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TRY NOT TO BREATHE by Holly Seddon. Book Review

A semi cooked not so perfect psychological thriller. It has a dated, read somewhere kind of feel. Maybe, I have been suffering the after-effects of reading too much. The plot is full of characters...

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‘THE POISON ARTIST’ by Jonathan Moore, a multilayered dark crime horror. BOOK...

Normally, I read books in sequence. I just follow the ‘FIFO- First In- First Out’ policy. For ‘The Poison Artist’ by Jonathan Moore, I made an exception. How could I hold myself back after reading my...

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Book Review – Love in the time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

I read ‘Love in the Time of Cholera’ by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and then reread many passages. One silly thought kept creeping up. Knowing the appetite of Indian audience, what if a movie was made on...

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I Am a TROLL- a quick bite

OM GANESHAY NAMAHA. My copy of the book ‘I AM A TROLL- Inside the Secret World of the BJP’s Digital Army’ by Swati Chaturvedi was delivered last week. I could not stop myself from reading it. The...

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‘TRIED AND TWISTED’– EROTICA – A BOOK REVIEW

Ok, I am firmly going to blame Juggernaut books for trapping me to read this genre after many years. Following one of the tweets, I landed on this simple page that sold me six stories at an...

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BASTARD HEARTS by Ambarish Ray. A Mind-F#$KED Magical Sliced Ride of Life.

Ok. I know AMBARISH RAY and I never expected this from him. This is a mother of an MIND F#$K. It raises an ethical question, does the author has the right to blatantly force a reader for a ride without...

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Happiness a state of mind by Gyalwang Drupka. Book Review

gtag('config', 'UA-97617691-1'); I’m never going to be good enough, so I’ll just have to grab happiness where I get the chance. ( From the book) It was late at night on September 19, 2017, at some...

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GodMan to Tycoon, The untold story of Baba Ramdev.

‘Godman to Tycoon- The untold story of BABA RAMDEV’- BOOK REVIEW I finally got the time to read the book ‘Godman to Tycoon’- The untold story of Baba Ramdev by Priyanka Pathak Narian. I purchased it...

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A Field Guide to lies & statistics by Daniel Levitin

It is not what you know that gets you into trouble. It is what you know for sure that just not so’ This quote in ‘A Field Guide to lies and statistics’ by Daniel Leviton summarises most of what the...

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GOD – THE MANTRA OF BRANDING by VIPUL JAIN

‘God The Mantra of Branding’ is a book on Branding born of a dream. It is an attempt by the author Dr Vipul Jain to juxtapose the life of mythological characters (mostly from Mahabharata) to explain...

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2017 list of 10 Books you must read.

Twenty-seventeen has been a slow year for me. I have not been able to ready the number of books that I would have wanted to. And it is all about focus. This year has been more about writing. The first...

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‘A Century Is Not Enough’ Sourav Ganguly

‘A Century is not Enough – is not my autobiography’ says Sourav Ganguly, the former Indian Cricket captain. Once, you read the book; you know Dada is holding back a lot of punches. The fans will have...

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‘THE ART OF INNOVATION’ by Tom Kelly. Book Review

IDEO is a respected design & innovation firm. Tom Kelly, the author of The Art of Innovation, is a partner at IDEO. In the book’ The Art of Innovation’, he takes you on a roller coaster ride of...

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Book Review: Sanjay Dutt- story of Bollywood’s Bad Boy

As Rajesh Khanna was the first Superstar and Pran the first Villian, Sanjay Baba is the first real bad boy of Indian cinema. You can not ignore him. There has been enough written about him. I belong...

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Leadership lessons absorbed like a sponge

31st AUG-3rd SEP 2018. Special offer for Women, Students a young under 35. Click here to register. KNOW MORE. On the 72nd Independence Day, I am sharing a review of ‘SPONGE: Leadership Lessons I Learnt...

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Juggernaut digital reading with my Rules.

Juggernaut, Digital Book Reading Vs. The Real Experience.  ReDiscover Yourself- Workshop at Cottage Nirvana. 31 Aug – 3 Sep 2018 It is still taking me time. I am slowly getting there with help from...

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Catalyst makes to my list of 10 most recommended books to read

It took me time to pick ‘Catalyst: The Ultimate Strategies on How To Win At Work And In Life’ by Chandramouli Venkatesan. Reading it, I realised, I cover a lot of it in two of my workshops ‘Brand-I’...

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Many Lives Many Masters- Book Review

I picked up the book ‘ MANY LIVES MANY MASTERS ’ on the recommendation of my dear friend Aditya Amar. It is a tough book to put down. You always want to know more. You want to know, what the...

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2018- Life Impact Books I refuse to UnCage

Typically, I read 70 plus books every year. And, share my recommendation from the books published in that year. You may access the recommended list of 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 here. CHIMERA OF...

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BOOK – The Storm In The Silence- Nikhlesh Mathur.

I wasn’t expecting much from ‘The Storm in The Silence’ a novel by Nikhlesh Mathur. My very close friend Mr Ajay Lal has asked if I would want to read and maybe review a book by his cousin. And that’s...

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