Sunday, July 17, 2011

Stay Hungry, stay foolish - A review

Captivating stories of 25 IIMA graduates who denied following conventional paths and turned into entrepreneurs. The (steve jobs) borrowed lines "stay hungry, stay foolish" goes well as a books title.
by: Samima Shah

My feudal lord- A review

 Best seller of its time .... read it when i was only 17 yr old.... the whole book was a big shock for me at that tender age .... but realized it later that stories like these are all around me .... I entered my womanhood legacy with the experiences of this author .... understanding Jane Austen was easy .... but reading Tehmina was pretty arduous.( Samima)

A crooked line - A review

Ismat is my all time favourite, great and brave woman with the courage to speak on taboos of our society. this novel (which I read in Urdu) is her masterpiece on the pros n cons of life.
by: Samima Shah

Apology of Socrates by Plato- A review

"the easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves", the line that says all.
by: Samima Shah

War and Peace- A review

Read it several years back, was recommended to me by my English professor in college.Its a huge, huge book to read.... with hundreds of characters, story spaced over decades and over 1000 pages lost interest many times but patience was paid of in the end. perhaps thats why it is hailed as the greatest novel of all times. Plotting of characters over decades is amazing and is so precise to make 'war nd peace' so amazing.
by: Samima Shah