On Looking: Eleven walks…came highly recommended. I haven’t read Alexandra Horowitz before, and the reviews on Goodreads were not the most encouraging. Nevertheless, I did start reading… As the title suggests, and I suspect the blurb outlines, this book is about a few walks that Alexandra took around New York City. Alone, with her kid, …
The Modi Effect – Inside Narendra Modi’s Campaign To Transform India by Lance Price My rating: 4 of 5 stars I didn’t hear about this book while it was being written (I don’t think many people did), but when the story broke, it was quite close to the release of the book. The snippets that …
Around India in 80 Trains by Monisha Rajesh My rating: 4 of 5 stars I don’t know how I came across this book, but I’m glad that I did. Not a fan of travelogues usually, since I am not much of a traveller myself. The Goodreads score wasn’t very encouraging as well. Nevertheless, I took …
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The Red Sari A Dramatised Biography of Sonia Gandhi by Javier Moro My rating: 2 of 5 stars As i finished this book, I wondered…why in God’s name would the Congress want to ban this?? The title claims this to be a dramatised biography of Sonia Gandhi…but it comes across more like a hagiography. More …
On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes by Alexandra Horowitz My rating: 4 of 5 stars On Looking: Eleven walks…came highly recommended. I haven’t read Alexandra Horowitz before, and the reviews on Goodreads were not the most encouraging. Nevertheless, I did start reading… As the title suggests, and I suspect the blurb outlines, this book …
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2014: The Election That Changed India by Rajdeep Sardesai My rating: 2 of 5 stars Over 850 million voters, the largest democratic exercise in human history, the grand old party of India led by the scion of a family that ruled most of post-independent India, challenged by one man from humble origins, the first true …
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The “Bhagavad Gita”: A Biography by Richard H. Davis My rating: 5 of 5 stars There have been many translations of the Bhagavad Gita, which is perhaps the most famous of all Indian scriptures, but this book is not one of them. Rather, Richard traces the journey of the Gita, from its oral renderings to …
The Science of Interstellar by Kip S. Thorne My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book is kind of a double deal – you have to see the movie (Interstellar) before you read the book. Anyways, I don’t know many (or rather, any) people who have not seen arguably one the best science fiction movies …
Playing It My Way: My Autobiography by Sachin Tendulkar My rating: 3 of 5 stars Well, am Indian…cricket fan or not, we are all obsessed with Sachin Tendulkar. So much so that we used to switch off our television sets when he got out! So when he came out with his autobiography, we just had …
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The reading habit is fast dying…its decline hastened by, among other things, our decreasing attention spans (thank you Twitter) and availability of lesser alternatives (thank you cable television). Having said that, for many, reading has also made a transition – from paperback to electronic versions. I prefer the e-book mainly for its convenience (try carrying …
