Filmish – a graphic journey through film, Edward Ross

It has been ages, and I am afraid to see when last I wrote. Suffice it to say that I survived the pandemic, despite India. I have also found myself continentally adrift, and am now as far south as I have ever been. Blasted by cold winds from the Antarctica, my life has been upended, …

Born a crime, Trevor Noah

Born a crime is a fantastically easy read, and a lot of it reads like, well, how Trevor Noah talks.

Such a long journey, Rohinton Mistry

This is the story of a Parsi family in the early '70s, living within a Parsi neighbourhood, with a social circle that is mostly Parsi; and yet, this is the story of every other middle-class Indian family

On the road- Jack Kerouac

As I started by saying, one could understand the book on two levels. In one, you are young and this is the inspiring, testosterone driven account of the various road-trips of Kerouac

Children of Dune, Frank Herbert

If you've been following me so far, in the last two book we had seen Paul Muad'dib, young Atreides scion ascend to the throne of the emperor of the universe.

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, Shoshana Zuboff

I cannot believe that I am finally blogging about this book! It took me an entire year mainly because this is a difficult read, and one that occasionally left me quite devastated. Zuboff is thorough and like anyone trying to find a solution, first she names the problem- Surveillance Capitalism. "1. A new economic order …

Dune Messiah, Frank Herbert

In the second book of the Dune series, we see the divergence from what would have been the regular tale of a Hero who avenged the death of his father. Instead we are treated to the beginnings of questions that will haunt us through the Dune series. How will humanity distort the original message of messiahs? Is it possible to imagine and control every single impact of mass-movements? Will that kill what it means to be human?

Under the Banner of Heaven, Jon Krakauer

In June this year, I picked up Krakauer's book at the classic Oxford Book Store in Darjeeling. The Oxford Book & Stationary Store has a good collection of books and articles on the people and history of Darjeeling, Sikkim & other eastern-Himalayan countries. It also has books on Buddhism and mountain-climbing. The building facade is …

Dune, Frank Herbert

Dune! Anyone who has read this book will understand the exclamation mark. Here are the top philosophies & concepts that I picked up from the first book.

Becoming, Michelle Obama

Before Donald Trump came around, the POTUS represented a machinery that I found beautifully precise and well-oiled. A large part of this was due to soft propaganda that we had been exposed to, ever since God made Hollywood. Thus, a US president could never be an idiot. The capitalist machinery and the huge premium that …