Archives for Non-Fiction
Life Among The Scorpions by Jaya Jaitly
Life Among the Scorpions are the memoirs of Jaya Jaitly. I have always known her as someone who was the force behind setting up my favorite Dilli Haat. I know…
Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Skin in the Game is the path-breaking book by Taleb after The Black Swan and Anti-fragile. I have all the three books, but I never got to sit and read…
The Monk Who Became Chief Minister by Shantanu Gupta
Yogi Adityanath invokes curiosity at various levels. He is an unlikely candidate to be a politician or a Chief Minister of the most populous state of India. His saffron clothes…
Not Without My Daughter by Betty Mahmoody
Betty Mahmoody is an American author born on 9 June 1945 in Alma, Michigan, United States. She was married to an Iranian man Sayyed Bozorg Mahmoody. Betty Mahmoody’s famous novel…
Why I Killed the Mahatma by Koenraad Elst
Why I killed the Mahatma by Koenraad Elst is a thorough analysis of the last speech by Nathuram Godse in the court. I had read the speech a few years…
The Making of Early Kashmir by Shonaleeka Kaul
The Making of Early Kashmir by Shonaleeka Kaul The Making of Early Kashmir – The landscape and identity in the Rajatarangini by Shonaleeka Kaul is a delightful book. I picked…
Yogini Cult & Temples – A Tantric Tradition by Vidya Dehejia
Yogini Cult and Temples by Vidya Dehejia Yogini – What comes to your mind when you hear this word? Those of us who follow Yoga may think of it as…
6 Best Comics for Children and Schools
Comics for children are usually associated with superheroes, violence or fantasy. The medium has seen a slow resurgence of more diverse topics such as history and the human experience since…
Vagabonding – Art of Long-Term World Travel by Rolf Potts
I must admit I had never heard of Rolf Potts despite being a travel blogger for so many years. I picked up this book on recommendations of too many people.…
Miles to run before I sleep by Sumedha Mahajan
‘ Miles to run before I sleep ’ is an inspiring story of Sumedha Mahajan. Sumedha Mahajan is a married woman. She is an endurance runner, author, and an entrepreneur.…