Saurabh Goyal Feeling of loss is no alien to human nature; indeed it abounds in our modern age marked by pace and aspiration. But seldom does it happen that a book leaves you in that feeling, like a loss of a long friend. A book is essentially a monologue and at most exposes one to …
~Amrita Sabat Buy From Flipkart: Rs 93/- ‘What Young India Wants’ is the first attempt by the best selling author of ‘cool’ racy novels like 5 Point Someone, 2 States, 3 Mistakes of My Life and so on to write non-fiction on the harsh challenges facing India. Through this book of 181 pages only, he …
Amrita Sabat The Honest Always Stand Alone Distinguished IAS Officer of 1953 batch, CG Somiah, who retired as CAG of India in 1996, has penned his autobiography in the form of the book ‘The Honest Always Stand Alone’. The title reveals a lot and matches my personal take in life too. That is why …
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By Amrita Sabat THE WHITE TIGER – Aravind Adiga Flipkart Aravind Adiga won the Booker Prize in 2008 for writing the book ‘The White Tiger‘. I was always curious to know what was in it, and how this first-time fiction won the prestigious award. Once I started reading the book, I discovered it was un-putdownable! …
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(This is the first article under our New Initiative launched yesterday. We are happy that aspirants are responding. Congrats to Prasoon for being the first person to send us his review of a book. We hope others get inspiration and start sending us their articles) Reviewed By – Prasoon Kaushik Does The Elephant Dance –Contemporary …
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This one is for the candidates who wrote Mains this year (2013). There is a writer in everyone. Some people write and some do not. It is widely accepted that, to write one should have vast experience with life or one should have read a lot. UPSC aspirants read a lot, especially the serious ones …
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For all book lovers here is a good news. Flipkart is offering upto 60% discount on all the bestsellers for 3 days. If your hobby is reading, this is the best time to buy your favourite title for less money. Click here to go to the page. In case you wanted Management books at an …
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Books on modern Indian history and politics have become indispensable for a civil services aspirant. This is the best time to buy them. With the arrival of Amazon in India, other players (Flipkart) in the segment have gone paranoid it seems, whatever, benefit is for the customers. This offer is valid for 4 days I …
Those who passionately love books cherish the dream of reading the best books of all time while still they are alive. Making a list of best books whether in fiction or non-fiction is a controversial and difficult task as tastes and opinions of people vary from one another. “The World Library is a list of the 100 …
Every serious IAS aspirant must know beforehand what awaits him once he enters the ‘system’. Almost ever year, a retired bureaucrat or a diplomat pens an autobiography recollecting all the bad old memories and present them to the reader in the hope that his experiences might shed some light on the working of the ‘system’ …
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We keep facing failures no matter how rich or poor we are, or how much motivated or inspired we are. Failures are good omens that come across our lives to set the course of life on correct path; only if we are willing to learn from our mistakes. To learn from failures, we need motivation …
Here is a list of 15 books on India written by both Indians and foreigners that one should read to understand India better. It is not an exhaustive list, but a representation of diverse opinions in the form of books from various personalities on India. This list is drawn from my own experience and also from various …
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