Author Archives: murali

continued from books, books and books – III My first place of posting was Mizoram. In field area, units usually stock up the kind of books best read when you are ‘soldiering’. We too had such a collection in our … Continue reading → Continue reading →

After leaving the School, I had a brief stint at Loyala College Chennai, for about four months before I joined the NDA. The college library was good but it did not have an open access system. You had to consult … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This is in continuation to the blog on 29 Sep 10. Then, I was counting the days to move to Mhow for good. I thought I would have all the time in the world; but as the saying goes , … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Read “50 Spiritual Classics” by Tom Butler-Bowden. Every book listed is definitely worth a look, but depending on your own temperment, culture and upbringing some of the books may be more appealing. I have made my own short list of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Books , books and ..books, that is the earliest memory of my home. Books in the attic, books on the shelves, books on the table and…………….books all over the floor. this is partly because of the love for books but … Continue reading → Continue reading →

It is the debut novel by Reeti Gadekar. The book was shortlisted for Manasia literary award. The plot is set in Delhi . There is police, business families, middle class and the rustic rural characters. The paragraphs describing the various … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Read ‘difficult daughter ‘ by manju kapoor. a catchy title really; may be the alliteration or just the contrast between the two words; after all daughters are supposed to be sweet , not difficult in any case. Yeah, when they … Continue reading → Continue reading →

read a book by Paulo Coelho “LIke the flowing river”. As the title suggests, it is like the flowing river. You feel you are sitting on a sandbar in a river at the sunset hour just watching the river flow … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I remember reading somewhere, “ A family that prays together, stays together” In most families we have a tradition of all family members having at least one meal together. In the earlier times there was hardly any privacy as most … Continue reading → Continue reading →

may you live a hundred years ! is it a curse or a blessing ? quote from an life insurance agent “a policy caters for two tragedies in life dying too early (covered by insurance component)andliving too long (covered by … Continue reading → Continue reading →