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How to Read More Classics? – Books Tea and More
"A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say"- Italo Calvino "A classic is a book that survives the circumstances that made it possible yet alone keeps those circumstances alive"- Alfred Kazin Mark Twain once said, "A classic is a book that everybody praises but no one has read". Many…
Book Review: Who Owns that Song? – Books Tea and More
The past is past (Sendrathini meelaathu moodare by Subramania Bharati translated by M.L.Thangappa) The past is past, you fools! It never comes back. Why cling to its vestiges. And pine for the dead memories Living in endless hankerings And fretting yourself to death? Let bygones be gone. Feel intensely. That you are fresh born This…
Book Review: Where India Goes: Abandoned Toilets, Stunted Development and the Costs of Caste – Books Tea and More
It's easy to pass judgments, say things are wrong. Undoing those wrongs requires contemplation and a search for the cause that is manifesting this wrong. Author: Diane Coffey, Dean Spears Pages: 271 Format: Paperback Publisher: Harper Collins Genre: Non-Fiction About the book: India has the highest rate of open defecation in the world. Open defecation often…
Book Review: The Tutor of History – Books Tea and More
"And then he entered middle age and lost his job, and suffered, somehow a cataclysm of mind"- Manjushree Thapa, The tutor of history "People weren't all meat and blood. At the core everyone was a spirit, untouched by gross violations-Manjushree Thapa, The tutor of history A kaleidoscope of history and life's. Author: Manjushree Thapa Pages: 469…
Author spotlight: Robert Seethaler – Books Tea and More
"How many farewells can a person bear, he thought. Perhaps more than we think. Perhaps not even one. Nothing but farewells wherever we stay, wherever we go; we ought to be told this."- Robert Seethaler (The Tobacconist) I discovered Robert Seethaler through Instagram. One of my friend and amazing bookstagrammer Paulami posted his books on her…
Have we been reading self help books the wrong way? – Books Tea and More
Whenever I interact with my fellow book lovers and friends about non fiction books the thread of self help book and its effectiveness is discussed on. Baring a few who swear by them a majority of us including me, tend to have quite a skeptical opinion regarding them. Often we say that fiction is actually…
Book Review: Educated by Tara Westover – Books Tea and More
Genre: Nonfiction (Memoir) Publisher: Penguin Random House Format: E book About the book: The book is a memoir of Tara Westover who grew up in an orthodox Mormon family on Buck Peak, Idaho. Tara Westover has a Ph. D. from Cambridge, while some may wonder that yes this is praiseworthy but what is the…
Nepali books and author recommendation – Books Tea and More
Happy international mother language day everyone. So my mother language is Nepali. While I am not a linguist some facts that I know about the Nepali language is as follows: Nepali owes its origin to the language Khas Kura which was spoken by the war tribes "Khas" who lived in Eastern Uttarakhand and Western Nepal.…
Non Fiction November 2017 Wrap Up – Books Tea and More
"The word 'creative' refers simply to the use of literary craft in presenting nonfiction—that is, factually accurate prose about real people and events—in a compelling, vivid manner. To put it another way, creative nonfiction writers do not make things up; they make ideas and information that already exist more interesting and, often, more accessible"- Lee…
Book Review: Job be Damned – Books Tea and More
Author: Rishi Piparaiya Pages: 252 Format: Paperback Publisher: Harper Collins Genre: Non-Fiction (Business and Mangement) About the book: Positioned as a career guide the books deals with the premise of how we all are mediocre employees and how we can be the best average employee. It offers an overview of what corporate life can be…