My Books Review: July '11

1) Rich dad poor dad: Perhaps this is the most influential book ever written about money for a layman. The author of the book is Robert Kiyosaki who bursts out age old myths associated with money. It is a truly revolutionary book which changes the way in which money is seen, the fundamentals of finance and which gives a new philosophy of accruing money and managing it. We have heard the terms intelligence quotient, emotional quotient but this book is about increasing the financial quotient. This is one of the books that I thoroughly enjoyed reading. This book is for all who want to know about money, the intelligent ways of playing with it.

2) Frankenstein: This is an all time classic written by Mary Shelley. I read it because of its huge fame and its timelessness. It is written over two centuries ago and still people remember and recognize it. A zealot in his mad pursuit creates a being without foreseeing the effects and the creature is endowed with superhuman powers. The monster thus created, goes on killing people. It has its own valid points for the killing. Besides the horror, there is a moral dilemma presented in the novel. One more thing that I observed in this novel is that many words that are used in the novel have been deviated from their original meaning long ago and they are no longer used as they were used before. A few words like ‘gay’, ‘intercourse’, ‘molesting’. Intercourse is used to mean socializing or to interact. Gay is used to be lively or active. These words are no longer used in the present as they are used in this novel. 

3) Enlightenment-Life-the-Way-it-is: This book is a compilation of many discourses of Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, founder of Isha foundation. Some day I wish to write about this enigmatic yet beautiful person called Sadhguru. Now about the book: The book is a compilation of many questions by seekers and Sadhguru’s answers to them. The book ponders over the too often misunderstood, misquoted phenomenon called enlightenment. As Sadhguru says, none can speak about enlightenment but can speak around it. It also discusses various other things like personality, mind, meditation, love, yoga, role of a guru, inner management and many more things that are quite relevant for the human well being. This book is a delightful read.