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Dr Ramani does what most mental health care professionals aren't doing right now: having a real discussion about the narcissism epidemic and its consequences on society and everyday personal relationships. This book throws some serious wake up calls on the societal plague we are currently facing(apart from covid19). It also functions as a guideline on how to deal with narcissistic people. I follow Dr Ramani's YouTube and podcast and wanted to know more about the subject and after reading this book, I could spot some people who may fall into this category. Leaving this post for anyone who might need help/info. Bookish Nish

  A life saviour book from a fighter Kay’s An Unquiet Mind does the unimaginable!! She’s a fighter! Dr Kay Jamison is one of the foremost authorities on manic-depressive (bipolar) illness; she has also experienced it firsthand. For even while she was pursuing her career in academic medicine, Jamison found herself succumbing to the same exhilarating highs and catastrophic depressions that afflicted many of her patients, as her disorder launched her into ruinous spending sprees, episodes of violence, and attempted suicide. It’s frightening. At   one moment you want everyone to stay far away and will act everything to do so whereas wanting them to understand and stay with you at the same time. Being a patient as well as a doctor of manic-depression illness, Kay has put her career at stake for the awareness of the disease. It is a must-read for the silent sufferers and for all to understand why some people are the way they are. It can save one’s life. A highly painful lif...

It was the  47th consecutive night and she was lying on the bathroom floor, crying. Elizabeth Gilbert was going   t hrough a bad phase of her marriage where all she wanted was independence. While suffering from bad depression and finishing up the tough divorce agreement process, her heart took refuge in another lover, David. As it’s said, ‘out of the frying pan, into the fire’, this relationship too turned out to be obnoxious and included phases of love and ignorance alternatively. The turn of events broke her from the inside and she decided to take a full year holiday to get back up. Depression never really went away. This book,  Eat, Pray, Love  is about her journey of searching and loving herself back. Based on her true experiences, she has structured her 1-year journey into Italy, India and Indonesia, all three starting with ‘I’, truly a synonym of self-discovery , into 36 tales of each country, 108 being a spiritual number! ITALY The journey in Italy is all ...

"We were too tired to help. Above 8,000 meters is not a place where people can afford morality." A Personal Account of the Mt Everest Disaster. Jon Krakauer himself went on an expedition to conquer Everest and he presents his account of what happened. The 1996 disaster will always be known as one of the deadliest season of Mt Everest. This was an amazing adventure account. Personally, I am rethinking about my plans now😂 It looks thrilling from the outside but the slopes of Everest are littered with corpses. "Everest has always been a magnet for kooks, publicity seekers, hopeless romantics and others with a shaky hold on reality." "With enough determination, any bloody idiot can get up this hill," Hall observed. "The trick is to get back down alive." Will not reveal more. The book is an adventure in itself. Happy reading:)  

 

 

 

 

  Hanged by British when he was 23. Bhagat Singh and few others raised voice against the tyrannical British government and died for the independence of India. Jail Diary includes letters from around 1925 to 1931. These letters show a strong intellectual personality, passion for India and his deep thought ideas about God and politics at the time. He was a book lover and his jail time was filled with reading books. He's an immortal figure and his thoughts are worth reading. I am grateful to have someone who fought for my independence knowing that he would have to sacrifice.

  If you are the type of person that jumps from interest to interest and you either have judgments around that, want to find a job suited to you, or just want to know it's okay to do that, this book rocks! I am a Generalist also known as Scanner in this book. My reasoning is that I have got one life and I am going to die. So why not explore, enjoy to the fullest and help others do the same! And that is unacceptable in the society 😂 at least around me. I flip things, try new stuff, leave some, keep some and I think I am not done yet! Barbara Sher gave positive affirmations and argues why 'we the people' are totally sane! Are you a generalist or a specialist?

  When her children were small, Anita Desai lived in Mumbai and often took them to a small fishing village on the Arabian Sea for holidays. They observed the lives of fishermen and rice and coconut farmers, but when the village was chosen as the site for a giant fertilizer factory, much was to change. A poor family that lived in a hut behind the big house went through these changes. The book is about the ways in which their lives were affected. Many families and many places in India have had this experience. The story is about a poor family in Thul, a coastal village in Maharashtra. Each day is about survival for them. The mother is ill and cannot move. The father, a habitual drinker, does no work. Hari and Lila are the elder siblings who abandoned their schooling to help the family earn pennies while their younger siblings go to school. The setting of the story is in their poor huts. With factories coming in their village, they are feared to be out of work soon. Gradually, th...

  Loved the story of  @aggarwalsandeep007  ! And I want to tell you, the kite will not only soar high but also inspire others to fly high. The book was a single-sitter for me. The flow was so smooth and captivating that I wanted it to keep going. Learnt a lot and I felt the experiences. To be honest, it moved me. ✍️ From hindi medium school to Wall Street, from working for Microsoft to coming back to home country and starting ShopClues and Droom. This is an exceptional story of Sandeep Aggarwal. ✍️ A relatable extract for current time: "I know you. You need to fly your kite once again. The winds are not favourable, so wait; but keep the kite and thread ready. Soon, with the right tailwind, you will be able to fly your kite higher than before." ✍️ Fun fact: Do you know that the fundamentals of a Unicorn startup was written in an aeroplane? The link to a nice video on this book can be found on YouTube . P.S: I am glad I picked up this book. Couldn't wait for it to deli...

  'what is stronger than the human heart which shatters over and over and still lives' Rupi Kaur became my saviour about two years ago and I hope you get your share of strength too. Afterall what's better than ending a Sunday with her poetry! Fun fact: Do you know why she has written the book in small letters? There's a beautiful story behind it. And in short, she is a Sikh from India who migrated to Canada. As an honour to her culture, she followed her traditional language script. A message to the reader: bloom✨ rupi kaur in her book 'milk and honey' dedicated a poem to you all. It touched me. And I present it to you. Remember you just need to bloom🌻 My interpretation: When it's painful and uncomfortable, When it doesn't go your way nor it seems to, Stay strong! Stay strong and make it the foundation for the roots of flowers that are waiting to bloom. You have given me the opportunity to express and blossom my flower and I tell you the secret: you...

 

 

  From a boy who narrowly escaped death during Partition (most of his family was not so lucky), to a juvenile delinquent who stole and outran the police, to a young Army recruit who ran his very first race to win special privileges for himself (a daily glass of milk). After that first race, Milkha Singh became an athlete by default. And what followed was the stuff legends are made of. 

  'My life is my message: nothing is impossible.' Not a single dull minute in Mary Kom's narration. Absolute gem of an autobiography. She is really 'Unbreakable'. From a landless poor family barely managing to live to winning olympic medal and still fighting for 2021 Olympics. Truly an extraordinary life! Mary Kom is a fighter and the book is sure to leave you speechless. She talks about her poverty, language, culture, discrimination she faced, her family, her love story, her kids, innumerous comebacks, foreign experiences, her fights, the stories behind the scenes, rivalries, her mindset and every possible details. P.S: This would make a lovely one-sitter