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Book Review – Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez My rating: 5 of 5 stars This masterpiece from Gabriel García Márquez depicts in a most sensual way, how love transcends all boundaries of worldly existence. The book explores both the … Continue reading
Book Review – Promised Land by Barack Obama
Barack Obama sees his elevation to the highest post of US president as a logical conclusion to the black minority struggle for legitimacy and equality within US. That is the reason he picked the title of his memoirs from … Continue reading
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Tagged Autobiography, Books, Courage, Freedom, Life, Obama
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Scrum – An Overview
Humans are thought to be social animals but of a special kind. We love to meet people, talk to them, have fun with them but somehow, we don’t get along and work together as a group. It doesn’t matter whether … Continue reading
Book Review – Man’s Search For Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
The book is a testament to the indomitable spirit of humankind. Even in the worst possible situation humans are capable of finding meaning in life and be worthy of their suffering. Author contends that everything can be taken from a … Continue reading
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Tagged Concentration Camp, Freedom, Genocide, Holocaust, Life, Logotherapy, Love, Nazi
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Book Review – Ancient India: Its Language and Religions by Hermann Oldenberg
Ancient India: Its Language and Religionsby Hermann Oldenberg My rating: 5 of 5 stars A good book to understand the history of Sanskrit studies in West. How it started and which personalities made clear inroads into that field is all detailed … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, History, News & Politics, Religion, Sanskrit
Tagged Buddha, Grammer, Language, Sanatana Dharma, Sanskrit, Vedas
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Book Review – What is Philosophy? by Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari
This is the book to learn about philosophy, what it means, what good it does to us and what makes it different from science and art. Deleuze and Guattari delved into these questions and have produced some convincing answers in … Continue reading
Book Review – The Myths We Live By Mary Midgley
The Myths We Live Byby Mary Midgley My rating: 5 of 5 stars In this book Mary Midgley explores the common myths of modern civilisation. According to the author myths are not lies nor are these detached stories but instead … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Capitalism, Evolution, Mary Midgley, Nehru, Philosophy
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Book Review – Ethics by Spinoza
Ethics by Baruch Spinoza My rating: 5 of 5 stars This masterpiece from Spinoza is a manual for ethical living, to be free through reason. In this book Spinoza sets out to prove the nature of God not HIS existence per … Continue reading
Book Review – The Tower by W.B. Yeats
The Tower by W.B. Yeats My rating: 5 of 5 stars Best of Yeats with all classics like – “Sailing to Byzantium” “The Tower” “Meditations in time of civil war”, “A man young and old” and many more View … Continue reading
Book Review – How I Became a Hindu by Sita Ram Goel
How I Became a Hindu by Sita Ram GoelMy rating: 5 of 5 stars Sita Ram Goel was a towering personality of India’s right-wing movement and this book is his intellectual autobiography. This covers his personal journey from being … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Hindu, India, Ram Swarup, Sanatana Dharma, Sita Ram Goel
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