yes, there is a hope...

Every book for that matter offers others perspective about either fictional, or on worldly matters. Readers may agree or disagree with the content, opinion or even factual matrix presented by the author. Every reviewer over a period of time must have felt that it is difficult to reveiw few books because you become a participant in the writers journey and lose objectivity. Objectivity infact is not necessarily to be imposed on each and every aspect. Few reads are catharactic, few are enlightening and few are to be lived.   One such book which I completed recently is "Blaze : A Son's Trial by Fire" written by Nidhi Poddar and Sushil Poddar.   The book publised in 2021 by Rupa Books and is available in English, Hindi and Marathi edition.  It is worth mentioning that I've known the authors forehand before I've read the book so the book came as a shocker on knowing what they have gone through.  Its intriguing how people hide the emotions, the tumult they undergo and...

  Happy Teenage...                The journey from an infant to a kid, from a kid to a teenager and from teenager to a man cannot be distinguished from each preceding stage as one cannot fathom where one ends and what is the point from where the subsequent commences.  There is no specific age group which   can clearly demarcate these key phases as everyone has its own journey and trajectory of development. The initial ups and downs of life may mature someone a bit early and someone may grow wings late in the life under protected parentage. However this is a circle which mostly humans complete in one's lifetime. That is one of the reason I believe that none should be overprotected so that they develop the healthy wings in time which can help him fly life long. The strength provided during the initial years of parenting can nourish those high flying dreams for a long time, sometimes may be for life long.      ...

  The Psychology of Money  Stories are a powerful medium to convey a complicated message and have a lasting impact on audience. In this blog I am going to discuss and talk about one such book "The Psychology of Money" by Morgan Housel which is published by JAICO Books in 2020. The book has caught the mind and attention of readers, academics and practitioner across the globe from different fields and when you complete the book, you know that it has done rightly so. The book is divided into 20 small chapters with catchy headlines and each chapter has few small stories/anecdotes to draw attention to the main point of the readers. The first 18 chapters draw the 18 biases and flaws in individuals while dealing with money and personal finances. The chapters are individual reads, hence can be read wherever ones willing, may be from 20 th to 1 st . 😊 The author introduces that the financial outcomes are not only driven by luck, independent of intelligence and effort which is on...

  IF, my son...                       March is extremely busy time for those employed with the government for the fact that "targets" are on the head and have to managed achieve them. For the home makers, the examination of kids and preparation of Holi is dual task and the resultant non-cooperation in household chores by the "better-half".                  S o one fine day I was assigned task of making kid learn and prepare for English literature examination and this was the opportunity for me to get acquainted with some kids stuff like Shakespearean play King Lear and few poems. Of these one poem by Rudyard Kipling touched me as it was something we all parents try to teach our kids, irrespective of our age, our background, our capability and our social standings. It is something which our parents told us every time and again. As I was explaining the meaning of stanzas and key ...