[BOOKS TO READ] books

Reading.....

Marc Aronson :The Real Revolution : The Global Story of American Independence

Fascinating... I liked his analogy of India and America being two daughters of a british father -one rebelling and the other daughter who stayed home paying the price for that. He traces historic events that connects Robert clive to George washington, Bengal famine to the boston tea party. He connects the dots so well that its indeed a truly "ah ha" moment as he calls it.


Completed:

The Second Coming of Steve Jobs by Alan Deutschman -

I highly recommend this book. Was a good read and reveals the complex mind of steve jobs and you even briefly see him not as a creative genius but as a mad man and a neurotic slave driver. The book ends up rescuing steve jobs from that devilish portrayal and leaves you with respect and some awe at his second coming.
The only disappointment for me was that it did not cover the ipod success but the timing may have been overlapping and perhaps there might be a second edition that covers it.
If you are looking to get inspired or get of essence of steve jobs I would recommend reading his commencement speech at stanford :

http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html

Krishna Playful Divine by Pavan K. Varma

This book was a bit scattered for me or maybe I built the wrong expectation about this book.

I was expecting the book to appeal to be similar to the sensibilities he evoked in his other book "Being Indian".

I would still recommend it for contemperary indians who are pavan varma fans. You still appreciate his intelluctual and scholarly approach he takes in his writing




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Posted by Suresh to BOOKS TO READ at 6/17/2006 02:06:00 PM