Apr 22, 2020Why I Loved Certain Self-help BooksBefore you assume anything about this piece, I want to mention that I used to despise self-help books. I had read very few and they all took 300 pages to convey a one-line idea. Definitely not worth my time. Nor my patience. …Self Improve5 min read
Published in Lean In, IIT Kharagpur·Aug 24, 2019Lean In — IIT Kharagpur Chapter‘Lean In’ is a revolution that originated with Sheryl Sandberg’s book by the same name. In her famous bestseller, the celebrated COO of Facebook lists issues women face in the workplace and how we can tackle them effectively. …Women4 min read
Jul 2, 2019Why I Loved ‘Inside Real Innovation’While a lot is said about engineering and jobs in emerging technology, invention tends to go unnoticed. How many students today are actually interested in inventing an entire device all by themselves? When was the last time you had a conversation with someone about innovation? …Innovation5 min read
May 19, 2019Why I Loved ‘Dracula’ by Bram StokerOld is gold. Dracula was and still remains, one of the deadliest characters created in the genre of horror. Even today, he scares the living daylights out of any reader. Bram Stoker adds the element of fantasy to his story very ineptly. It makes for clear imagination of Count Dracula’s…Movies4 min read
May 16, 2019Why I Loved ‘The Firm’ by John GrishamI am the sort of person who prefers reading the book to watching the movie. I still haven’t watched the movie, even though it stars Tom Cruise. However, I absolutely loved the book and what it leaves behind for each reader. Luxury A book on lawyers doesn’t seem interesting, right…Crime4 min read
Apr 28, 2019Why I Loved Ernest Hemingway’s ‘The Old Man and the Sea’It was during the sombre nights before my class ten exams that I would study the classic ‘Chandragupta Vikramaditya’ as part of my Hindi literature curriculum. For those of you who don’t know, Hindi is the national language of my celebrated country, India. The story revolved around a king who…Life7 min read
Apr 21, 2019Why I Loved ‘Sapiens’ by Yuval Noah HarariThe first thing I want to state is that Yuval Noah Harari is indeed immensely knowledgeable. He seems to know the history of every nation and every tribe, the cultural traits of every country and the stats of every whim and will of the existing world. …Life7 min read
Apr 14, 2019Why I Loved Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’I barely ever crush on characters from books. When it comes to Sherlock Holmes, I think it is more of a crush on Robert Downey Jr than on Holmes. The practice has ended, however, since I have developed an irrevocable crush on Dorian Gray. Oscar Wilde paints beautiful portraits of…Youth6 min read
Apr 8, 2019Why I Loved Trevor Noah’s ‘Born A Crime’The book, quite like its climax, entered my life in a hospital room when I had gone to visit my best friend who had taken ill. I was about to start reading another book when he suggested this one to me and I cannot thank him enough for it. The…Comedy6 min read
Apr 1, 2019Why I Loved Michelle Obama’s ‘Becoming’I first heard about ‘Becoming’ last December at a non-profit where I worked as a winter intern. One of my colleagues received the book as a gift from her Secret Santa. …Michelle Obama7 min read