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Jan 31, 20212 min read

2nd book of 2021: 1984 by George Orwell

Just as we imagine the future; writers, thinkers and philosophers of the past imagined the times we're living in today. They dreamt of...

Jan 31, 20211 min read

1st book of 2019: Outsiders by William Thorndike

This year was off to a rocky start and it was difficult to read. Glad to have scraped through this one! The Outsiders tells stories of...

Jan 31, 20211 min read

2nd book of 2019: The Inside Scoop (Ben & Jerry's Bio), by Fred Lager

Ben & Jerry's is an iconic co. (now owned by Unilever) started by two hippies who didn't actually want to build a "company". All they...

Jan 31, 20211 min read

3rd book of 2019: Salt, Sugar & Fat by Michael Moss

For us, a snack, biscuit, or a chocolate doesn't mean more than, well...a snack, biscuit or a chocolate. Before we know it, we're loving...

Jan 31, 20211 min read

4th book of 2019: Start small, Finish Big by Fred DeLuca

Did you know Subway is a $100 Billion empire, still owned and operated as a private company? It's incredible how huge Subway is and yet...

Jan 31, 20212 min read

5th book of 2019: Fast Food Nation, by Eric Schlosser

McDonald's has changed the world. The way the world eats, buys, sells and views food has irreversibly changed after success of that first...

Jan 31, 20211 min read

6th book of 2019: Onwards by Howard Schultz

Starbucks is a great company. Even though I don't go out as often, I've heard enough good things about it and wanted to learn how they've...

Jan 31, 20211 min read

7th book of 2019: Pour you heart into it, by Howard Schultz

Starbucks is broadly in the food industry, and so is McDonald's. But despite being so close in size and value, why does Starbucks get so...

Jan 31, 20211 min read

8th book of 2019: Antifragile by Nassim Taleb

Owing to the lately grueling (and odd) hours at work along with my failure to make enough time, it took me a month to read this book....

Jan 25, 20211 min read

9th book of 2019: Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

After reading quite a few heavy Non fiction fiction books, I was looking forward to a relatively breezy work of fiction to help me "feel"...

Jan 25, 20211 min read

10th book of 2019: She has her mother's laugh by Carl Zimmer

I felt I was done with reading for a while and thought it'd be great to invest time in other things, unless something really important or...

Jan 25, 20212 min read

11th book of 2019: Leonardo Da Vinci by Walter Isaacson

As far as I can remember, I've always been fascinated by Leonardo Da Vinci. I don't think there's anymore more accomplished than him in...

Jan 25, 20211 min read

12th book of 2019: Talking to strangers by Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell is the reason I got into reading Non fiction. I remember reading The Tipping Point (and then Outliers) and then not...

Jan 24, 20212 min read

13th book of 2019: Reset by Subramanian Swamy

It's no secret that Indian economy is screwed right now; so screwed that the #ass is barely recognizable. Amongst other things, what's...

Jan 24, 20212 min read

14th book of 2019: The Big Billion Startup by Mihir Dalal

By the mid of this year, I thought I'll stop reading and invest my time in other things. But old habits die hard and it seems I'm stuck...

Jan 24, 20212 min read

15th book of 2019: The Black Swan by Nassim Taleb

In 1600s, Dutch explorers found Black Swans in Australia. Until that point, Black Swans were thought to not exist; swans were supposed to...

Jan 24, 20211 min read

1st book of 2020: Traction by Gabriel Weinberg & Justin Mares

This book obviously seemed relevant. In my years of building The Testament, I worked for a few years and did over half a million dollars...

Jan 24, 20211 min read

2nd book of 2020: Ikigai by Hector Gargia & Francesc Miralles

I had an important meeting the next morning which should have had me sleeping early. That (obviously) couldn't happen and I found myself...

Jan 24, 20212 min read

3rd book of 2020: The Making of Hero by SK Munjal

My brother does strategic consulting work for some really nice business houses, one of them is the esteemed Hero Group. So on the...

Jan 24, 20212 min read

4th book of 2020: Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Taleb

After finishing #MidnightsChildren, I cried for hours and days without a pause. It gave me joy to imagine an alternate reality where I...

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