Books in 2020
A list of 12 books I read during the year 2020.
The Checklist Manifesto: Surgeons insight into pausing and checking
A short review of the book “The Checklist Manifesto” by Atul Gawande – an oncologist surgeon and now popular writer.
A beautiful podcast on ISRO
Short recommendation and information Mission ISRO podcast on Spotify. Along with recommending 13 Minutes to the Moon by BBC.
Tonight at 9 pm on Mad News: Anchor Unhinged
An article on journalism and the race to the bottom by television news channels – especially in the backdrop of the 2020 pandemic
A writing drought
If writing and publishing something on my blog was pictured as a beautiful fresh stream flowing through grassy hillocks and onto forests, then let us say I am right now picturing a drought! I can hardly write a new post. A flicker of an idea or two come; I write them down and work on …
Sidekicks and their main lead players
Lead players are always written about, thought about. But are’nt we all sidekicks to someone or the other?
You’ll never walk alone
Yesterday, I learned that the famous slogan of the Liverpool football team “You’ll never walk alone” was originally from a song. The song was composed by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein (also famous for the musical Sound of Music) as part of their musical “Carousel”. It was later made into the more familiar version by …
Books and their private worlds
The other day I came across this wonderful image of S. Irfan Habib‘s hideout (don’t miss the old Apple computer) A stack of books is always more attractive to see than neatly organized bookcases because they remind you of different worlds they allow you to visit and ponder over instead of neatly organized information. My …
Writing Style Guides and Tips
A few days ago I came across this (👇🏽) lovely Amazon Writing Style Tips tweet. I found the linked Medium blog difficult to navigate to these exact posts because frankly, Medium is terrible and useless. So I decided to download the images here for my easy goto reference. Writing Style Guides In the same tweet …
The Courtesan, the Mahatma and the Italian Brahmin: Tales from Indian History
Often when I talk about historical events with friends, I am asked how did I get to know all this stuff. I admit it can give one a smug feeling, but I do tell them the boring truth. I read history books and that is where I get this interesting stuff from. Books on history …
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