BOOKS AMEYA

Small Wins Every Day | Luke Coutinho

Synopsis: Nothing is quite as intimidating as a target. Many of us have a hard time achieving our goals, be it professional, personal, or health goals. When you keep failing at your unrealistic ambitions, your sharp brain tries its best to safeguard you from the pain and negativity that failure entails.

Failing to Succeed The Story of India's First E-Commerce, by K. Vaitheeswaran

Failing to Succeed: The Story of India’s First E-Commerce Company

Synopsis: It is 1999. Few Indians have an Internet connection, and the ones who do barely know what high-speed Internet is like. Transacting online is, of course, still a far-fetched dream. Much work was yet to be done to usher in the Internet Age when K. Vaitheeswaran co-founded India’s first e-commerce company. Back then, survival Read more…

No Limits: The Art and Science of High Performance by Mukesh Bansal, Curefit CEO

No Limits: The Art and Science of High Performance

Synopsis: Indian tech entrepreneur Mukesh Bansal has been an outspoken advocate of human performance optimization. His in-depth study of the science behind it underlines his belief in the human ability to transcend apparent limitations and fulfill one’s true potential. Bansal has worked closely with some of the biggest names across sectors ranging from sports to Read more…

Chinatown Days by Rita Chowdhury

Chinatown Days

Summary: It is the early nineteenth century. The British East India Company has been bringing in Chinese indentured laborers to work in the tea gardens of Assam and West Bengal. Amidst days of misery and toil, they slowly begin to find contentment in their day-to-day lives. Descended from the slave Ho Han, Mei Lin lives Read more…

Book cover of Ravinder Singh's Will You Still Love Me?

Will You Still Love Me?

Summary: Lavanya Gogoi is from the scenic hills of Shillong while Rajveer Saini belongs to the shahi city of Patiala. Worlds apart from one another, the two land up next to each other on a flight from Mumbai to Chandigarh. It’s love at first flight, at least for one of them. For the other… well, it’s Read more…

Book review of 'Fahrenheit 451' by Ray Bradbury

Book Review: ‘Fahrenheit 451’ by Ray Bradbury

 “Fahrenheit 451 – The temperature at which book paper catches fire and burns…” This introductory quote, quite artistically, sets the stage for the story – a dystopian future where possession of books is illegal and hence the books are mercilessly torched, by the firemen themselves with the owners being arrested by the police; a society Read more…

Karna's Wife: The Outcast's Queen

Karna’s Wife: The Outcast’s Queen

Summary: An accomplished Kshatriya princess who falls in love with and dares to choose the sutaputra over Arjuna, Uruvi must come to terms with the social implications of her marriage and learn to use her love and intelligence to be accepted by Karna and his family. Though she becomes his mainstay, counseling and guiding him, Read more…