Unread books are where the action is. The trader turned smart thinker Nassim Taleb approvingly calls such a collection an “ANTILIBRARY”; one’s shelves, he argues, should contain “as much of what you do not know” as finances allow. And he says don’t expect the proportion of unread books to fall, either. The more you read,Continue reading “The Anti-Library”
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Book Review : Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders
Mount Everest, K2 and Kangchenjunga are the 3 indisputable tallest mountain ranges out there. It is likely on the bucket list of many new and aspiring climbers, working as a backdrop siren call as they hone their skills on lesser mounds. Book lovers have their own list but this list can never be definitive sinceContinue reading “Book Review : Berkshire Hathaway Letters to Shareholders”
2014 Books Review
I took the easy way out and went with an infograph to tell you 4 books you could try among the 33 books I read this year. Click on the URL below or on this sentence to jump to the site. https://infogr.am/books-of-2014-102 Full list of books read in 2014 below : Book 1 The Strategist’s Toolkit Book 2Continue reading “2014 Books Review”
Book Review : “The Whisperers” – brilliant and supremely depressing
This 666 page tome has been a companion over the last few weeks. Back in 2012 I voted `Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea` by Barbara Demick as my favourite book of that year. It gave the readers a searing look into the life of ordinary people in the present day hellContinue reading “Book Review : “The Whisperers” – brilliant and supremely depressing”
2013 Books Review
My best 3 Books and 3 Documentaries of 2012
A smart idea that the bibliophiles online mecca ‘Goodreads.com‘ came up with was the ‘Reading Challenge’ where you pledge at the start of a year to finish a certain number of books and then try to make sure you do. Last year I pledged to read 26 books and did. At the start of thisContinue reading “My best 3 Books and 3 Documentaries of 2012”
Book Review : ‘Longitude’
I bought this book at 5 PM on a lazy Saturday afternoon at a charity bookstore in Kilburn Park. At 1 AM I was checking with my wife if she minded the bedroom light I was reading this by. If she did I said I’ll go to the kitchen. Because there was no way IContinue reading “Book Review : ‘Longitude’”
2012 Books Review
In late 2011 I ended up at THE digital HQ of book lovers online : Goodreads.com | Earlier, I used to mostly read book reviews on amazon.com before I bought a book. After Goodreads.com, Amazon was history. GR’s iPad app works well too and I like their tagline when the app loads (“Meet your nextContinue reading “2012 Books Review”
2011 Books Review
And so 2011 is ending. And what a ‘interesting’ year it has been! A roller-coaster I was scared to get onto, continued to be scared when it initially accelerated but something I started to reallyyyy enjoy and get the hang of as it picked up momentum. This post is not about 2011 as a year.Continue reading “2011 Books Review”
India through Naipaul’s eyes
Growing up like most Indians with a Congress Party sanctioned version of history (proving the old adage about how ‘history’ is a version decided by the winners) I realized, quite late in life, I really didn’t have the foggiest clue about what my India was all about. When you read Michel de Montaigne lament, “Nothing is so firmly believed as whatContinue reading “India through Naipaul’s eyes”
Third Eye Observations 