Freedom Writers

This is an amazing book and movie based on the true story of Erin Gruwell and the difference she made in this world being a normal person, no fame, no money and no support. Truly a must read book and a must watch movie.
Synopsis :
When Gruwell was a first-year high school teacher in an inner city school [...]

Fast Food Nation

I loved this book and the movie. The movie especially is interesting because of its fiction type movie making rather than being yet another documentary on fast food.  “Super size me” also a fast food awareness movie,  a documentary,  did not do much for me , because of its one sided, biased mantra - Fast food will [...]

God is not Great

I  recently heard about this book authored by Christopher Hitchens. The premise of the book as I understand so far is , he says the most overrated virtue in life is faith. He also firmly believes and writes that religion poisons everything. He says it is the root cause for racism, class system, superstitions and most importantly it [...]

The Practice and Philosophy of Decision Making: A Seven Step Spiritual Guide

In the words of the author, Neeraja Raman: 
“In this book, I describe an action oriented decision framework, enhanced by philosophical concepts of discipline (yoga) and the pursuit of knowledge (gnyana), uniquely integrating the softer skills of human psychology and philosophy with traditional hard skills such as planning and action” 
This book was gifted to me recently. [...]

The Secret

This is the recent phenomenon in the book world: “The Secret” authored by Rhonda Byrne who personally had her life collapse around her and discovered “The secret” and came to realize that this was the key to her life. It is co authored by seven other people from motivational speakers to Philosophers to Physicians to [...]