Excited about the summer holidays? Pondering about what to read? Check out IndiaBookStore’s list for top 5 books to read this summer.
At Bookish, we regularly review the latest books published by new and experienced authors alike, and this trend has been prominent for sometime now. More and more authors are taking upon themselves the task of reinterpreting classics and mythological figures, and giving us modernized versions of them.
Is this YOUR story? It certainly is ours! No, seriously. How many of you just CAN’T go to sleep unless you read for a while? And how often do you miss out on sleep because you want to read ‘just one more page’? When you’ve got your hands on a great little page-turner, does the world around you just fade out? Do you browse while eating, in buses and autos, in the loo (admit it!) and everywhere else you possibly can? Is late-night reading your addiction of choice? Tell us!
The English Oxford dictionary defines the expression ‘To boss’ as “To tell someone what to do in an arrogant or annoying way.” Over a period of time, this rather pejorative definition has held its ground. It may not be true in every case as we do find good, bad and some ugly bosses across organizations whether it is Media, Corporate, Politics or bureaucracy.
If you’re an aspiring writer, you’ll identify with this! Writing is no cakewalk, is it?
Gabriel Garcia Marquez – ‘Gabo’ as he was affectionately known by his Latin American fans – was one of the most popular as well as critically praised authors that the world has seen. He popularized the style called magic realism – in which some rules of the real world are cast aside while the rest of the story portrays a realistic scenario. Here are some of his most acclaimed works.
Everyone and his dog seem to be talking about the elections. This time we also have a soap-opera unfolding around the timely (or ill-timed, depending on which side of the political divide you’re on!) release of a book that allegedly supports all those ‘remote-control’ theories. Take a look at the books that are making waves this election season. The Accidental Prime Minister by Sanjaya Baru: No introduction necessary. The book alleges that Singh was not entirely in control of his cabinet, nor of the PMO. Instead, important decisions were taken by Congress party president Sonia Gandhi. “There cannot be two centres of power. That creates confusion. I have to accept that the party president is the centre of power. The government is answerable to the party”, Manmohan Singh is alleged to have told the author, who was his media advisor and says that he wrote the book to gather ‘empathy’ for the beleaguered PM. The timing of the book launch couldn’t have been more ooportune; it has become a talking point, a sensation, and has already sold out on Flipkart. Buy the book. Centrestage: Inside the Narendra Modi model of Governance by Uday Mahurkar: Is the much-touted ‘Gujarat…
Wondering which ebook reader to buy? Our guest blogger introduces you to the basics.
This report, compiled by IndiaBookStore, was first published at www.NextBigWhat.com . Most of us still like the good old printed book. The dead tree edition, some say. But things are changing quite fast. E-books are slowly picking up, with Amazon, Google, Apple and the likes of Flipkart trying to push e-books. But what will make a reader buy an e-book? Or even an e-reader? A recent survey by IndiaBookStore, a search engine that helps users find price and availability of books offers some answers. The survey of 325 online users asked what would tempt someone to buy an e-book? Or would they stick to the dead tree edition? And other such questions. The respondents were classified as Light readers (36%), serious readers (30%) and obsessive readers (20%) and the rest were very light readers. Here are the findings. What would tempt you to buy an e-reader? 46% of light readers and 44% of our serious readers are waiting for e-book prices to come down. The obsessive reader is the only one (excluding the academic and non-reader) for whom a change of lifestyle (43%) is more important to buy an e-book reader as compared to its price (38%). Which reading format…
Narendra Modi a.k.a Namo vows to fight for ‘The Hindus’ (not the community, Wendy’s book) In a fit of secularism, Narendra Modi has decided to gift copies of Wendy Doniger’s The Hindus: An Alternative History free of cost to colleges and universities in the country. ‘Let us be open-minded and show tolerance, something that I have always strongly believed in,’ his press office said in a statement. The move seems to be designed to appeal to the YA vote bank. Youngsters, however, seem to be skeptical. ‘Why would we read a heavy, academic book which we had never even heard of before the controversy? We only read about Hinduism when it is written in a snappy, user-friendly manner, like Amish Tripathi’s chillum-smoking, romantic Shiva!’ Dr.Doniger and her publisher have publicly expressed their gratitude – some say, because they have no choice. ‘But this is obviously a plot. If the book is freely available, nobody will want to buy it, ’ said a disgruntled insider. Rahul Gandhi releases excerpts from his autobiography We have recently been informed that Rahul Gandhi is hard at work on his autobiography. Excerpts: “Our party has empowered people in the freedom movement, farmers in the green…