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Borderless

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When you observe life, you see the fractional part of it. There are ambitions, desires, pains, fears, and whatnot. They're borderless.    All humans are feeling similar kinds of situations and emotions even if they are living in different time zones and continents.   The way the story was narrated was just irritating and made me angry in the first few chapters, until I realized how much I was attached to the characters' lives and their pain and frustration in the story. That's when I also realized how amazing the writing was.   Instead of going in a straight line, the story drives through different characters' life experiences and jumps in space and time, which make it an interesting read. Even though the fonts were smaller than usual, making it sometimes irritating, overall it's great.   The stories, while looking normal and simple from the outside, carried way more deep emotions inside. So, anyone who is interested in a simple yet deep story of everyda

Coffee with Coffin

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I took good amount of time completion this book because I was trying to absorb each page and thoughts in it. As Human we have unique ability to stimulate different scenarios in our mind which may never happen. But this ability gives as the power to think beyond what we have seen or experienced. Death ☠️💀 as subject is not talked about mostly in our family. That's why we never learnt to accept it as end destination for life as journey. Ultimate truth is that only. Even Gautam Buddha's Father also tried to hide this reality from his son. But ultimately we all will have to face it. That "Smashan Vairagya" - Realisation at cremation ground about the truth of Life and Death will eventually happen to all.  It's just that who holds the thought and dare to think again deeply about it without any rubbish shock and fear will eventually learn from it and live better than one don't realise that. This book contains lot of other stuff related to the main subjec

The Empress of Indraprastha

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Mahabharat is my favourite story which I have seen n number of times (B R Chopra's Mahabharat TV serial)and even read twice. To read the retelling was kind of new experience for me as I mostly prefer the original one but I must say this one was a refreshing retelling with gripping narration, interesting conversations and new perception. I have never read the story from Draupadi's perspective which interested me the most. The detailed description about the surrounding enhanced the reading experience. That's the power of lady author, I guess, to understand the importance of smaller details which sometimes we (men) ignore. The way author has described thought of Draupadi, her relationship with each Pandavas and especially Krushna is really interesting and fascinating. The similarity of thoughts of Panchalii and Sahadev about partition was one of those never thought aspects which author covered beautifully. This is being first of 5 part series set proper base for up

Diamonds are forever, so are morals

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I heard him first on YouTube when his video came up in feed suddenly.  And as always, I was interested in learning from the experience of others, especially when they're 50+ as they often give advice that others can't, so I listened to him and became a fan of his thoughts and clarity.   This is what I admire most about elders, who speak from a gentle and kind heart along with a stable, sharp, and intelligent mind, making it a perfect blend for anyone who needs to listen to and learn from life experiences.   And as soon as I learned about his book, I couldn't wait to get my hands on it. Finally, when I got the opportunity to read this, it was worth a lot more than that. It's not about the life & events shared by a businessman with some tips, but about a human who went through all those situations and met all those people, which made him a humble human with a focus on morals, seva, and bhakti even after achieving something most people can't even dream

THE MBA MINDSET

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I really feel nice when I find insightful Non Fiction Book. Because when I invest my time in that, I expect to learn important lessons that can help me in life. I also dreamed once of being an IIM-A and learning about business like any other kid, but I didn't because I was fortunate to have a mentor who guided me and helped me decide why I shouldn't join in.    Most people don't get guidance. They get sales agents who are not interested in the student's career. They only want to reach their targets and numbers, for which they don't think twice before misguiding students and parents.   We still face a lack of proper career counseling and clarity of thought for choosing the correct path. That's where people like Prashant and Sonal come in as angels. They not only provide correct information but also great Important lessons through their learning experience.   This provides a perfect blend for anyone who needs to know why and for whom one should choose

Couple of Things

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❤️As soon as I read the prologue I got hooked to the story even though I am not into love stories much. My heart started beating faster in excitement and mind had no second thoughts at that moment. ❤️What a beautiful portrayal of love and lucid narration of the events in life which not only entertained but also taught a lot of lessons important in life. A cute cozy style narration that allows you to just read and read and read without any pause. Even though I was reading it in March, I felt like it's a Velentine month.  ❤️By the way it's not only a love story as it starts from the childhood of both authors and covers of lot more than just falling in love, convincing parents and all. To be honest it's way better than I expected. ❤️Dividing narration in a way that gave both of them equal space in telling their stories was good decision, especially as the two main characters are also authors of the story. It made reading experience easy and fast. ❤️They were in Sa

The Tattoo Trail

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It is very strange how human behaves sometime. We always try to adjust in society and look normal, but in the end we are left incomplete inside. You may be curious about how this is related to the story. I’m not going to share that right now, but I will let you discover it in the journey of reading.   Keshav and Sumitra, the Investigating officers, are trying to figure out who (and more importantly why) killed a bureaucrat of Department of Defence, specialist in case of China. It was a big concern for them as a meeting was announced between India and China after Dokalam incident which made this case very sensitive. With a little amount of time and to many aspects involved the case was hard to crack. How did they solve it, is the story to read. I found some editing errors in the book which can be easily ignored with a gripping storyline. There wasn't any long unnecessary pause, but some required turns which made the reading more interesting. I was frankly expecting

Highway to Swadesh:Rediscovering India's Superpowers

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When we think about Bharat, we talk about glorious past and present problems most of the time. But now people are focusing on the bright future Bharat is heading towards. The growth, opportunities and achievements we are getting are inspirational for all. This Book is about the Superpowers Bharat possess which is and will be the reason for future glory. There are many hurdles in the pathway but very solutions oriented discussion. Because Bharat is diversity which is unexplored. Author that's why deep dive into the understanding of problems at root for which she explored the whole country and analysed the different situations, requirements of people and conditions for which the solutions are also accordingly localised rather than globalised. In this journey she discovered that essence which is embedded in each and every person of this country rooted deeply in our culture which let us be One even if we all seems different like all those diverse different colours which in