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BOOK REVIEW: Happiness is All We Want by Ashutosh Mishra

BOOK REVIEW: Happiness is All We Want by Ashutosh Mishra

Posted September 26, 2017 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books / 0 Comments

Pages: 212, Paperback Published: 2017 by Bloomsbury Cover Rating: 3/5 Modern day life is busy. To lead a certain lifestyle, one has to be first consciously aware of the fact that one wants to lead a certain lifestyle. This certain type of lifestyle is directly proportional to the individual self. Neglecting this self may become harmful. However, the wellbeing of this self can be divided in three inter-related dependent bodies: Mind, Body and Soul. Ashutosh Mishra’s latest book, Happiness is All We Want, released earlier this year will guide you to attain the level of self wellbeing.

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How to come up with Ideas? Tips to Help You Think Creatively

How to come up with Ideas? Tips to Help You Think Creatively

Posted September 23, 2017 by @amanhimself in Books / 0 Comments

Published: March 16th 2017 by Watkins Pages: 160 It’s important to regard a new idea with encouragement rather than discouraging it. After all, every great creation starts with an idea, but where does that special spark comes from? This is question that Rob Eastaway, author of  Any Ideas: Tips and Techniques to Help You Think Creatively tries to address in the book by providing an miscellaneous collection of tips to develop your ideas  for better outcomes in day to day. How do we come up with ideas?

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Author Interview: Lakshmi Narayan

Author Interview: Lakshmi Narayan

Posted September 21, 2017 by @amanhimself in Books, Interviews / 0 Comments

Q. Hello Lakshmi, and thank you for agreeing this interview and congratulations on your book, ‘Bonsai Kitten ’. Tell me a little about yourself and your background? I must have been a journalist in my mother’s womb. Both my father and grandfather were eminent journalists. In fact, my grandfather ran a paper called The West Coast Reformer, where he was the editor, the cartoonist, the peon … everything! His favourite target was the British collector of the district and he lampooned him mercilessly. Apparently, when he was asked why he didn’t arrest my grandfather, he’s reported to have said, “Because he makes me laugh so much!” When my dad used to go for night duty at the Times of India, […]

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BOOK REVIEW: Become What You Are by Alan Watts

BOOK REVIEW: Become What You Are by Alan Watts

Posted September 19, 2017 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books / 9 Comments

Pages: 146, Kindle Edition First Published on:  1955 Cover Rating: 4/5 Buy From Amazon This not the first Alan Watts book I have read. To read this one, I made myself familiar with his writing and philosophy by reading his other books such as The Wisdom of Insecurity (on someone’s recommendation in past) and listening to his teachings in past few weeks. It’s important to know your subject in most cases. In this case, even if you aren’t familiar with Watts’ philosophy, I’d suggest you to go ahead. However, a bit of familiarity only embraces curiosity. The title is the essence of this book, might point to another domino piece in the self-help genre but I can assure you that this […]

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BOOK REVIEW: Messed Up! But all for Love by Arvind Parashar

BOOK REVIEW: Messed Up! But all for Love by Arvind Parashar

Posted September 7, 2017 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books / 0 Comments

Pages: 176, Paperback Published: 2017 Cover Rating: 3/5 Arvind Parashar’s latest work Messed Up! But all For Love is a story about love lost between two couples and themselves being tested by their own destiny. Set in modern India, the story is about a couple, Gauri and Neil who used to lead a happily married life until a series of misfortunes create a void between them, thus, forcing them to pick their own separate ways. These series of misfortunes are displayed through flashbacks to a reader. Trust is often the root of relationships among humans and is showcased very well in this book in various forms.

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BOOK REVIEW: The True Language Of Love by Sean Azimov

BOOK REVIEW: The True Language Of Love by Sean Azimov

Posted August 10, 2017 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books / 0 Comments

Pages: 260 Published: May 2017 by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Cover Rating: 4/5 “Often we hope that tomorrow will be different… and only find tomorrow being the repetition of today! Do you ever wonder why? The answer is simple, if you don’t like what you are getting… then change what you are doing.” Some writers have a way with words, they use them in such a way that any reader who reads that text will feel empowered by it. Such is Sean Azimov’s The True Language of Love, first volume in the series of the Book of Life.

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Top Posts of 2016!

Top Posts of 2016!

Posted February 9, 2017 by @amanhimself in Book List, Book Reviews, Books / 0 Comments

In terms of blogging, 2016 was a wonderful year for this blog and me. What I did the whole year? Well, I read books, blogged about them, met new bloggers, and read their intriguing blog posts.

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Top Non Fiction Books I read in 2016 Part 2

Top Non Fiction Books I read in 2016 Part 2

Posted January 24, 2017 by @amanhimself in 5 Stars, Authors, Book List, Book Reviews, Books, Reviews, Stoic Philosophy / 0 Comments

Hola! Welcome back to “Read in 2016” series of posts. I am glad you read the first post in the series in which I suggest you Top Non-Fiction Books I read this year, irrespective of their publication date. As, in the previous post, I discussed by motive to come out with these book lists is that to make your TBR list for next year, a bit heavy. So, I hope you are ready for some more titles. If you haven’t read the post go and read it here.

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BOOK REVIEW: Nobody is Ever Missing by Catherine Lacey

BOOK REVIEW: Nobody is Ever Missing by Catherine Lacey

Posted May 10, 2015 by @amanhimself in Books, Reviews / 9 Comments

Before I got my hands on it, I was eager to read what’s inside the book, Nobody is Ever Missing. The title lured into some kind of a positive trap and it still attracts me. Especially with the cover. There are rare times in the life of a reader like me who gets attracted to the cover and the title more than knowing what’s inside the book. I managed to read it on a lonely, starry night while sitting in a singular position. I remember all this because, reading it, brings back that starry night memory. The novel shows Elyria as a twenty-eight year soap opera writer from Manhattan, married to a math professor and no children. She abandons her home, […]

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The Blog Recap, Recollecting the Past

The Blog Recap, Recollecting the Past

Posted October 12, 2014 by @amanhimself in Uncategorized / 0 Comments

Before anything, I thank all fellow bloggers and readers who spent their time here in nourishing and motivating me to keep going with the blog through their words of appreciation. Thereby, I also welcome new visitors.  Recently, due to my mind-boggling curios mind, I took an hour from everything and decided to give a look at all of my posts irrespective of the topic (though, it’s not a surprise that mostly are related to books) I have written here in the past 2 years and a few months. Starting from the first one which felt evident till the recent one. It brings a recollection of memories whether the good memories, bad memories, the frustration ones, the generous ones and most importantly the feeling of accomplishment. All of these and […]

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