This book “What I Talk About When I Talk About Running” is collection of his daily entry of Haruki Murakami . He tries to connect his regular running habit and its learning to his way of life. He traveled all the way to Athens and on a humid day made run to Marathon village all by himself …
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Notes from reading: Why do you live With Stress by J Krishnamurti
Spent reading J Krishnamurti lecture which is converted as book title why do you live with stress. It is a very short under an hour reading. This are some Kindle notes from the book : The common factor of every human being is that they suffer: agony, despair, loneliness, unhappiness, a great deal of sorrow, …
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Notes from Reading: Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz
Two weeks back I picked up Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz. The book talks about enormous options Capitalism has bought us along how it has made decision process more confusing. People even incase offered rewards tends to escape from taking it when they have too many choices offered. Companies producing 20-100 types of Jeans expects …
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Notes from Reading: First & Last Freedom by J Krishnamurti
Picked First & Last freedom by J Krishnamurti 2 weeks back. The book is collection of his discourse on various topics. These are some of my simplified Kindle notes from the book: Relationship invariably results in possession, in condemnation, in self-assertive demands for security, for comfort and for gratification, and in that there is naturally …
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Rashmi Rathi by Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
This week for a change i picked up collection of poem/conversation by Ramdhari Singh Dinkar. The book is poets version of conversation happening between Karn, Krishna, Kunti, Duryodhan in the battle field of Kurukshatra, part of epic saga Mahabharatha. Credit must be given to Ramdhari Singh Dinkar for his imagination and writing this. Instead of adding …
Playing with Python Pandas
Its been over 3 months for me since i quit my full time job. One of the area which fascinated me all this while was data analysis. Over coffee Anurag Ramdasan, a friend and mentor few months back suggested me to check https://data.gov.in/ After reading through and spending time on YouTube, Python Pandas felt like the …
Notes from Reading: “Wheat Belly”- Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight and Find Your Path Back to Health
Last weeks reading was Wheat Belly by William Davis MD. In the book, author talks about how over century wheat has evolved from being a wild grass to staple food and is key part of all our meals. While wheat has cured world hunger, its genetic modifications have also resulted in carrying modern day disease. Reading this …
Random Thoughts: A perfect world
Where existed no religion Where no one was judged Where everyone lived with absolute freedom Where goods were plenty but no money Where everyone was human not robots Where relationship existed for real with no pre-requisites or conditions Where existed no society or divisions on basis of color of your skin or looks, height, weight …
Random Thoughts: living in present
I quit my full time job in April. Over these few months I have spent good time in reading & mostly philosophy. The common learning from it for me has been is living in this present moment. During school days, we work hard and plan/aim for getting admission to some college, university if we …
Notes from Reading: Think Simple, How Smart Leaders Defeat Complexity
This was one of the very first book I have read about Apple, Ken Segall {author} was part of external team which came up with some beautiful advertisement for Apple. In this book he shares all his experince about working with Steve Jobs, culture at Apple and what makes it unique company. These are some …
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