A personal development book that explores how introverts can make the most of their innate characteristics to navigate their networks, Networking for People Who Hate Networking features situational examples and theories that unpack the key strengths introverts can channel for a better professional life. This was a quick read. The author’s writing style is encouragingContinue reading “Networking for People Who Hate Networking by Devora Zack”
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Book Review — Selfienomics by Revant
Thank you Bloomsbury India for sending me a copy of this book for review 🙂 Revant’s debut novel, Selfienomics, is a guide that attempts to enhance our quality of life by broadening our mental horizons. Through the span of these eleven chapters, he pays close attention to the various facets of our lives, drawing ourContinue reading “Book Review — Selfienomics by Revant”
Book Review — How to Use Your Enemies by Baltasar Gracian
How to Use Your Enemies by Baltasar Gracian is a compilation of his blunt suggestions to the reader on how to live life. Gracian goes on to dictate terms of socializing, thinking and thereby presents the reader with the consequence of their changed actions. These opinions, strong as they are in conviction, appear to haveContinue reading “Book Review — How to Use Your Enemies by Baltasar Gracian”
Book Review — A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees by Yoshida Kenko
This collection by Yoshida Kenko marvels us from the start. Filled with musings on different topics, most of which have to do with death, nature or mannerisms, Kenko’s writing is imbued with cultural sensibilities. 51 pages long, it is split into paragraph or page long thoughts about people, their habits and the general course ofContinue reading “Book Review — A Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees by Yoshida Kenko”
Book Review — Shikhandi And Other Tales They Don’t Tell You by Devdutt Pattanaik
“In the Veda there is a line ‘vikruti evam prakruti’ which can be translated as ‘all things queer are also part of nature’.” – Devdutt Pattanaik. In Shikhandi And Other Tales They Don’t Tell You, Devdutt Pattanaik brings to the forefront those tales from Indian mythology that point out our previously comfortable stance towards Queerness.Continue reading “Book Review — Shikhandi And Other Tales They Don’t Tell You by Devdutt Pattanaik”
The Life Stories 