This month I was able to read just one book. (I started another but couldn't finish it.) Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak Would you like to read a book within a book? Then consider this one. The main protagonist Ella Rubenstein is a content housewife. She and her husband have three children. Everything … Continue reading Book Review – February 2019
Since November 2019, the term self-partnered has been trending due to Emma Watson's interview. This Valentines Day, we single people should not be wallowing in self-pity just because we don't have someone to celebrate Valentines with. We have our own self. Isn't that enough? So let's talk about self-love. Reasons for being single may be … Continue reading Self-Love
The Power of Habit by Charles DuhiggThe power of Habit shows us how habits are formed and how we can change them. We learn about the habit loop- a cue, an action, and the reward. Every time there is a certain cue, we perform a particular action, doing which we get a particular reward. To change … Continue reading Book Reviews- January 2020
India has been witnessing widespread protests since the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) got introduced in the Parliament. The protests which were first only against CAB and a nation wide NRC (as declared by the home minister), have only intensified, turned violent in several areas and been going on for more than a month now. The … Continue reading India Against CAA and Violence
Ikigai by Francesc Miralles and Hector Garcia'Don't judge a book by it's cover.' This saying is apt for this book. It has a pretty cover, which I admit attracted me to buy it. The book seems like a project compiled by a student. It aims to tell us about the concept of Ikigai or a … Continue reading Book Reviews- December 2019
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Secret Garden is children's classic about a young, spoiled girl who finds herself orphaned and is sent to live in a large mansion of her nearest relation- an uncle. Here she finds herself without any servants to listen to her whims all the time and so she starts … Continue reading Book Reviews- November 2019
Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely Predictably Irrational is an interesting book on behavioral psychology that shows how we tend to make irrational decisions even though, in the moment, we think that they are rational. Every chapter includes an experiment, usually on students, although sometimes Ariely also shares similar anecdotes from his own life and offers … Continue reading Book Reviews- October 2019
The 5 AM Club - Robin SharmaThe 5 AM Club is the latest installment in the series of self-help books authored by Robin Sharma. And again he has packed all the wisdom in the veneer of a fictional story. The story this time is romantic and cheesy, nonetheless, what matters are the lessons and they … Continue reading Book Reviews – September 2019
Sitting at home most of this month and being able to finish hardly two books, made me realize that the Delhi Metro provides me the best place to read. I love to either read paperbacks or e-books in the metro. At times, I also listen to audio books. Metro helps me clear books off my … Continue reading Book Review- August 2019
Books I read in July-1) Man's Search for Meaning by Victor E. Frankl2) Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking3) Dracula by Bram Stoker4) The Giver by Lois Lowry5) Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott Man's Search for Meaning is a non- fiction which encapsulates the struggles of survival that Dr. Frankl underwent as … Continue reading Book Reviews July, 2019
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