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December 9, 2011
By Prameet Kamat
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“I look up. I’m lying on the floor beside the bed. I remember now. I moved from the bed to the floor in the middle of the night. I do that most nights. Better for my back. Too many hours on a soft mattress causes agony. I count to three, then start the long,...
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Dhirubhaism

November 18, 2010
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Dhirubhaism

I will rate the book as one of the best on work philosophy. The book explains many ground realities about human attitude in a very effective way. The book is simple, crisp, to the point, engrossing and an effective echo of Dhirubhai’s ability to communicate his message in short, clear sentences. The book is...
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Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India

August 16, 2010
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Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India

A lot of us would kill to have a job like William Dalrymple’s. Travelling across the world, writing about it and getting paid (handsomely?).  Not to say that that’s all he does. Dalrymple is also well known as a distinguished historian, a respected journalist and an intelligent literary critic. But at heart, he remains...
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