I think ‘How to Stop Worrying and Start Living’ by Dale Carnegie is a classic in self-help and been so-loved for so long that I don’t see myself qualified enough to review it. However I would like to collate my takeaway from this book and I hope it can help…
Today is 14th of January and it is a day of festivals in India. What I mean by festivals(in plural) is that there are many festivals that is celebrated in different parts of India with different different names, like Makar Sankranti, Pongal, Lohri, Magh Bihu. Though the names are different…
There are few books which are meant to find you and this book is one of them. When I first heard about this book I assumed that it would be another love story and hence I was not anywhere interested in picking up this book. But then I saw people…
Amid this lock down I am struggling to find my meaning for life. Isn’t the ultimate goal of man to pursue for your happiness? But in this pursuit, one often fails to realize the real meaning of happiness. As for me more than often whenever I used to feel sad,…
Scorching sun, parched lips Sailing alone in a small ship Water everywhere around you see Yet nothing to drench your lips Like an unbroken dream when i see the sea I hoped of sailing happy and free Strong winds to steer the ship Rolling waves to glide it smoothly The…
I have heard from many people that listening to book is not the same experience as reading a book and hence it can’t be counting as reading. Here I both agree and disagree. Agreed that the experience is not the same. The joy of reading a physical book/a ebook is…
Parents love their children because they are a part of them Children love their parents because they are there for them when they were most helpless Siblings learn to love each other as they grow together and share an understanding of loving yet sometimes crazy family Friends love each other…
When the lock down started, I was pissed off in the beginning. Angry at having to do so much of work when you are continuously seeing that there are some who are basically having a vacation. Whereas you are continuously juggling between housework and office work. I also wanted a…
The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri is a story of two brothers set up in 1960’s in Calcutta when it is torn between Naxalite revolution. The story revolves around two brothers Subhash and Udhyan who are inseparable in childhood and often mistaken for the other but as they grow up they develop different thinking and ideologies. Udhyan has revolutionary Mao-inspired ideas to change India and he inclined himself toward politics while Subhash is quite reserved and methodical and he went to America for studies. But due to some conditions at home, Subhash need to come back home.
