Intimacy – Trusting Oneself and Others by Osho
Once again, Osho books are hard to review as they are as simple as they can be. He repeatedly keeps telling of letting go of your conditionings and live in the present without diving yourself between...
View ArticleTantra – The supreme Understanding by Osho
This is the first book on Tantra that I have read, and I am not sure if I could have had a better author to read than Osho. In his ever simple way, he explains the path of Tantra. Tantra like all other...
View ArticleThe Difficulty of Being Good by Gurcharan Das
Gurcharan Das is one of the few multifaceted public personalities that we know of in current day India. He had an extremely successful career in Corporate India and has been an equally well read...
View ArticleNine Lives by William Dalrymple
This is the second book by William Dalrymple that I read and while I was attending Jaipur Literature festival, I also happened to briefly meet the author. Being recently launched, there was lot of buzz...
View ArticleDelhi: City of Yoginis by Suphal Kumar
My exploration of Delhi this winter not only introduced me to the soul of the city I live in, but also to many co-explorers who have been on this journey for much longer and continue to explore this...
View ArticleBhagavad Gita by Mani Rao
Gita is a text that has enchanted many since the time it was spoken at Kurukshetra, and it has enchanted each one in a unique way. What it says can be interpreted in so many ways depending on who is...
View ArticlePilgrim’s India by Arundhati Subramaniam
An anthology of 52 pieces that combines poetry and prose to put together a collection of spiritual journeys taken by people overmany centuries and the search that still goes on sometimes physically and...
View ArticleThe Masque of Africa by V S Naipaul
After having read many contemporary writers, I was expecting some heavy stuff from the noble laureate, but I swam in the simple flow that he created with his words. Uganda, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria...
View ArticleGanga by Julian Crandall Hollick
Ganga, the book was published about 5 years back, my first instinct is to call it an old book, but then I look at the age of Ganga and what we have done for it in last 5 years and I realize it really...
View ArticleKashi Marnanmukti by Manoj Thakkar & Rashmi Chhazed
This is a very difficult book to review but I am so happy that I read it and that too read it at the perfect time, in train on my way to Banaras. Like I always say the books choose me at the right time...
View ArticleMy Hanuman Chalisa by Devdutt Pattanaik
Hanuman Chalisa is the most commonly chanted set of verses in India. Written by Goswami Tulsidas after he wrote Ram Charita Manas – these 40 verses are dedicated to Hanuman, […] The post My Hanuman...
View ArticleBanaras City of Light by Diana L Eck
Banaras City of Light by Diana L Eck is the most authoritative contemporary book on Varanasi. You look for books on Kashi and this book comes on top. I spoke […] The post Banaras City of Light by Diana...
View ArticleDevi Goddesses of India by John Stratton Hawley & Donna Marie Wulff
Devi Goddesses of India looks at or the divine feminine as the west calls them or Shakti as we call them. It is a subject that intrigues the most. Especially […] The post Devi Goddesses of India by...
View ArticleThe Making of Early Kashmir by Shonaleeka Kaul
The Making of Early Kashmir – The landscape and identity in the Rajatarangini by Shonaleeka Kaul is a delightful book. I picked it up to read, as I was curious […] The post The Making of Early Kashmir...
View ArticleAdi Shankaracharya: Hinduism’s Greatest Thinker by Pavan K Varma
Adi Shankaracharya – Why did none of my textbooks ever thought me about this? This is the first question that comes to your mind when you hold this book in […] The post Adi Shankaracharya: Hinduism’s...
View ArticleBhagavad Gita by Mani Rao – Book Review
Gita is a text that has enchanted many since the time it was spoken at Kurukshetra. And it has enchanted each one in a unique way. What it says can be interpreted in so many ways. Depending on who is...
View ArticlePilgrim’s India by Arundhathi Subramaniam – Book Review
Pilgrim’s India is an anthology of 52 pieces that combines poetry and prose to put together a collection of spiritual journeys taken by people over many centuries. And the search that still goes on...
View ArticleThe Masque of Africa by V S Naipaul
After having read many contemporary writers, I was expecting some heavy stuff from the noble laureate. But I swam in the simple flow that he created with his words. Uganda, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria...
View ArticleGanga: A Journey down the Ganges River by Julian Crandall Hollick
Ganga: A Journey down the Ganges River book was published about 5 years back. My first instinct is to call it an old book. But when I look at the age of Ganga and what we have done for it in last 5...
View ArticleKashi Marnanmukti by Manoj Thakkar & Rashmi Chhazed
Kashi Marnanmukti is a very difficult book to review. But I am so happy that I read it. And that too, read it at the perfect time, on the train on my way to Banaras. Like I always say the books choose...
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