Books

I’ve read..

1. At First Sight - Nicholas Sparks About love, trust, destiny and uncertainty in life. I like Nicholas Sparks..
2. Made in Japan – Akio Morita Co-founder of Sony, A biographical account of the story of SONY.
3. Papillon - Henri Charriere My favourite..story of an unrelenting human spirit. God, how could somebody execute so many jail breaks and survive through the failed ones.
4. The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho Follow your dreams..its the journey that will make it exciting..
5. The Zahir - Paulo Coelho Follow your dreams….one thing will lead to another and you will find the true love of your life!
6. The Diary of a Young Girl – Anne Frank A heart opened before you…I could relate it to my teenage years, when I thought that nobody understands me; I too had to confide in my personal diary at times. Besides, it gives a vivid account of atrocities faced by Jews during WW-II.
7. The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand Individualism Explained and Romantic Philosophy(Quite a rare combination)
8. The White Tiger - Arvind Adiga Cheap Indian Manohar Kahani….translated into eloquent english.
9. Unbowed - Khalida Messaoudi Algerian Women and her fight for freedom…Interview based.
10. The Great Gatsby -  F. Scott Fitzgerald Die hard romantic..like 70s movie!
11. The Art of War - Sun Tzu trans. Lionel Giles
12. Namesake - Jhumpa Lahiri  Enjoyed it more than the movie..I think its a widely shared feeling.
13. Games Indians Play: Why we are the way we are? – V. Raghunathan Prisoner’s Dilemma Analysis and observation about Indian Psyche.
14. Who Moved My Cheese? – Dr. Spencer Johnson :smile: Yes I did read it!!!
15. Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch -  Arindam Choudhury
16. You Can Win - Shiv Khera
17. Five Point Someone - Chetan Bhagat
18. 2 states - The story of my marriage - Chetan Bhagat (Start @9pm/2nd Jan 10 – End @4pm/3rd Jan 10) Complete Entertaining….Portrayal of his punjabi clan along with ’The Hindu’ obsessed Tamilians make it a hilarious ride, you would refuse to get down from. The sarcastic mother of the most eligible IIT/IIMA punjabi boy, Krish,  takes it to greater heights…comments about South-Indian women (namely Hema Malini and Sridevi) falling for Punjabi men makes one wonder the precendences they have set for Ananya Swaminathan.
19. Brida - Paulo Coelho - Soulmates and their role in our lives…Good read to understand certain connects between us and a person. Soulmates do meet each other in one life time…….point is to identify yours. You don’t need to put an effort. Soulmates reveal themselves through their eyes……just a glimpse!!!
20. The Holy Quran Translation (English) -  Just completed!!! Gifted by the most beautiful person witnesses by me….Ofcourse, beautiful thoughts which can definitely come from God!!!
21. Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance – Robert M. Pirsig – Finally  I did it!!! Hahahahaha…. Philosophy at its best!!! Read it but be cautious, as, it can keep you busy for months.
22. G o d ’ s D e b r i s – Scott Adams – I must say a must READ!!! Ping me to get a soft-copy. I hope its not copyright infringement…

Currently in my hands:

• The Lost Symbol - Dan Brown

Books On My Shelf(Ofcourse, I don’t lend unread ones):

1. Blink: The Power of thinking without thinking - Malcolm Gladwell
2. The Tipping Point : Malcolm Gladwell
3. Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie
4. 1984 – George Orwell
5. The Prince – Niccolo Machiavelli
6. A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseni
7. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseni
8. The Witch of Portbello - Paulo Coelho
9. Crime and Punishment – Dostovesky
10. karma Yoga: The Art of Working - Shri Prabhuji
11. Bhagavad-Gita: As It Is - Swami Prabhupada
12. Games People Play: The Basic Handbook of Transactional Analysis – Eric Berne 
13. I’m OK -You’re Ok – Thomas A. Harris
14. Staying OK – Amy and Thomas harris
15. Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do! – Robert H.Schuller
16. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen R. Covey
17. Iacocca : An Autobiography - Lee Iacocca with William Novak
18. Life’s Mysteries – OSHO
19. The Book of Secrets – OSHO
20. The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari - Robin S. Sharma
21. Straight from The Gut - Jack Welch with John A. Byrne
22. Screw It, Let’s Do It - Richard Branson
23. Think & Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill
24. Stumbling On Happiness – Daniel Gilbert
25. Effective Communication – John Adair
26. Life on Pranayama - B K S Iyengar
27. The Illustrated Light on Yoga – B K S Iyengar
28. Yoga: The Path To Holistic Health - B K S Iyengar
29. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
30. Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia – Elizabeth Gilbert

1. The Inheritance of Loss - Kiran desai
2. The Satanic Verses – Salman Rushdie

Planning to get (Somebody generous out there):

1. Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchell
2. The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger
3. Shantaram – Gregory David Roberts
4. Life of Pi – Yann Martel
5. The God of Small Things – Arundhati Roy
6. The 3 Mistakes of My Life – Chetan Bhagat
7. The Godfather – Mario Puzo
8. Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden
9. Atlas Shrugged – Ayn Rand
10. Catch-22 – Joseph Heller
11. Jonathan Livingston Seagull – Richard Bach
12. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
13. To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
14. The Outsiders – S.E. Hinton
15. The Shack – William P. Young

I am very fond of books and the credit to above collection goes to lot of people who keep gifting me books. I order books from http://indiaplaza.in; It gives good discount and on-time delivery along with excellent service.