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      Being Mortal : Atul Gawande  Medicine and What Matters in the End A guide of death and what happens before. There is emergence of literature which is discussing the prior death experiences which was not much talked about previously. Paul Kalanithi's "When breath becomes Air" was recommended to me by an oncologist but haven't followed that genre for long.  I picked up  Being Mortal : Atul Gawande published by Penguin Books  recently and this was my first book of Dr. Gawande's literature who has mostly written on medicine and its interaction with humans. The book talks about the need to talk about detah and how medical profession is failing to keep up with the idea of dignified death and harps upon artficial life elongation instead of focussing on quality of life. The author banks upon his own experiences as a physician based in USA and near experiences of his father who himself was a doctor and develops cancer after 7 decades of healthy lif...

The Emperor of Scent : A true story of Perfume and Obsession  A terrific piece of literature depicting struggle of a brilliant min, fighting alone amidst intellectul tyranny, a revelation of academic process to understand the most basic of human instinct "Smell". The Emperor of Scent : A true story of Perfume and Obsession written by Chandler Burr, published by The Random House in 2002, is the story of Luca Turin, a scientist working in the area of smell and odour. The book is divided into 2 parts namely creation and wa r; each having 4 chapters. The chapter Mystery starts with exploring the mystery behind Smell and its scientific and financial aspects as Nobel prize for smell and its scientific explanation is still under research without any cogent explanation unlike hearing where a scientific surety has been established on the process governing hearing and sound. Second is the industry of smell which is not limited to perfumes and cosmetics but contributes majorly in food, ...