reason- lack of tighter editing. Of the many tasks involved in…

Holding on to the old-world charms, as delayed gratification goes a long way! — In a world where there is a constant need for instant gratification, I often find myself taking the long route. And don’t I just love it! In a world which loves it’s one-minute-viral-Reel-songs, I have always loved the long songs, classical music and ghazals — like the ones which take…

The un-put-downable investigative book about Silicon Valley’s biggest fraud — This was long due but a book such as Bad Blood, needs to be discussed. (And what better day than today when its major culprit- Sunny Balwani has been sentenced to nearly 13 years of imprisonment.) I’m starting this by narrating a coincidence which is completely useless, but I still…

Looking back at the modern classic- “Flowers for Algernon” — What if I told you that intelligence plays an important role in all human relationships- be it with parents, friends or even romantic relationships? We think of many factors that are important when we are forming an emotional connection, but we seldom think intelligence to be one of them. By…

On reading The Happiest Man on Earth I was consciously avoiding reading this book. A book about Holocaust is never easy. But as luck would have it, this book found its way to my home. …

Is a book, written in 1320, still relevant today? How our understanding of sin has changed over centuries. After contemplating for long, this year I finally took up the challenge of reading the first part of Dante’s Divine Comedy- ‘Inferno’. The book is a difficult read because (a) the book…

Earlier this year Dostoevesky’s book posed a number of questions to ponder on- What is the purpose and meaning of pain and suffering? What is the justification behind suffering of a child? Why did God give us freewill when it further confuses human beings who do not know which path…

People generally read autobiographies of people they admire — be it for their ideologies, field of work or for what they represent. I read autobiographies for a different reason — A ghostwriter . J.R.Moehringer collaborated and ghostwrote some of the finest autobiographies like Andre Agassi’s Open or Phil Knight’s Shoe…

Although it does not go quite well with the current mood of the world, my love for Russian literature is so much that it takes a conscious effort to move myself away from it. So it was only time before I dived into Dostoevsky’s greatest- The Brothers Karamazov. …