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Outliers – The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

February 14, 2012
By Anuradha Parekh
Outliers – The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

What do plane crashes and Math geniuses have in common? What is the common binding thread between Bill Gates and The Beatles? How much of a role does your IQ play in your subsequent success in life? And how much is your success dependent solely on your own abilities? These and more questions are answered by Malcolm Gladwell in “Outliers – The Story of Success”. Yes, he can get a bit repetitive, especially when the point he is trying to drive home is pretty simple and makes intuitive sense. However, it is still an interesting read from start to...
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Skipping Christmas

December 25, 2011
By Nabila Tazyeen
Skipping Christmas

I’ve known John Grisham as a serious man, so when I picked this up years ago at Blossoms, I anticipated getting to know the ‘lighter writer’-side of him. Skipping Christmas is about Luther, a man with a grown daughter away from home on work,...
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The Catcher in the Rye

December 23, 2011
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The Catcher in the Rye

J. D. Salinger’s only masterpiece. And what a masterpiece this one is. Holden Caulfield, the protagonist of the book, is claimed by numerous critics and reviewers of going through a nervous breakdown. It is also claimed that the book is a narration of one...
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The Pregnant King

December 16, 2011
By Urmi Chanda-Vaz
The Pregnant King

He wept for his father, the pregnant king, for the imperfection of the human condition, and our stubborn refusal to make room for all those in between. This last...
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Revolution 2020

December 16, 2011
By Deepa Karthik
Revolution 2020

Chetan Bhagat’s new novel – Revolution 2020 promises a lot but fails to deliver. Three friends, love, ambition, envy…. It harps on the now cliched – corruption and ambition....
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Chanakya’s Chant

December 14, 2011
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Chanakya’s Chant

This one should have been called “Sanghi Cant”, as in Sanghi Cant Write. Again, as some would argue, it is besides the point if Sanghi can or , cannot....
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