Category: Book Review

The financial crisis of 2008 has always been of immense interest to me. It was a classic case of how complex financial engineering based on extensive greed brought the world to its knees. Several multi-national financial institutions that had straddled the business world for over 100 years came crashing down within a few months, dragging… Continue reading On the Brink: Inside the Race to stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System – Hank Paulson | Action from the frontlines →

It is all about Experiential Wisdom One of the things that I have grappled with over the years is about the trap of the materialistic pursuits which in some ways is quite a bit of a vicious cycle. There is definitely a sense of awareness that these pursuits, whether it is glory, money, power, social… Continue reading Lost Wisdom of the Swastika – Turiya Tales by Ajay Chaturvedi!!! →

There is a book by Jeffrey Archer called "As the Crow Flies". This book had a rather unique way of storytelling. Most books have the author as the main story-teller in a third person narrative who takes you through the chapters as the plot unfolds. In this book, however Archer used a combination of the… Continue reading Second Lives by Anish Sarkar – Enjoy the ride of this fast paced thriller →

Anish Sarkar, a vice president with information major with Cap Gemini and an IIT-IIM alumnus is the latest to join the bandwagon of high ranking professionals with enviable academic pedigree to storm the literary world. I also happen to know Anish personally as an ex-colleague. In his debut novel, Anish has attempted to create a… Continue reading Benaami by Anish Sarkar – Dan Brown meets Frederick Forsyth in an Indian milieu →

Chetan Bhagat's writing represents a curious combination of unique things. He is definitley someboy with a high IQ (IIT-IIM, Goldman Sachs background), has a rather simple style of writing (no complex plots, characters that represents the comman man, takes a light & humorous stab at some of our indian idiosyncrasies and while the end is… Continue reading Chetan Bhagat’s latest offering confirms his status as a mass story teller →

 I recently completed this masterpiece by Daniel Goleman and it made for some absolutely fascinating rumination. The concepts mentioned in this are quite profound and extremely relevant in today's world. Though this book is more than a decade old, it is all the more startling as to how much importance is still placed on IQ… Continue reading Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ – A book review →

I have always held a perception that the books that win literary awards are probably the boring ones which are only understood by a select pretentious few who like to portray themselves as guardians of literature. It is with the same skepticism that i began to read Aravind Adiga's book, The White Tiger which recently… Continue reading The White Tiger – A book review →

The latest book that i devoured was the fast paced book by Ravi Subramanian, a leading Indian Banker and who went to the same business school that i did (though i was almost a decade behind him). The book is highly entertaining and gives a very interesting perspective of how Consumer Banking in India developed… Continue reading If God was a Banker – Book Review →