Books, Reading and Life
Book reviews, recommendations, personal essays, poems, and notes on life.
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London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe: A book review
It is one of the most moving books that I’ve ever read, and, trust me, I’ve read my (and a few other people’s) share…
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Stoner by John Williams (Book Review)
Stoner is a most-remarkable story of a relatively unremarkable life. The author writes in a prose so clean, calm, simple and unhurried that it…
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Paul Mason’s Reds (Book Review)
Reds by Paul Mason tells the story of communism as one of history’s most fascinating ideas and, like many fascinating ideas, one of its great…
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A Scandalous Amount of Time
Spending countless hours in bookstores, I’ve amassed a library of over a thousand books, each a reflection of my soul’s complexities. From the randomness…
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Living Inside a Book : Reading Tolstoy’s War and Peace in Coorg.
I read War and Peace over ten days in Coorg, in a red cushy chair overlooking a coffee plantation or a balcony above the…
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Book Review : Joe Sacco’s Palestine & The Once & Future Riot
First, Joe Sacco’s Palestine Joe Sacco’s Palestine is deeply moving and tragic. Each page, each cartoon, each panel, makes you vicariously feel the pain…
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Berlin by Jason Lutes & The Infinity Machine by Sebastian Mallaby (Book Reviews)
Berlin by Jason Lutes (1) Ahead of a trip to Berlin & Munich in June later this year, I picked this up and it…
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100 Book Recommendations by Bharat Chugh
People ask me for book recommendations often enough that I finally did the uncomfortable thing: made a list. I basically got a Large Language…
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Book Review : Tom Bingham’s The Rule of Law
Nature has distributed its prizes unequally. Some are weak and helpless; some are rich and powerful. But thanks to the Rule of Law, there…
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The Mighty Pauper – A review of Francis Wheen’s Book – Karl Marx: A Life
Like many other people who’ve changed the course of history, Marx lived a life of deep contradictions. Marx craved and was used-to the trappings…
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On Giving Back
by Bharat Chugh I have been thinking, lately, about luck. Someone defined it as the specific point where preparation meets opportunity. I have been…
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The Library That Was My Storm and My Harbour
Coming back from a matter today in Tis Hazari, I visited the Delhi Public Library today, after decades. This is where it all began…
