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Monthly Archives: January 2009

The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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  Mahabharata is probably the most complete text in the sense that it contains all possible human emotions, all possible complex situations and dilemmas that human beings face। No matter where you are in life, you can find a parallel in some story somewhere in this epic. This book is also an attempt to re-tell the story from the point of view of one character, Draupadi, who in my opinion is one of the most interesting character in the story. [...]



Invincible Mind by Arati Katre

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Arati Katre happens to be a friend’s friend and this is how I got to read this privately circulated book. The book is a compilation of thoughts by various thinkers that have impressed the author over the years. She has gathered thoughts from thinkers like Vivekanand, practitioners like A P J Abdul Kalam and people in her own world like her mother. Each thought has been briefly explained by the author based on how she would have related or would [...]