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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...

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Tantra – 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...

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The 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...

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Nine 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...

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Delhi: 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...

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Bhagavad 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...

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Pilgrim’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...

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The 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...

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Ganga 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...

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Kashi 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...

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My 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...

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Banaras 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...

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Devi 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...

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The 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...

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Adi 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...

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Bhagavad 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...

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Pilgrim’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...

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The 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...

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Ganga: 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...

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Kashi 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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