Category Archives: Books

       A book by an adman, alumnus of IIT and IIM; one more IIT guy excelling  in fields other than engineering.       It is not about how God influences your life , but about how the idea of God affects … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Recently read a book “A View from the Outside” by P Chidhambaram. It is a compilation of articles written by the current Finance minister, in the period from 2002-2004, when he was out of power and in political wilderness. He … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Read a collection of essays by Arundhati Roy Titled “Listening to Grasshoppers– Field Notes on Democracy” Arundhati Roy must be one of the most hated figures in India, as she spares nobody, be it the govt, the judiciary or the celebrities. Always ready … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Reading  ‘English August’ and ‘Mammaries of the Welfare State’ by Upamanyu Chattterjee, prompted me to pen my own experiences with babus of the Welfare State . Most people include army in the ‘babus’ category, but, despite being a govt organization it is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

After her debut novel, Difficult  Daughters, Manju Kapur has followed it up with ‘ A married woman’, another story highlighting the struggle within a seemingly conventional woman to find her identity in the family and the society. ‘A married woman … Continue reading → Continue reading →

In the past month, I read two books with similar settings , but diametricaly oppposite story lines., “the White Tiger ‘ by Arvind Adiga and ‘a tale of two Indians ” by Maharshi Mehta.  Both the stories are set in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Having read Davidar’s first book, it was only natural to pick up his second book, “ The Solitude of Emperors”; to read. It is so different from his first book, yet there are similarities. If caste and racial issues were intertwined in  the earlier … Continue reading → Continue reading →

What drew me to the book was that it was set in rural Tamilnadu and that the author was my class-fellow at school. Firstly, about the author, I shall restrict myself to some trivia, which is not in the public domain, since … Continue reading → Continue reading →

On Board the First Fleet that bought convicts to Australia in 1788 was a young lieutenant of marines, William Dawes. Although nominally a soldier, he was a considerable scholar in Austronamy, mathematics and languages. The records left of the language of the … Continue reading → Continue reading →