Category Books
Two books, Karma, Clairvoyance, Reincarnation – II
Isn’t it amazing how profound psychological concepts are wrapped in religious imagery in Hinduism?
Two books, Karma, Clairvoyance, Reincarnation – I
The awareness of the causes and effects of karma is perhaps the single most important factor that can help spiritual evolvement of human beings.
The Book Thief – Death tells a story
At the cost of sounding morbid, I would say that Death personified by Markus Zusak in The Book Thief completely fascinates me. He is shown as not only having a heart, but also compassion.
The tale of my two books for children
Writing a biography is not easy. It gets tougher when it is about the childhood of eminent personalities. But it is most challenging when the target audience is children.
Children and the Holocaust
Life is not all about rosy things, though we would like to protect our children from suffering and depressing stuff. Letting them see the world in all its goodness and ugliness through a well written book is perhaps the best way to sensitise them.
Travelling to Lonely Places with Pico Iyer
Pico Iyer and his ‘Falling off the Map’ has brought out the book reviewer in me!
Salute to Mary Kom the Supermom!
Mary Kom, the spunky boxer from Manipur has made the country proud by ensuring a medal for the country at the London Olympics. Here is to wishing Mary Kom all the very best for a gold!
The Outsiders : My all-time favourite book
Written by a teenager it breaks all codes for books for young people. It is stark, portrays ugly truths about social inequality and has several violent scenes both direct and implied including a murder.
The Cybernag 
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