Reviews

Review of Love @ Air Force

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Author- Gaurav Sharma Love @ Air Force by Gaurav Sharma, is a heart touching and ravishing tale of 36 year old officer Dr. Shabd Mishra, presented in a very humorous way. Satisfactorily enjoyable with crunchy bites of laughter which is credited to the presence of Sushil- protagonist of the story. A reader is easily captivated … Read more

Review of ‘I would rather be ‘His’ than ‘Hers’

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Author – Amit Kumar Singh After reading the title of the book, I was anxious to read its content. The title triggered the birth of many questions in my mind, but all forms of curiosity got vanished when I completed reading the book. The novel is divided into five segments. The first segment-‘Innocence,Purity and Freedom’ … Read more

Review of ‘Killer In High Heels’

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This is the second book in the High Heels series starring Maddie Springer. This one is even funnier than the first one! Lots of quirky antics,some things that I wasn’t expecting and some things I had figured out, but altogether entertaining. I was laughing out loud through the whole book, and literally couldn’t put it … Read more

Review of ‘Promise Of Death’

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The Promise Of Death – Exploring the undiscovered country, obviously the title attracted me the most. It was driving me impatient to know the story behind the title. The introduction of the book introduces to the meaning of death which in real manner is the introduction to the meaning of life. With his engima author … Read more

Review of ‘The Cosmic Clues’

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‘The Cosmic Clues’ the first astro-detective book by Manjiri Prabhu is a spicy book having crisp crunch taste and feather reading. A very interesting start and author has the aura to cleverly portray the characters. A very clever introduction and unsuspecting end gived the feather in author’s cap. The protagonist of the story Soniya Samarth … Read more

Review of ‘Pebbles of Wisdom’

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PEBBLES OF WISDOM is a compilation of quotes and insights by Sadhguru from several talks,sathsangs and discourses over many occassions and many years. This collection of gems by Sadhguru is something that reminds the reader about ancient believes and mythologies. Pebbles of Wisdom, a tiny book holds 108 strong strings of wisdom. These 108 pebbles … Read more

Review of ‘The Greatest Salesman in the World’ by Og Mandino

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The title says it all for this book- ‘The greatest salesman in the world’. Undoubtedly, the one who reads this book and implements the secrets held in the 10 scrolls would be a great salesman. But also anyone who would implement them would transform to be the greatest one in his/her field for sure. The … Read more

“Who will cry when you die” by Robin Sharma

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Review by Shweta Kesari ‘Who will cry? When you die’ by international bestseller author Robin Sharma The punchline of the book "When you were born, you cried while the world rejoiced. Live your life in such a way that when you die, the world cries while your rejoice" is taken from an ancient Sanskrit saying. … Read more

‘Wise enough to be foolish’ by Gauri Jayaram

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Review by Shweta Kesari ‘Wise Enough to be Foolish’ is a fictionalized memoir that traces the journey of an Indian girl’s life, with all its challenges and delightful surprises, as she blossoms from an insecure child into a confident young woman.The novel deals with the adventure, laughter and heartache, as she balances her love life … Read more

‘A Kaithali Street Tale’ by Arjun Chandrashekhar

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Review by Shweta Kesari In Kaithali Street, the days get boisterous for Arjun with the arrival of an American researcher and his son – Mr.John and Julian John. Arjun’s friendship with the Yankee teen develops to tremendous dimensions through unexpected events of adventure and humor. While Julian John enjoys everything around him in the foreign … Read more

Review of Chanakya’s 7 Secrets of Leadership by Radhakrishnan Pillai and D. Sivanandhan

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Leadership

Review by Shweta Kesari

I was always glued to fictional / non-fictional stories of love, romance, suspense and thrill. I never tried my hand at a Business/Strategy book nor did I wish to. When I got this book to review, I was wondering how could I review it, as it seemed difficult to even read. But I had to do it.

When I started reading this book, I was soon engrossed in it completely. I kept on flipping pages, time kept on ticking and I didn’t have the slightest idea of time and I completed it in a single sit.

Chanakya’s Seven Secrets of Leadership – Swami, Amatya, Janpada, Durg, Kosha, Dand, Mitra. There are Some salient features of each of this seven secrets of Chanakya’s; means secrets within secrets. This book dealt with real and inspirational stories of people who remained unknown to many. I was astonished to see how intensively one could write such a mind throbbing thing. Old stories have been taken from history to set examples. The language was easy to understand and far more to shoot your mind. Most of the examples were set on a great leader D. Sivanandhan.

As mentioned above it was the first time I was reading such a book, so reviewing this book like any other wouldn’t be fair enough. I’m just telling what changes and challenges it brought in my life.
– Be ready to accept the changes.
– Plan for the best and worst scenarios
– Always consider yourself a leader
– Make people feel happy and secure in your leadership
– To do leadership its not necessary to have the tag of a ‘Leader’. One is a leader in one’s own aspect.
– Accept your faults and be true to yourself.
– Think and put it on action.
– Stick to your goal.
– Sharing success and failure stories with others so that they can learn
– Listen to other’s stories so that you can learn.
– Leadership is making the impossible possible
– Keep on learning.
– One should be open minded and ready to learn from everyone.
– It is foolish to take everyone’s advice. This book is not only for the people who are in management and corporate world, but for everyone who is keen to live life and wish to attain success in every aspect of life. A book that would balance your mind and enliven your thoughts.

My favourite quotes from the book:
– “Common sense is not so common.” “Leadership is not by rank or designation; it is by attitude and competence.”

Rating: 5/5

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