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 # BookReview 📚  Title: Straight from the horse’s mouth Author: Haresh Sippy  Publication: Become Shakespeare  Genre: Self-Help   As the title says,the wisdom and maturity gained by life experiences are always fruitful in terms of advice.Written by Mr.Haresh Sippy,a pioneer in the field of process equipment manufacturing with over 40 years of experience as an entrepreneur,the words are from a person who has direct knowledge of the situations mentioned. We get to scrutinise any situation in a better manner when we are able to grasp the rootcause behind it.’Straight from the horse’s mouth’ is a collection of 100 quotes that covers a vast range of themes from personal growth/development to social behaviour to philosophy..etc I like the way the quotes were given straight away without much detailing and left the choice to the readers to analyse.A very short read with Crisp sayings that would inflict a positive influence in the readers’ minds. Many of the quotes wer...

JACINDA ARDERN- LEADING WITH EMPATHY   AUTHORS: Supriya Vani And Carl A.Harte   PUBLICATION : Harper Collins An autobiography of Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern ,the 40th prime minister of New Zealand. “If you want something DONE, ask a woman” – Margaret Thatcher  Two instances that remind me of the Ardern effect would be ‘The  2019 Christchurch mosque attack’ and the masterful ‘ go hard and go early’ campaign against COVID-19. Being a fan of female politicians in general,the read was an absolute delight to me.  The credits behind the frequent positive articles about New Zealand owes to ‘JACINDAMANIA’.Her grades  of empathy can be well understood by her perspectives of problem identification since childhood. Jacinda’s personal life incidents depicts her qualities as a sense of social responsibility activism and debating against injustice and strong morals with absolute commitment.   “ I respect people who have a set of values and ANY faith” says Jacinda o...

Book Review   Title : What the Pandemic learned from me Author : Anindita Das  Publication : Evincepub Publishing  ‘A hilarious antidote to the pain that Corona dealt us’- sums up the genre of the read. Almost 2 years down the line and we all are now used to the unprecedented effects of the pandemic.Sanitizers and Masks,Online shopping,work from home,lockdowns have become a new norm which we all have adapted to. This book is written in an open letter format where the author had shared the aspects of the new practices and routines we are dealing with... (Say Gardening,Baking,Blogging...and a lots) Inspite of the warm narration,the disturbing effects of the pandemic are also mentioned in each chapter. Importance of mental health and role of social media were explained neatly. A very short and interesting genre of read. Rating: 4/5 Best wishes to the author👍 

  The strength of the women is not measured by the impact that all her hardships in life have had on her; but instead measured by the extent of her refusal to allow those hardships to dictate her and who she becomes. Title : The GrandDaughter project  Author : Shaheen Chishti Genre : Fiction  A poignant fiction covering the life events of three women Kamla, Helga and Lynette narrated via letters which are read by their granddaughters Maya, Rebecca and Tanya respectively. The tragic life experiences depicts a vast number of exploitation and oppression against women.One will get to know and understand the hardships that women endure by being always subservient to men.Each line was filled with agony,pain and eternal torment.  An alternate angle of trauma endured by women during the times of historical tragedies of the 1943-Bengal famine, Hitler’s Holocaust and the 1958-Notting Hill race riots where are the main theme of the book. Read the book to find out ...How these w...