These books provide a diverse range of perspectives, each offering valuable insights into their respective subjects
My personal ratings for some books, which I went through in the last couple of years (The ratings are a combined metric of readability, comprehensibility, urgency of the issues touched, ground-level research, erudition, and perspicacity of the author), are as follows:
A student must be encouraged, right from the bud, to bring equanimity and balance in the face of stressful situations like exams
One of the most common, most important and least talked-about topics in our midst is the fear and the fever induced by that fear in the heart and mind of an exam-taking student. Life is full of different kinds
The Epic City: The World on the Streets of Calcutta, by Kushanava Choudhury
Calcutta, as a city, is a living ecosystem. The city has everything in its DNA. A rich history, megadiversity, top-notch schooling nurseries, exquisite varieties of food, opinionated public, refugees excluded and included overtime etc make up rich strands of a layered puzzle. Kushnava Choudhury, an author born to
Power is a heady brew. It changes a person as nothing does. Achieving it makes a person reach unimaginable coordinates. With the right mix of instinctive qualities and fierce ambition, a person reaches the peak of his powers. But it is exactly at the point where the summit is achieved that the downfall towards the valley starts. History is replete
The book elaborates the Chinese nature of exceptionalism, and is completely in contrast with American Exceptionalism
If there is any one word that can be used to describe Henry Kissinger, in popular parlance, it is scoundrel . Scoundrel, because of the kind of diplomatic faux passes and machinations he has been involved in the last half-a-century. But like any other person in