Last one week or so I had been reading C K Prahalad’s ‘Markets at the bottom of the Pyramid’. The book and the concept both have been well popularized by the author. First thing that strikes me about the book is that it can be one fourth of its size, everything has been written 3-4 times at least, specially in the case studies. My key take aways from the book are: 1.At bottom of the pyramid (BOP), what is needed [...]
In my attempt to be in touch with my own roots, I try to read Hindi and Punjabi literature off an on. One of the often read authors is Amrita Pritam. I can’t claim that I totally understand her as a writer, but there is certain mysticism about her that I like about her. She has multiple generations living within her at the same time. She has great imprints of Sufi saints and Darvesh’s in her, and she is probably [...]
I bought biography of Stephen Hawking some three years ago and since then this book has traveled with me back and forth to various locations, but it is only now that I could read it and that too almost in one sitting. It has happened with me with various other books that I have been able to read them only when some cosmic connection has wanted me to read them. The book has been nicely organized with chapters explaining the [...]
Read a good book some time back and thought of sharing the review. Book: Ideation – The birth and Death of Ideas Authors: Douglas Graham, Thomas Bachmann Website: www.ideation.com The book starts with defining what the creative ideas are, and what are the typical personality traits of various creative people over the ages, and it provides pretty convincing examples, some popular and some revealing. It then goes on to describes, how do you register your idea with various registering agencies, [...]
An absolute profound book that tells how different people go through their journeys of live. There is a person who lives through his own experiences and learns by going through each joy and each pain that life has to offer. The other lives life by the principles given by someone else and a life that promises that if they live by those principles, they will not have any suffering in life. And these two people cross roads at various points [...]