Posted in Books on July 19, 2006 | 5 Comments »
I am reading this book again and I have read it many times. Paulo Coelho has written many books and none famous than The Alchemist, but this book is special due to different reasons and not all reasons being related to the story or book. A simple short and sweet love story, or should I [...]
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Posted in Books, Spiritual on June 17, 2006 | 1 Comment »
An interesting book by an iconoclast, nonconformist on another iconoclast and nonconformist, in A Taste of Death – Thirty Days with UG, Mahesh Bhat shares his experiences of 30 days he spent with UG in Gstaad. When I picked up this book, I knew what I was going get. Bashing up of institutions, assumptions, personalities [...]
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Posted in Books on June 12, 2006 | 4 Comments »
As a Man Thinketh
by James Allen
James Allen (1864-1912) wrote this masterpiece in 1902 and created a new category of Self Help Literature. As A Man Thinketh, is masterpiece in very simple yet effective language. James Allen puts very strongly the concept that there is no difference between mind and matter. A concept which have been [...]
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There have been very few books on writing, or for wannabe writers, as a lot of people belive that writers (i mean good writes) are born and not made. In search of some good books on writing I got my hand on SK On Writing by Stephen King. No, he is not talking about how [...]
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Posted in Books, Zen Stories on January 30, 2006 | No Comments »
Once there was a well known philosopher and scholar who devoted himself to the study of Zen for many years. On the day that he finally attained enlightenment, he took all of his books out into the yard, and burned them all.
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Posted in Books, Spiritual on January 27, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Some personalities really baffle you. There are so many greats, but this post deals with three personalities, whom i came to know through thier books. And all three have one thing common, whether you like them or not, they are going to leave their mark on you, once you go through thier books.
Che Guevera
The Cuban [...]
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Posted in Books on July 11, 2005 | 1 Comment »
I am reposting my post, which I posted on my other blog, for all those person who love to read.
Ebooks Vs Real Boooks Being a bibliophile, I have always been in search of good books. Recently I came across several site where I can download books from my favourite authors and the collection on these [...]
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Posted in Books on July 9, 2005 | 6 Comments »
This year I planned to read around 100 books, but could not achieve the target, and looking at the academic calender and schedule it does not seem possible. Though I think I have managed to read around 20-22 books so far, excluding academic or related books. But, the revised target for the rest of the [...]
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