This is my second book by Robin Sharma. The first being The 5 AM Club. Though I am not a big fan of Robin Sharma’s writing style I truly admire the ideas shared by him. The previous book has kind of changed my life and hence I decided to pick…
I completed the Book1 of War and Peace and some 300 pages in the book. And there are so many thoughts in my mind which I want to document. And hence I thought to create these diaries to share my thoughts with each volume. These diaries might contain spoilers so…
War and Peace is an intimidating book with its sheer volume. But since I have decided to pick it up naturally I searched online on tips before starting War & Peace. One of the most common pieces of advice among them is to pick a good translation. So, if you…
I came from a country where race was not an issue; I did not think of myself as black and I only became black when I came to America. Working in a multi-national company and that too focused on diversity and inclusion I have attended a lot of talks, workshops,…
There are few books that you know will break your heart but still, you pick them up to get your heart ripped out, to cry out your eyes because “When death has a story to tell, you listen.” What the book is about? The book is set up in 1939,…
Do you sometimes love a book so much that you don’t know what to write about it? Because you know that whatever you write will not do justice to the book. Some books come into your life to touch your heart and give a warm hug and without saying A…
“Robbers, perverts, killers, and tyrants—gather for your inspection their so-called pleasures!” —MARCUS AURELIUS Today Stoic meditation is dedicated to desire and kind of chastising people with desires. However, I differ here in my opinions. I feel that having desires is healthy. It encourages people to grow and to try out…
A Spool of Blue Thread is a story of 4 generations of Whitshanks, settled in Baltimore. The story weaves around all the family members and their life, their family dynamics, their closeness and togetherness in times of need, and yet aloofness in day-to-day life to make you wonder. In most…
“It isn’t possible to love and part. You will wish that it was. You can transmute love, ignore it, muddle it, but you can never pull it out of you. I know by experience that the poets are right: love is eternal.” A Room with a View is a classic…
I have grown up listening to the stories of Mahabharata and Ramayana, and among the two Mahabharata has always fascinated me more. Maybe it was the charm of Krishna which has lured me in my teenage. But as I grew up I started loving it for the complexities and layers…
