Reading creates capacity for deep, linear concentration. That is one unintended positive outcome of the habit of reading. Books always touch man’s head and heart with a burning/soothing/boring sensation. I read books on cinema, consumer behaviour, leadership and culture having various overtones this year. They helped me to fight desperation, myopia and close-mindedness prevailing inside me; I have always tried to pay attention to theories that conflict with common perception, only if those theories are more driven by human behaviour than common stereotype assumptions. Books of great authors are the best tools to understand these theories.
"Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs." Quite an apt statement to start about reading tour of this year. I am enlisting the names of books read by me in 2011 with their background and my feedback. Ratings are highly personal.
My name is red by Orhan Pamuk - English - 8/10
Hitch 22 :- Christopher Hitchens - English- 8/10
Author’s intellectual trajectory over the life time
Among the Believers :- V. S. Naipaul - English- 8/10
He makes writing verse look so easy and publishes Journey that highlights the culture of few selected Islamic country.
Who moved my Cheese ? :- Spencer Johnson - English- 7.5/10
Motivational business fable about opportunities and life at work.
In custody :- Anita Desai - English- 6.5/10
Loss of Urdu language in India through the eyes of a dying poet.
Our Films Their Films :- Satyajit Ray - English- 8.5/10
A deep insight by an auteur about his films.
The man who knew Infinity:A Life of the Genius Ramanujan-: Robert Kanigel - English- 7/10
Biography of the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan written with utmost details and articulation.
Something Like An Autobiography :- Akira Kurosawa - English- 8.5/10
It is a charming account of the legendary movie director's early life.
Predictably Irrational :- Dan Ariely - English- 8/10
A book written in the behavioural science field makes a rational person looking dumb.
Rinzai: Master of the Irrational :- Osho - English- 8/10
No comments to be made about Zen !
I Have A Dream :- Rashmi Bansal - English- 8/10
Inspiring Stories of the 25 social entrepreneurs from humble and diverse background.
Heart of Darkness :- Joseph Conrad - English- 7.5/10
Unfathomable dark nature of human explored through the journey of the narrator
Winning by Jack Welch with Suzy Welch :- Jack Welch - English- 7.5/10
A comprehensive look on designing career path and taking decisions in the corporate world.
As French novelist Marcel Proust once said that the real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. I hope to evolved as a Reader and to enjoy more books in the coming year. XIMB library here I come !
Thought of the Day- New year doesn't bring happiness but people do ! Enjoy 2012.
"Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs." Quite an apt statement to start about reading tour of this year. I am enlisting the names of books read by me in 2011 with their background and my feedback. Ratings are highly personal.
My name is red by Orhan Pamuk - English - 8/10
Hitch 22 :- Christopher Hitchens - English- 8/10
Author’s intellectual trajectory over the life time
Among the Believers :- V. S. Naipaul - English- 8/10
He makes writing verse look so easy and publishes Journey that highlights the culture of few selected Islamic country.
Who moved my Cheese ? :- Spencer Johnson - English- 7.5/10
Motivational business fable about opportunities and life at work.
In custody :- Anita Desai - English- 6.5/10
Loss of Urdu language in India through the eyes of a dying poet.
Our Films Their Films :- Satyajit Ray - English- 8.5/10
A deep insight by an auteur about his films.
The man who knew Infinity:A Life of the Genius Ramanujan-: Robert Kanigel - English- 7/10
Biography of the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan written with utmost details and articulation.
Something Like An Autobiography :- Akira Kurosawa - English- 8.5/10
It is a charming account of the legendary movie director's early life.
Predictably Irrational :- Dan Ariely - English- 8/10
A book written in the behavioural science field makes a rational person looking dumb.
Rinzai: Master of the Irrational :- Osho - English- 8/10
No comments to be made about Zen !
I Have A Dream :- Rashmi Bansal - English- 8/10
Inspiring Stories of the 25 social entrepreneurs from humble and diverse background.
Heart of Darkness :- Joseph Conrad - English- 7.5/10
Unfathomable dark nature of human explored through the journey of the narrator
Winning by Jack Welch with Suzy Welch :- Jack Welch - English- 7.5/10
A comprehensive look on designing career path and taking decisions in the corporate world.
As French novelist Marcel Proust once said that the real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. I hope to evolved as a Reader and to enjoy more books in the coming year. XIMB library here I come !
Thought of the Day- New year doesn't bring happiness but people do ! Enjoy 2012.
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