This blog is our space to write about our thoughts, views and notes about our travels. Osho owned 90 Rolls Royces while being a Sanyasi …. The so-felt contradiction is very fascinating and hence the name !
Amazon Kindlestore would keep prompting me to buy this book, but I didn’t for the longest time. Finally last week I gave in and bought the book. Since we were taking a train trip, I decided to read “The girl on the train” on a train. I am so glad with my decision to buy … Read more
I always read any book suggested by my friend Gopal Ranjan as he always finds really good ones. I saw that he had read this book “Still Alice” by Lisa Genova and had shared that it was a must read on Facebook so I bought it just before we left for Mongolia. I read it … Read more
This book by Ray Bradbury was part of a list of 20 must read books so I bought it and am glad I did. For me somehow this book seems to come to the philosophy of “objectivism” as propounded by one of my all time favourite author Ayn Rand. It’s a dark novel that depicts … Read more
Yesterday we went for Goonj’s board meeting, yes “the” Goonj, “the” Anshu Gupta’s Goonj who won the Ramon Magsaysay recently. Yes am basking in reflected glory because Anshu was, is and will always be a dear friend and an inspiration. He remains the same …. Just the people outside of Goonj have suddenly noticed him … Read more
I loved “The hungry tide” and “The glass palace” both of which I have read fully. I struggled a little bit with “Sea of poppies” and I haven’t yet read “The river of smoke”. I think Amitav Ghosh is a brilliant writer and just “The glass palace” alone makes him the number one comtemporary author. … Read more
How seemingly unconnected incidents are all linked in hindsight !! When Aon Hewitt’s diversity leader Nichole visited India in 2014 for a client meeting, I got a chance to meet her and we enjoyed talking about challenges that Indian women face. Strangely enough, that was the only client meet that I could attend since I … Read more
I completed reading this book nearly two months back … Was still trying to decide if I should write a review or not. The book is about Dawood Ibrahim’s rise as a Don and how different events in his life impacted him. Hussain Zaidi, the author who is a journalist seems to have great access … Read more
I just completed reading “A tale for the time being” written by Ruth Ozeki. While the style of writing in first person as she experienced it all, is not very novel, the connection to the Tsunami and other recent events and the constant back and forth between the old and new, is very fascinating. I … Read more