"There Is A Great Deal Of Difference Between An Eager Man Who Wants To Read A Book And A Tired Man Who Wants A Book To Read..."
G K Chesterton
Ofcourse you remember your First Century for the School Cricket Team and your First Fracture when that raging ball caught you right on your Ulna...And the First time you walked up to the Auto Showroom to book your very First Car or the First time you were rattled to your bones when that Truck had hurtled towards you on the highway (Glad for the First time for the benefits of Car Insurance)...And you would never forget, would you, the First time 'She' walked into your life carrying a tray of tea, unsure of her gait, what with the discerning eyes of your Mother all over her ! Or, for that matter, your First row with 'Her' wouldn't skip your mind, would it, especially as you ended up getting her that Trinket on display in the Tanishq showroom !
So, here I am, finding, a long cherished dream in its nascent notches of materialising and several beautiful interwoven Firsts...My First job, my First Flat and my very First, treasured experience of Freedom...And in the midst of all the excitement, my library, taking shape...And would I start it with any book out of the blue?If you happen to know me well, you'd deny it as vehemently as I would ! I decide, with quite some deliberation, the First Ten books and put them forth for your judgement...
So, here I am, finding, a long cherished dream in its nascent notches of materialising and several beautiful interwoven Firsts...My First job, my First Flat and my very First, treasured experience of Freedom...And in the midst of all the excitement, my library, taking shape...And would I start it with any book out of the blue?If you happen to know me well, you'd deny it as vehemently as I would ! I decide, with quite some deliberation, the First Ten books and put them forth for your judgement...
The Argumentative Indian
By Amartya Sen
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| Gifted & Shall Be Treasured... |
Six Acres & A Third
By Fakir Mohan Senapati
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| Childhood Memories (Parvati Ghosh In The Movie Adaptation) And An Urge To Purchase On Flipkart... |
The Secret
(By Rhonda Bryne)
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| A Signed Copy From Mr Gadhre, The CEO... |
Chanakya's Chant
(By Ashwin Sanghi)
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| When One Brahmin Wanted To Read About Another... |
Train To Pakistan
(By Khushwant Singh)
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| Ofcourse I Ought To Have It ! |
Haroun & The Sea Of Stories
(By Salman Rushdie)
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| Testing The Waters Before "Midnight's Children"... |
How I Taught My Grandmother To Read & Other Stories
(By Sudha Murthy)
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| The Tata Story And In Ardent Admiration... |
The Brideprice & Other Stories
(By Fakir Mohan Senapati)
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| How Could I Resist ! |
Only Time Will Tell
(By Jeffrey Archer)
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| Shouldn't One Have One Masala Archer? |
Myth=Mithya
(By Dr Devdutt Pattnaik)
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| Lets Just Say I Liked The Cover ! |
"Books To The Ceiling, Books To The Sky...
My Pile Of Books, Is One Mile High !"
Arnold Lobel
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2 comments:
:'( Thatz all 'The Secret' reminds you of! :/
It was quite a pleasant surprise when Sandeep gifted it to me...It was as if, God wanted me to read the book, first through you and then through Sandeep... :)
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