Stay Hungry Stay Foolish, this was the first book by Rashmi Bansal that I read. The title was intriguing and when I read the blurb of the book, I was sure that it will be an interesting read and it didn't disappoint me at all. Ever since then, I have been looking forward to her books and have been recommending her books to almost everyone who wants to read something that motivates them.
Entrepreneurs have always got a story to share. Be it a story of their success or failure and most of the times their stories are about survival. All of Rashmi Bansal's books are based on the life of entrepreneurs, how they came up against all odds and have made a name for themselves. Follow Every Rainbow is the latest addition to her books and has hit the right chord for me. I finished reading the book in a single go and felt so good about it that I have already started recommending it to a lot of young entrepreneurs and friends.
Follow Every Rainbow is about the success and inspiring stories of 25 female entrepreneurs categorized under three sections namely Lakshmi, Durga and Saraswati. Under Lakshmi, all the entrepreneurs for who are working with their family are there. Family was their first priority and all of them made sure that they do not have to compromise on their family time, children's education and keeping up with the society. All the 8 stories under this
08:11 PM, May 01, 2013
New Delhi: It's unfortunate that author Atulya Mahajan's 'The Masters of America' will always be compared with writer Anurag Mathur's quirky guide to surviving in the US - 'The Inscrutable Americans' - mostly because Mathur got it out first. If you have read 'The Inscrutable Americans', you will appreciate the struggle that Fresh off the Boat (FOB) Indian immigrants face in the mythical land of opportunities and Mahajan takes the...
06:11 PM, Apr 27, 2013
Another book on Sachin Tendulkar? Yes, you can be forgiven for reacting that way when hearing about the latest publication on the highest run-getter in Tests and ODIs as well as the only batsman to have scored 100 international centuries. But unlike any of the past attempts to praise and chronicle Tendulkar's glittering, awe-inspiring career, Vimal Kumar's book, Sachin: Cricketer of the Century offers insights and praise from a fine...
03:43 PM, Apr 16, 2013
'The Test of my life' is an honest and poignant account of the vulnerabilities and darkness that consumed India's World Cup hero. ...
08:54 AM, Mar 19, 2013
I had bought this book last year and since then was struggling with it. I would read fifty pages or so and give it up for another read. It happens most of the time and that doesn't mean that the book is bad, maybe the timing for sure is. It has happened to me in the past, so I do not think much of it. So when I picked up...
05:42 PM, Mar 01, 2013
The essays in this anthology on the late Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, the former captain of the Indian cricket team, should not be ignored. ...
09:36 AM, Jan 18, 2013
The economy of expression which is midway between spare and overwrought, creates the right atmosphere in the book. ...
02:22 PM, Jan 10, 2013
I guess it is never easy to write about dying. More so, when you know it is coming at you, day by day, almost second by second. Christopher Hitchens, one of the greatest writers that Britain has ever produced and not even the tumor in his esophagus could stop him from writing. I have yet to read one of his greatest works, his memoir, called, Hitch-22, but for me, for...
11:35 AM, Jan 04, 2013
A CIA operative is brutally executed in Mohmand, Pakistan. A NATO convoy to Jalalabad is attacked by militants. The top terrorists of the region from different outfits are meeting to plan their biggest and deadliest attack. Pakistan is giving hollow assurances on delivering the culprits. America, pushed to the wall, launches a covert operation to plant a mole. Agent Eduardo Gomez disguised as Sarfaraz Khan, lands in Pakistan and straight...
11:02 PM, Oct 14, 2012
There comes a time in the life of a reader when every new offering from a favourite author is awaited more with trepidation than anticipation. Much as one would wish otherwise, creative powers are as subject to erosion as the hair on our head or tissue from our bones. It can be argued that no artist produces work at the same standard through his or her creative life, but there...
02:41 PM, Aug 01, 2012
When Rahul Dravid announced his retirement from the international cricket arena, for days there was a flurry of writings, interviews and pictures, all giving an ode to the cricketer, who has retired as a 'great' and the man who remains to be as gentle and balanced as ever. The book 'Timeless Steel' comes across as another ode to the man. But this one, being a great compilation of what the...
02:08 PM, Jul 28, 2012
New Delhi: Pakistani author Musharraf Ali Farooqi's latest novel Between Clay and Dust opens inside the grimy walls of an akhara which clan leader and head pahalwan Ustad Ramzi protects with fierce pride. In another part of the unnamed city's shaded alleyways is the 'kotha' of courtesan Gohar Jan renowned for her art and courted by the rich and famous. The destiny of the two artistes lies intertwined with each...
11:45 PM, Apr 13, 2012
New Delhi: Four men meet under the cover of anonymity at a pub perched on top of a hill at Jungfrau, in the Bernese Alps, accessible only by a malfunctioning cable car. They order their drinks (single malt, on the rocks, gin and tonic, vodka, neat and lager) and decide on not revealing their real identities. The story of the graphic novel Agent Vinod - The Jungfrau Encounter lurches forward...
11:37 AM, Apr 10, 2012
Road Signs of Our Times The Ugly American, it would seem, is being replaced by the Introspective American. Many forget that in 1958 too, the year Eugene Burdick and William Lederer wrote their bestselling novel that spoke of the brashness of the American abroad, the US was suffering a recession of the same order as it did in 2008 (Av -3.2per cent growth for 8 months). It was the biggest...
10:26 AM, Nov 06, 2011
In 2007, I had spent about 15 days touring the locked-out tea gardens in North Bengal. Some were locked out for more than three years. Workers and family members were dying of malnutrition and disease. There were people who resembled skeletons; there were children who had gone blind from the lack of vitamins and nutrients. And yet, I saw teens from these same households come to the rundown shacks and...
02:57 PM, Jul 22, 2011
"It was a dream of mine to have 'The Alchemist' as a graphic novel" - Paulo Coelho. Well, The Alchemist - A Graphic Novel is pretty much about Coelho's personal legend than anything else. One of the most inspiring and fascinating stories told in more than two decades, The Alchemist did not require such a version to say the least. The graphics are absolutely beautiful and technically everything is good...
02:03 PM, May 31, 2011
Namita Gokhale's pretty much holding up a mirror to Delhi's high-flying elite with her latest book, Priya in Incredible Indyaa. I read this through in one siting, a lazy Saturday afternoon, but must admit right at the outset to not having read Paro (the prequel, if you're going backwards). Paro is a character that pops up every so often in this book though " she seems to have been the...
01:23 PM, May 30, 2011
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04:04 PM, Jan 19, 2011
Somnath Chatterjee needs no introduction. His political trajectory Keeping the Faith: Memoirs of a Parliamentarian reveals what is wrong with the Indian Left. Here was a man who made a mark as a lawyer early in life but allowed himself to be wooed by the then fledgling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M). He got elected to parliament, first as an independent with the party's backing, and went on to become...
12:13 PM, Dec 02, 2010
The action builds up real fast. Desperation, passion, fear... foreplay, rape, submission... and boom! The most dangerous man in South Asia, the leader of the Tehrik-e-Taliban in Pakistan is killed in a drone attack. All in the first 9 pages. Many wanted him dead. But who killed Baitullah Mehsud? It's explosive stuff. The subject couldn't be more relevant right now, the author's command on it indisputable. As the story unfolds,...
05:11 PM, Nov 23, 2010
