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Bookstrapping: Lord Rama and literature

Any column on books about the Ramayana will be incomplete without a mention of the faithful Ashok Banker, who has arguably been the most prolific chronicler of the Ramayana, much before acclaimed modern writers stepped in and Lord Rama’s temple became a reality, writes Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta. (Image source: Amazon)

Our column touches upon three new books- as different as chalk and cheese- that celebrate Lord Rama, writes our reviewer Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta.

Bookstrapping: Modi and India: 2024 and the Battle for Bharat by Rahul Shivshankar and Siddhartha Talya

Is singing Vande Mataram, an act of apostasy for the Muslims in India? The ‘national song’ equates country with ‘motherland’ and praises the Hindu Goddesses Durga and Lakshmi as part of its lyrics. Since the Muslims don’t treat country as God, but Allah as God, isn’t this a complex situation? And was the objection to ‘Vande Mataram’ just another argument to partition the country in the late 1930s?, reviews Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta. (Image source: Amazon)

Modi and India: 2024 and the Battle for Bharat by Rahul Shivshankar and Siddhartha Talya raises questions such as Who were we? Who are we going to be? What is the idea of Bharat? And what is our new ‘tryst with destiny.’

Bookstrapping: Five books to read in 2024

In one of the books listed, The Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg reminded us that ‘Habits aren’t destiny’. By harnessing the power of this new science, we can transform our businesses, our communities, and our lives. (Image source: Amazon)

Our reviewer Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta has listed down five books for reading this year in 2024.

Five books we missed reviewing in 2023

Reeta Ramamurthy lists down the top five books that were missed reviewing in 2023. (Image source: Amazon)

Our reviewer Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta lists down five books that were missed reviewing in 2023, and stood out for bringing the pages of history to life.

Bookstrapping: Wellness by Nathan Hill

Relatability is the thing about this book. For instance, here’s a line that applies to all office and family dynamics, “All social groups- no matter how egalitarian they seem on the surface-had one person who was at any given moment, on some deep and perhaps unconscious level, in charge.” (Image source: Amazon)

In Wellness by author Nathan Hill, ‘Wellness’ is the name of an organisation; a watchdog, that tests claims made by companies that their products actually work, as against a probable placebo effect.

Bookstrapping: Iqbal Singh Chahal – Covid Warrior by Minhaz Merchant

In the book, it is mentioned, “I was a bookworm in school and college”, he says earnestly. “Despite being a B Tech in electronics and computer science, the subject I took for my IAS was History. It gave me a chance to learn from the past.” (Image source: Amazon)

In Iqbal Singh Chahal – Covid Warrior by Minhaz Merchant, the author touches upon Dr. Iqbal Singh Chahal, his famed ‘Mumbai Model’ and inside details of the innovations on the ground that made the war against COVID possible.

Bookstrapping: Enough by Cassidy Hutchison

The memoir is almost everything that you would readily believe about Donald Trump, reviews Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta. (Image source: Amazon)

In Enough by Cassidy Hutchison, the author touches upon the combination of youth and conscience, facts about the former US President Donald Trump, the unpredictability that her father bought to her life and a lot more.

Bookstrapping: The Science of being Lucky by Nick Trenton

The author, Nick Trenton connects superstition to how it balances uncertainty and absence of understanding of real causes of events in our lives. (Image source: Amazon)

In The Science of being Lucky, the author Nick Trenton touches upon late Warren Buffet understanding the real meaning of luck, on lucky thought patterns, how people with self-doubt should not drown themselves in others’ opinion and a lot more.

Bookstrapping – The wolf of investing: My playbook for making a fortune on wall street by Jordan Belfort

Jordan Belfort quotes scientist Albert Einstein who said, “He who understands compound interest will forever earn it; he who doesn’t understand it will forever pay it.” (Image source: Amazon)

As per our reviewer, Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta, ‘The wolf of investing: My playbook for making a fortune on wall street’ by author, Jordan Belfort is for readers seeking to bypass financial advisers and do the work themselves.

Bookstrapping: The Elephant at the Dinner Table by Amit Nagpal

The author Amit Nagpal equates those incapable of adaptability- as those who may never address the elephant in the room at all. Living in their own rigid cages, they miss the fact that something completely outside their thinking could well be true. (Image source: Amazon)

The Elephant at the Dinner Table by Amit Nagpal, the author touches upon emotional intelligence, unresolved issues, the relationship poem ‘Threads’, and a lot more. Bookstrapping rating: 3 stars