List: Book Reviews | Curated by Ashok Subramanian

Feb 12, 2025
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Book ReviewsReviews of the books Ashok has read.
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Book Review: Rise of the Startup SherpasA must-read book for those who are willing to guide mountaineers
Feb 11
Feb 11
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Book Review: Narmada — River of BeautyThe end of 2024 motivated me to hit the gym, work on a story for another manuscript, and, most importantly, focus on the Middle River…
Jan 2
Jan 2
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Book Review: Plentiful SpringsDear Diary,
Dec 23, 2024
Dec 23, 2024
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Book Review: The Good Earth — Part 2In Part 1 of our review, we examined the lives, times, and concepts of wealth and assets as depicted in ‘The Good Earth’. In this part, we…
Dec 21, 2024
Dec 21, 2024
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Book Review: Birthday GirlThis is my first tryst with Haruki Murakami. My brother is an avid Japanese reader. You might want to read my review of Pico Iyer’s Autumn…
Nov 24, 2024
Nov 24, 2024
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Book Review: The Good Earth — Part 1Good Earth, Bad Silver
Nov 18, 2024
Nov 18, 2024
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Series Review: IC814 — whose life is worthier?I completed the IC814 series in two halves, over three months. My wife walked away, saying, “Why rip the bandages when they aren’t…
Nov 11, 2024
Nov 11, 2024
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Journal: Fountainhead — A ReviewMy second book of the year is quite unexpected… and the first time for me in the literary criticism genre — especially fiction.
Oct 3, 2024
Oct 3, 2024
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Book Review: The Fountainhead -Part 5 (Ayn Rand)Before you read Part 5 below, here are Parts 1, 2,3, and 4.
Oct 1, 2024
Oct 1, 2024
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Book Review: The Fountainhead ( Part 4: Howard Roark)Before you read Part 4 below, here are Parts 1, 2 and 3.
Sep 25, 2024
Sep 25, 2024
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Book Review: The Fountainhead ( Part 3: Gail Wynand)Fountainhead, the magnum opus that occupies an exalted status among its legion of fans, has made my approach to the reviews more exhaustive…
Aug 20, 2024
Aug 20, 2024
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Book Review: The Fountainhead ( Part 2: Ellsworth M. Toohey)I read the second part of Fountainhead with trepidation given that I had structured my understanding in part 1. I was warned about losing…
Aug 8, 2024
Aug 8, 2024
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Book Review: The Fountainhead: Part 1 ( Peter Keating)Fountainhead, by Ayn Rand, came as a reading challenge to me. The book was bought and shipped to me by one of my book club friends. Then a…
May 21, 2024
May 21, 2024
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Book Review: Autumn LightIf I were to tell you that I am writing a book of farewells, then you would understand why this book review makes sense to me. Pico Iyer is…
Feb 4, 2024
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Feb 4, 2024
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Book Review: Empress ( The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan)Indira Gandhi — the famous, fearless, first Prime Minister of India. She set a benchmark — she fought and won a war, meddled with Punjab…
Jan 2, 2024
Jan 2, 2024
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Book Review: The Smile of MuruganTravelogues are personal diaries. Will a reader understand this? I don’t know. But when it is put in front of a reader, we will have to…
Dec 24, 2023
Dec 24, 2023
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Book Review: Oh My GoddessFor a person who thrives on heavy subjects of the human mind, last week has been a change of sorts. But sometimes it is relatable, given…
Dec 17, 2023
Dec 17, 2023
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Book Review: The Diary of a Young GirlMy review of ‘The Boy in the Stripped Pyjamas’ prompted an emotional response from my son Anirudh Narayanan.A, as he ordered a copy of ‘The…
Nov 28, 2023
Nov 28, 2023
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Book Review: Shoe DogI bought this book almost five years ago at an airport. I admit that I am a book hoarder. I buy more books than I can read. But this year I…
Nov 9, 2023
Nov 9, 2023
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Book Review: Hacker’s DiaryAfter the poem series Dubai Diaries, it is the turn of another diary — ‘Hacker’s Diary’ by Adam Prockstem Smith.
Oct 13, 2023
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Oct 13, 2023
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