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Bring Your Own Book (BYOB) Party on Sep 17, 2016 (Saturday)
RSVP on Meetup OR RSVP on Explara RSVP on Meetup OR RSVP on Explara Have you read a book…
Short Book Review: Farthest Field: An Indian Story of Second World War by Raghu Karnad
SBR: Farthest Field talks about Indians in second world war, an aspect of the history that is usually ignored within as…
Article Recommendation: The Fallacy of Success by G. K. Chesterton
The reason I am recommending this excerpt from All Things Considered by G. K. Chesterton is not because it says…
Short Book Review: We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
SBR: We should all be feminists is a short book based on a TED talk by the author. It is…
Article Recommendation: The Management Myth by Mathew Stewart
Now here is an article that calls a spade a spade. The spade here is management theories and education. Management…
Book of the Month: The Illicit Happiness of Other People by Manu Joseph
The Illicit Happiness of Other People is melancholy, humorous and philosophical, all at the same time. When I first read…
Short Book Review: Johnny Gone Down by Karan Bajaj
SBR: Every plot point in Johnny Gone Down is so contrived that I don't know where to begin describing it.…
Short Book Review: Yellow Lights of Death by Benyamin
SBR: Yellow Lights of Death was originally written in Malayalam and the translation does a good job of retaining the flavor…
Book of the Month: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
I recommend this book with some trepidations and a trigger warning. If you are prone to depression this book may…
Short Book Review: The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh
SBR: The Glass Palace is a work of historical fiction spanning generations over a period of more than a hundred…