10 Life Lessons to Learn from Tom and Jerry Cartoons, Books and Movies We’ve all seen the legendary and iconic Tom and Jerry cartoons when we were kids (actually I still do even now!). We’ve laughed at their antics, watched in anticipation as Tom tries every trick in the book to catch Jerry and even sympathized with [...]
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The Freethinker’s Prayer Book by Khushwant Singh – Book Summary Khushwant Singh needs to introduction for he has acquired an iconic stature in the annals of literature. One of India’s best-known and most widely read author, columnist and journalist, this great man is a true visionary and literary genius. I know many of you will associate [...]
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Swaraj by Arvind Kejriwal – Book Summary Below is a short excerpt and summary of this book by Arvind Kejriwal: “The year 2011 was defined by the Anna Hazare-led agitation against corruption. The fakir from ralegaon siddhi shook the bastions of power in Delhi to their foundations. Even the middle class and the elite who [...]
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In Different Form by Yuvraj Singh – Book Summary We Indians love cricket and worship our cricketers as gods, in some cases. And after India won the 2011 ICC World Cup, in my eyes, they were right up there with the Gods. One of the heroes of the Indian Cricket Team and one of my [...]
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What Young India Wants by Chetan Bhagat – Book Summary I still remember it was way back in 2004 and I was in my 2nd year of Engineering when I came upon this debut book by a young IIT – IIM graduate by the name of Chetan Bhagat. The book was titled “5 Point Someone” [...]
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My Kumaon: Uncollected Writings by Jim Corbett – Book Summary While growing up in a boarding school in Nainital, one of the first names I learnt was that of Jim Corbett, the legendary hunter turned conservationist, author and naturalist. I read Corbett’s, Man-eaters of Kumaon, way back when I was still learning to spell man-eaters! His books [...]
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Turning Points: A Journey through Challenges by A.P.J Abdul Kalam – About the Book One of my favourite books ever and the best autobiography I ever read was Dr. APJ Kalam’s Wings of Fire (Read my Review Here) and that book left a deep, lasting impact on my life. My respect for the then President grew [...]
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Book Review of Wings of Fire: Introduction I first read Dr. APJ Kalam’s autobiography, Wings of Fire, when I had just entered college and my respect for the then President grew leaps and bounds. This was one book that greatly inspired the engineer in me and since then I’ve always wanted to a book review [...]
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