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When Breath becomes Air : Paul Kalanithi

This book was recommended by one of top oncologist of Tata Medical Centre, Kolkata to me 2016. As it usually happens, someone borrowed the book to never return it again and I too, let it go. I again purchased the book recently and gave a patient reading. Its Phenomenal. You enter into the Paul's world from first page itself and get immersed as you procced further. For someone who is not  a professional writer and whose its a debut book (sadly, his last too), the flow, emotions and words are so much intertwined that its like a music, a poetry. The book is divided formally into 2 parts, first part titled "In Perfect health I Begin" and the second one titled "Cease Not till Death". There is a concluding part written by his wife Dr. Lucy Kalanithi which was added after death of Dr. Kalanithi. As in my previous blogs I have reviewed  Being Mortal by Dr. Atul Gawande which has dealt with the subject of mortality in detail. He has also reviewed this book as " Rat

The Greatness of Saturn : Shani Mahatmya

OM SHANI SHANISCHARAYA NAMAH: The Greatness of Saturn by Robert E. Svaboda Robert Svaboda was a researcher who spent considerable time in India exploring Vedic literature, Yoga and Ayurveda. He came in touch with Swami Vimalananda and was inspired to translate the Shani Mahatmya which was previously published in Gujarati and Marathi. The book is divided into 3 parts namely:  Purvakarma : stage where one prepares oneself for experience  Pradhankarma : the experience  Paschatkarma: stage at which rejuvenation and integration occurs. You get the feel of the book from introduction itself as it introduces unique concept of Living wisdom. A living story is born when living wisdom incarnates in the subtle matter of a human consciousness. Real music, real verse, real stories have an innate power to teach, to heal and to inducs mystical experiences.  It then delves into knowledge as commodity of commerce and the symbols of internal reality which he states are dead from inside. The pathology of