@samc

@samc

samc

227 Reads

Followers5

Following5

Joined 2 years ago

Kerala, India

samc's Books by Status

1,080 Books

See all
The Guns of Navarone
The Fist of God
The Fourth Protocol
Where Eagles Dare
The Devil's Alternative
The Negotiator
The Moving Target

samc's Most Popular Reviews

A decent book with good motivating lessons. The downside I felt is, he keeps repeating same things to drive home his point. Nevertheless, a good book for someone who is starting off with self-development books.

Three stories of corruption and the ugly side of caste system in India. These stories try to show how the marginalized are ignored in a fast growing economy like India. He is the modern Premchand who is not scared of exposing that side of Indian society which most of the Indians ignore or don't want to discuss. Though published 10 years back the topics are still relevant. I loved the first story ‘The walls of Delhi' others were also heart breaking and laced with dark humor.

Only negative in my opinion would be translation part, though Jason Grunebaum has tried to capture the authors intentions well, I felt he was trying to directly translate from Hindi to English which left the text a bit bland and dry. Maybe reading the book in Hindi would have been more enjoyable.

A shortened version of an epic story. Gives you basic understanding of the characters and background stories that led to the battle of Mahabharata.

I would rate this 2.5.
Hmm...this book was a disappointment, the book kept on dragging with chapters which didn't make any contribution to the overall story. It started off well but fizzled out at the end. This book can be a good screenplay for a small tv series though. As a book it didn't work out for me.