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14 Jan

Posted at 17:04h in non fiction
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The book is truly inspiring and made me think about the privileges that we have now. Yet we have many restrictions and most of the women are under the shadow of their families. There will be a day when all women are either equal or above men. Yes, this may sound like a very feminist statement but I personally know how it feels to be trampled by men who think women are just meant to be indoors. Their earning is never sufficient for the family even if the woman is earning more than her male partner. After False Allies, I was very happy to read this book in fact highly recommended by Manu S.Pillai. There was an interview between Kavitha Rao and Manu S. Pillai which really intrigued me to read the book. Let's get into the details of the book. The author has meticulously collected all the events occurring in different parts of the world during that time and allows the reader not to get confused with any of the details. We have the life events of the lady doctors mentioned in the book. Those exhilarating women are Anandibai Joshi, Kadambini Ganguly,  Rukhmabai Raut. Haimabati Sen, Muthulakshmi Reddy and Mary Poonen Lukose. Though I am in awe of these individuals, my heart goes to two of the lady doctors. One is Kadambini Ganguly, who in spite of having 8 children and one among them being a special child, she did what her heart wanted to achieve. The other is Haimabati Sen,...

10 Sep

Posted at 11:23h in fiction
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'It is romantic, yes, it is peaceful. The sun shines. The sea is blue. But you forget, Miss Brewster, there is evil everywhere under the sun.'- Hercule Poirot A beautiful beach resort at Leathercombe bay where old and young couples along with Hercule Poirot comes for a vacation. Everyone was happy and was having the best time of their life until a family, Kenneth Marshall his wife, Arlena Stuart & his daughter Linda arrived! The minute Arlena Stuart stepped in with her beautiful bronzed body everyone including Hercule Poirot couldn't take off their eyes from her exquisite beauty! And then the happiness of all the customers at the resort took a bad turn when a body was found on the beach and it was none other than Arlena Stuart! Almost all the customers who were there had a motive to kill Arlena Stuart, yet the true murderer is a cunning devil! The murder was done in broad daylight and no one saw or heard the cries of the poor Arlena. Yet it is Hercule Poirot who solves the case. The little grey cells as he says, we should often use them for our well being. The world is rushing to find a vaccine for the pandemic that we are facing. I sincerely hope we find one soon before this corona murders us all! ...

29 Aug

Posted at 04:59h in non fiction
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It’s been quite a while since I published any reviews and I realized my last review was in May 2020. Well, that was the peak time of lockdown in my country and also when my life was changing tremendously. I started this book only this month when I was hospitalized for the pandemic that we all are facing now. Luckily, I did not have any symptoms mild or severe and the nurses took care of me. They are the true heroes during this pandemic. I am back home all negative, safe, and sound. I completed Shoe Dog and I must say I’m motivated to start a new business after reading this one. So, let’s get to the review of this amazing autobiography of the Nike owner; Phil Knight. In one word I can tell that this book is simple and candid. There are no big complicated words or any twists or turns in the autobiography. The main storyline is from 1962 to 1980. The book begins from chapter Dawn and ends with chapter Night. Quite clever I must say! The Dawn is in the year 1962 and the Night is in the year 2007. When we read the journey of Knight to most of the eastern world before reaching his true destination Japan, we too feel that we are traveling with him at that time. His writings are so simple and unique that you will want to keep on reading and find out what he did next! His idea of starting a business in running shoes and his rival against...

06 Apr

Posted at 08:03h in non fiction
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Before I talk about the book. let me give you a small idea about Patanjali. No, I am not talking about the Ayurveda company but the real Patanjali. He is the father of modern yoga and he is one of the 18 classical Tamil siddhars (sages and intellectuals). He distilled the essence of yoga into Yoga sutras. And we could rightly say that though he lived a thousand years ago his sutras were thousands of years ahead. Keeping this in mind though let’s move into the book review of LIVING THE SUTRAS -A GUIDE TO YOGA WISDOM BEYOND THE MAT compiled and written by KELLY DINARDO AND AMY PEARCE-HAYDEN The book offers an outlook to the yoga training for the mind and spirit by introducing a sutra or group of sutras on a related theme. If you think this book will explain in detail all the sutras of Patanjali then this is not for you. The book is divided into three parts; Samadhi Pada, Sadhana pada and Vibhuti Pada. The first part or Samadhi pada the authors introduce us to the awareness of self. Whether we truly understand what is our real need; materialistic or spiritual. The speciality of each chapter is that there is a section for reflection where we have to journal our thoughts on certain questions that the authors have asked us. To be frank it's not at all tedious because it is not necessary that we have to journal anything the first time. We could start once we...