Hello once again dear friends!
Initially i had plans to first share my GD/PI experiences at all 3 colleges in the blog followed by some more topics but after reading my first comment from Prakhar,i too felt excited about sharing my experiences of reading and brief u abt some of the books i have read or plan to read.I love to read and its the best investment one can make.So here goes the list of some books i have:-
Favourite non-fictions:-
Rich Dad Poor Dad : A book on financial IQ.An excellent comparison and contrast between the rich and poor mentality and basics of finance in the most practical manner.A strongly recommended reading for all age group and with any field of interest.
Freakonomics : Proving conventional wisdom wrong in so many cases,this book uses Economics to find hidden answers to questions in vast fields.Ur eyes wud pop out wide on reading the unbelievable but convincing expainations to various scenerios given.
The Goal : After books on topics like finance and economics,here comes my personal fav.- a book on Operations.This is a case study of a manufacturing plant which is not performing well.The author gives common sense based solutions to the most challenging situations .As i read it,I could relate most of it to our own textile unit and the application based solutions are powerful enough to turn around an ailing plant.Most importantly,it teaches you to approach the most difficult problems in a simple and logical manner.
The best part about the above books is that though so core technical yet they are easy to comprehend with no jargon.Thoroughly practical knowledge and change the way of thinking for better.
The GE Way : An all encompassing knowledge on basics of management touching on every aspect of it.
What they dont teach you at Havard Business School : Another very famous book on management.
The World is Flat : Quite an informative book on Globalization.
Some more non-fictions:-
A brief history of Time : Physics in a simple and condensed form.
The 7 Habits of highly successful people : The most selling book on self help.
The monk who sold his ferrari : Another book on self help which gives Gyan,gyan and only gyan..Zzzzz...
Six Thinking Hats : A book by Edward de Bono suggesting a new method to approach discussions and carry out meetings.
The argumentative India : Makes a very dense reading about culture.
Who moved my cheese : Advices to sense the changes and accept them.
Many lives,many masters : As claimed by the author that every word in the book is true and he has proof for it,its a ground breaking book on reincarnation.
The Secret : To warn you,the next lines to come would serve the purpose of spoiler.Either stop reading here and read the book to find the secret in first few pages on read to find it in next line. Yes,the Secret is all about the power of positive thinking and how it can change the life from good to great!
Ignited Minds : Our fav. Mr Abdul Kalam isnpires young India to attain the bream of India 2020
Biographies:-
Business Maharajas : Short biography of six business leaders of India's 20th century.Writing style keeps you engrossed with good language.
Men of Steel : Business profiles of few current leaders in Indian corporate world.
Prince of Polyester : Ooops..Banned in India!An insight into the life and working style of my fav. - Dhirubhai Ambani !
It happened in India : India's version of the book 'Made in America'-this book is an autobiography by India's Sam Walton-Kishore Biyani
Stay Hungry,Stay Foolish : Short stories of 25 IIM-A passouts who are now entrepreneurs.
My experiments with truth : Autobiography of Mr. M. K. Gandhi.
Books on puzzles by:-
Ravi Narula : My personal fav. with good level of puzzles of diff. types.
George J. Summers : The toughest set of logical puzzles i ever came across.
Shakuntla Devi : Mostly Mathematical puzzles quite boring and simple ones.
Lateral thinking by Edward de Bono : While all other books have logical puzzles,this one is different with loads of lateral stuff to make ur thinking complete.
Fictions:-
The Alchemist : One of the world's most sold books-its a simple yet profound story which encourages one to follow his dreams.Makes a light and pleasurable reading.
Jonnathon Livingstone Seagull : Another short story about a seagull which follows its hearts and fails to win.
Five Point Someone : I bet everyone knows about this one and the other two.
Joker in the pack : A plot similar to above book set up in the campus of IIM-B
The funda of Mix-O-Logy : A fiction by Mainak Dhar which appeared to me very filme but gives a beautiful message that a perfect life must be a blend of all things(work,money,famile etc) in some well defined limits.
The White Tiger : This booker prize winner is a fiction that represents in the same depracating manner as did by The Oscar winner Slumdog Millionaire.
Q&A : Book which inspired Oscar winner Slumdog Millionaire.
A sunny shady life : A fiction by Sachinn Garg,a student of MDI 1st year.Written on similar lines as most of the other books by youth authors all inspired by our Chetan Bhagat.
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Wow...Did you really read all these books?? Till now i have read only 2 of them. But i'll read all of them (may be one day). But these are awesome.
ReplyDeletethat must have been some effort remembering all the stuff and then writing it down... thanks for all d pain u went thru.. :-)
ReplyDeleteu know I tried reading "a brief history of time".. but just cudn't get past the first 30 pages or so, when he kept on describing his family and surroundings..