The Difficulty of Being Good : On the Subtle Art of Dharma

Gurcharan Das

Rating 4/5

The story of the Mahabharata has always fascinated me. Though the other Vishnu epic, the Ramayana raises a number of questions on…

Driven: The Virat Kohli Story

Vijay Lokapally

Rating 2/5

I am an unabashed fan of Virat Kohli and that is what drove me to pick up this biography of his. A lot of people, including me, would believe that the time is not ripe for an ode to…

Sandcastles

The stick broke again, as he
carved out a ridge in the mound of sand.
She walked in and stood near by,
He smiled, and she waved a shy…

Norwegian Wood

Haruki Murakami

Rating 5/5

After being introduced to Murakami’s storytelling prowess in ‘Kafka on the Shore’, I picked up ‘Norwegian Wood’ thinking it would be hard for it to top the previous one. And I was blown away.

But the eyes spoke

He was on his fifth cigarette for the day. Only a couple of days ago, Nakul had vowed to quit smoking — the second time this year. Yet again, however, the troubles at the construction site had got the better of him. And he had regressed to this old undesirable habit.

Kafka on the Shore

Haruki Murakami

Rating 5/5

I won’t be exaggerating if I said I was transported to a parallel, surreal world in the last few days. Solely through the writing genius of Murakami.

The Witch of Agnesi

She floated by like an icy mist,
Her sightings known to drive men crazy.
The curved bosom lent her a crooked beauty,
They called her the Witch of Agnesi.

The Virtue of Selfishness

Ayn Rand

Rating 4/5

Having read Atlas Shrugged & Fountainhead, I still never completely warmed up to Rand’s principles of objectivism. It seemed to be quite an other-worldly concept which, though fair in theory, was…

In Other Rooms, Other Wonders

Daniyal Mueenuddin

Rating 4/5

A widely acclaimed collection of stories, In Other Rooms… does not disappoint in the least bit. Daniyal Mueenuddin touches upon a myriad set of human lives, co-existing in the…