Category Archives: Books, Reading

आम्ही साहित्ययात्री

Posted on November 27, 2019 by Makarand karkare

नुकताच मी माझ्या कुटुंबियांबरोबर, मराठी वाचकांसाठी असलेल्या एका साहित्य स्पर्धेत भाग घेतला. स्पर्धेचे नाव होते साहित्ययात्री 2019. आणि मग सुरु झाली आमची एक अभिनव साहित्य यात्रा. त्या यात्रेची ही कहाणी. ऑक्‍टोबर महिन्याच्या सुरुवातीला मला मुकुंद करकरेचा, माझ्या एका स्नेह्याचा, फोन … Continue reading →

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Business Sutra – By Devdutt Pattanaik

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Makarand karkare

Devdutt Pattanaik, “Chief Belief Officer” of Kishore Biyani‘s Future group has been one my favorite authors. I am always attracted to people who have chosen unusual careers and have been successful in them. Devdutta is one of them. From being a trained physician, to an executive in pharmaceutical and … Continue reading →

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Lead to Regenerate

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Makarand karkare

Being an alumnus of a prestigious institute like IIT Bombay, has it’s own advantages. One of them is being able to have a network of very accomplished individuals from various fields. A few days ago, on the alumni grapevine, I received a mail … Continue reading →

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F?@K KNOWS

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Makarand karkare

Don’t be taken aback by the title of this post. You know that I am generally a very “proper” speaker, not given to using expletives. It’s the name of a book that I am reviewing in today’s post. 🙂 I … Continue reading →

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R.I.P. The Resurgent Indian Patriots

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Makarand karkare

The headlines of the January 23rd Times of India were unbelievable. Gadkari decides to opt out, Rajnath set to be new BJP prez Chautala, son get 10 years in jail. They were in fact so unbelievable that Sanjay Mehta, a … Continue reading →

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The Bankster – By Ravi Subramanian

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Makarand karkare

This was the book I almost didn’t review. There is a story behind this. When this book was made available by Blogadda for the review under the book review program, I was attracted to the book by the name. Bankster, … Continue reading →

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Red Jihad Battle for South Asia

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Makarand karkare

As many of you are aware, I am a big book fan, and I love it when I get them free. That’s the reason I have registered for the Blogadda book review program. Once registered, you start receiving mails about … Continue reading →

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The Taj Conspiracy

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Makarand karkare

I have been suffering from a writer’s block for quite some time. Predictably, it’s a book that is helping me get out of it. And this particular book actually sucked me in. Off late, I haven’t read any book in … Continue reading →

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Inspiring Indian Teen Stories

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Makarand karkare

As a father of a growing teen daughter, I have always striven to expose her to a lot of role models. I very strongly believe that, as parents our basic responsibility to our children is to give them a very … Continue reading →

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Fix the cause, not the symptom…

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Makarand karkare

I was reading Writing Solid Code by Steve Maguire, a definitive guide for writing robust C programs. Though the book primarily talks about C programming, the general advice is applicable to any programming. My favorite chapter from the book is … Continue reading →

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