Category Archives: Books

Women, Work and Identity

–>      I have always wondered how the gen-next is going to handle the issues of family , work and gender-equality. About 25 years back, women still had an honorable, socially acceptable designation as ‘housewife’ or home maker’.  Today, … Continue reading Continue reading

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Denial of the Soul

       A disclosure to begin with; Dr Peck has been one of my favourite authors, (a psychologist /philosopher /motivator ), I tend to agree with most of his ideas (not a good thing for independent thinking). Moreover, having … Continue reading Continue reading

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Gates of Fire

Read a book Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield, a historical novel based on the battle of Thermopylae. It is a nice mix of fact and fiction , the drama just enough to smoothen the rough edges and to add … Continue reading Continue reading

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Fifth and the last part of ‘Books, Books and books..’.

Regimental soldiers’ always looked down upon ‘book worms’, yet the Schools of Instructions in the Services like to project an image of Scholar-Warriors. There is a nice promotional video clip on the subject and it is even available on the … Continue reading Continue reading

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Books Books and Books – IV : Regimental officers don’t read, they are soldiers first !

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

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Books, books and books-III

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

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Books, Books and Books – II

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

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50 Spiritual Classics

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

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Books , books and ..books

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

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book: Families at Home by Reeti Gadekar

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

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