Confession time: I’m someone who often finds it difficult to spend on myself, unless it involves trekking gear or a solo travel adventure. Even then, I’m the first to opt for the budget hostel over a swanky hotel. So, when I picked up Die With Zero by Bill Perkins, I was ready for a clash […]
Viola Davis’s Memoir: An Unforgettable Journey of Resilience and Redemption
Viola Davis’s memoir, “Finding Me,” is a captivating glimpse into the life of an incredible woman. If, like me, you’ve been a long-time admirer of her acting prowess, this book takes you on an even deeper journey into her personal life and the challenges she’s overcome. What’s more, listening to her narrate the audiobook adds […]
Arlene Blum: Breaking Trail
From Molecules to Mountains – A Trailblazing Journey of Self-Discovery and Resilience It’s the gripping memoir of Dr. Arlene Blum, where every chapter is like a page-turning adventure. She’s the kind of pioneer who blazed trails for future generations, and her journey embodies the spirit of exploration and discovery. This woman is an absolute force […]
Book Reviews
1. Incurable Optimist: Living with Illness and Chronic Hope This was such an incredible memoir of a college-going girl – Jennifer who learns that she has a chronic autoimmune condition where her kidneys are failing. What follows is the next two decades of her battle with this disease, ranging from scans, biopsies, dialysis, and multiple transplant […]
How do you read books?
One friend saw me reading ‘Made to Stick’ which is the only book where I’ve used an entire packet of sticky notes and then some more. He asked, so what were the top learnings from this book? And I went blank. He asked again, seriously, not even top three or one? I went blank again. […]
Books & Me
Even before I learned to read/write, books were my sanctuary, my safe haven. The former years of my childhood were spent in a big Marwari joint family. My mom was almost always in the kitchen. She would make a circle of magazines and books around me and make me sit in the center. Even if […]
When Breath Becomes Air
I had read this book a few months back and I read the last 2 chapters again this morning. The news of close friends and family members falling sick was making me anxious and yet ironically I felt that reading the autobiography of a talented neurosurgeon – Paul Kalanithi who died at a very young […]