Tag: Bookstrapping

Bookstrapping: In a conversation with Scaling Mount UPSC’s author Sajjan Yadav

“I cleared my exams in the pre-internet days. I was from Hisar, Haryana and I went to Jawahar Book Depot and asked for the IAS books. That’s all. Today, the internet is making it easier, but people who want to join a preparatory course, often move cities,” Sajjan Yadav noted in his conversation with Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta. (Image Source: Amazon)

Scaling Mount UPSC’s author Sajjan Yadav, in his conversation with Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta, cautioned that the first few years of being in service would require passion and diligence in order to sail through the tide.

Bookstrapping: T.J. Power’s “The Dose Effect”

"The author highlights that our brain is a survival expert. Therefore, understanding brain chemistry is the key. It empowers us to comprehend the biological basis of our thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. This knowledge can lead to more effective treatments for mental health disorders and foster a greater appreciation for the intricate and delicate balance that governs our inner world," Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta highlighted in her review. (Image Source: Amazon)

Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta highlights that reading T.J. Power’s “The Dose Effect” reminds that recognizing the power of neuro-chemicals allows for more informed discussions about the ethical implications of manipulating these systems. This further encourages a more compassionate and scientifically grounded approach to understanding the human condition.

Bookstrapping – Nalanda: How It Changed The World by Abhay K

Nalanda was never a university built with a blue print. It was initially a stupa in honour of Sariputra, the scholar. Then it became a Vihara for Buddhist monks and finally it evolved into a University (Mahavihara) in the 5th century of the common era, highlights Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta in her review. (Image Source: X)

In this week’s Bookstrapping, reviewer Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta highlights that the Author Abhay K offers a good range of explanations for Nalanda’s decline – foreign invasions, the resurgence of Brahminism and the decline of patronage to Buddhism.

Bookstrapping: The Paradox of surging authors and dwindling readers

"Books in other languages, particularly those from culturally rich regions like Latin America and Europe, are gaining traction now through translation and increased international exposure. Every author is contributing to building a reading culture, even if it is to promote their own book," stated Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta. (Image Source: Unsplash)

In this week’s bookstrapping, Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta highlights that while the ease of publishing has led to a proliferation of books, the attention economy remains fiercely competitive.

Bookstrapping: Trillions by Robin Wigglesworth

In Trillions, Robin Wigglesworth explains why the indexing revolution has saved investors, billions of dollars in fees and has shaken up the investment industry. It has also created a more democratized landscape - allowing small investors access to diversified portfolios previously available to institutional investors only, reviews Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta. (Image Source: Amazon)

Robin Wigglesworth’s book traces the development of the idea that hedge funds and investors can never do better than an index fund in the long run., highlights Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta in her review.

Why AI may never match the human brain!

"Learning was not the core function of the first ever brain that appeared roughly 600 mn years ago in a multicellular body. The brain was meant to help the body steer towards good and away from bad. This established the basis of movement and associative learning," writes Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta. (Image Source: Amazon)

In this week’s Bookstrapping, Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta lists down bookstrapping insights on ‘A brief history of intelligence’ by Max Bennet.

Bookstrapping: Damsels, distress and literary prowess

Women's voices in literature have not only created new categories, but also maintained a balanced narrative of the world we live in. (Image Source: Amazon)

In this week’s Bookstrapping, Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta lists down books highlighting women’s voices in contemporary literature.

Have Indian writers overlooked the country’s military past?

The festival will also see former NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant’s book, How India Scaled Mount G20, Air Vice Marshall Arjun Subramaniam’s Shooting Straight, Lt Gen Y.K. Joshi’s Who Dares Wins (a Vir Chakra awardee for his role in the Kargil War), and K.V. Ramesh’s Lights, Camera, War, being launched. (Image Source: Future Army Officers Academy)

In this week’s Bookstrapping, Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta touches upon the Max City VoW LitFest being organized at the historic National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai, and how it is the first to provide a platform to discuss upon geopolitics, military and social sciences.

CM Rekha Gupta may inspire books on student politics, women CMs

Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta highlights that a handful of chief ministers have a lone literary signature. To note, Sushma Swaraj has a book ‘The People’s Minister’ written by Sushmita Datta and Gujarat’s Anandiben Patel has a book ‘Dare, Dream, Do: The Extraordinary Life Of Anandiben Patel’ co-authored with Anurag Garg. (Image Source: News18)

In this week’s Bookstrapping, Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta lists down books on student politics and biographies on the women chief ministers of India.

Bookstrapping: Of Sita, Rama, Dharma and Love

What if ‘Dharma’, was not just duty, but an alignment with the higher forces of love, that make the preservation of our world possible? Author Dena Merriam talks about this, in her book 'The Untold Story of Sita: An Empowering Tale for our Time'. (Image Source: Amazon)

In this week’s Bookstrapping, our reviewer Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta lists down five books which touch upon the unique love stories alive within the Ramayana and the bond that Rama and Sita shared.