Category Archives: Book Review

Rand and me

Posted on May 10, 2012 by RK

This is not a book review; this is a reflection of my thoughts. One of the first demands my now-wife placed on me, after entering courtship and the possibility of a relationship, is that I read Fountainhead. I have tried … Continue reading →

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Book Review: It Happened In India

Posted on May 1, 2012 by RK

Long ago, Devdutt Pattanaik amazed me with his interpretation of mythology and how it can be put to use in business context. He was working as the Chief Belief Officer for Future Group, which is when I first read about … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Predictably Irrational

Posted on April 15, 2012 by RK

I had finally figured that walking across the aisles of the bookshop to identify my next reading project, as a method, does not work for me – personal recommendations do. Whether it’s Terror Incorporated or India after Gandhi, or In … Continue reading →

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Book review: Rita Hayworth

Posted on April 14, 2012 by RK

I have a problem reading fiction. I had worked my way up from no reading to reading something. And that something could be anything but fiction. I did not think of it as missing anything, except my wife is a … Continue reading →

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Book review: In spite of the gods

Posted on April 10, 2012 by RK

I was at my friend’s house where I saw two books – both seemingly had to do with god. One was the “Origin of God” and another, “In spite of the gods”. Just by the title, I started showing more … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Post-American World

Posted on August 30, 2010 by RK

The Post-American World would be the first book I read of Fareed Zakaria, who seems to be very knowledgeable in the world scene. The book, instead of talking about what the post-American world would look like, talks about what America … Continue reading →

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Book Review: India After Gandhi

Posted on May 9, 2010 by RK

You cannot move forward, if you don’t know where you came from Thanks to my being a pathetic student at history, much of what little school books taught us about India and its history, went over my head. Added to … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Linchpin

Posted on April 11, 2010 by RK

I recently saw somebody offering week-long management classes in New York City for free. I couldn’t comprehend why somebody would do this, especially in NYC. That pushed me to Google him and that is how I landed in this book … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A Handbook of Hindu Mythology

Posted on March 20, 2010 by RK

When I first saw Devdutt’s TED video, I instantly felt like it answered some of the questions I always had, some of the questions I never found the answers for. For the longest period of my life, I had not … Continue reading →

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Book Review (in < 60 words) : Freakonomics

Posted on January 26, 2010 by RK

Freakonomics is an attempt to make a layman understand behavioral economics. To that end, it is a decent read. Infact, if you had both of these qualities and a bit of curiosity, chances are you don’t need to read this … Continue reading →

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