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Bookstrapping: Friends with benefits by Seema Sirohi

The book documents a funny incident about PM Modi’s September 2014 visit to the US, calling it the ‘strangest dinner’ ever hosted by an American President, because the chief guest Narendra Modi didn't eat! He was fasting, while all others enjoyed a three course meal with wine. Officials on both sides marvelled at Modi's ability to stay focused and maintain the visits’ hectic schedule. (Image source: Amazon)

The author touches upon the strained relationship between India and the US, the importance of ‘language’ in diplomacy and pivotal incidents surrounding the visit of former and current Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Narendra Modi, and foreign minister Sushma Swaraj. Rating: 3.5 stars

Bookstrapping: The Story of Art Without Men by Katy Hessel

As per the book, the horror of horrors appears in the introduction itself- in the 19th century, art dealers used to erase women’s signatures from paintings and replace it with more well-known male names. Because women’s smaller less creative brains were supposed to be less capable of professional art. (Image source: Amazon)

The book lists details on various forms of art, highlights on the Italian city of Bologna, traces ‘Western Art History’ and mentions global names in western art. Rating: 4 Stars.

Bookstrapping: The Fun Habit by Mike Rucker

The author divides our activities into four quadrants: pleasing, living, yielding and agonising. He encourages to maximise the former, and recognise and minimise the latter. (Image source: Amazon)

The book taps on the importance of making space for fun, developing strict self-discipline for it, and to make it a habit. Further, the book also lists down tips on how to have fun. Rating-3.5 stars

Bookstrapping: All The Lives We Never Lived by Anuradha Roy

Anuradha Roy's book All the Lives We Never Lived recently won the Sahitya Akademi Award for 2022 in the English language category. (Image source: Amazon)

This book review comes close on the heels of International Women’s Day and in the middle of women’s month. Hence, we are celebrating a breakthrough Indian woman author, whose lexical lyricism makes reading effortless. Bookstrapping Rating: 3.5 stars

Bookstrapping: Unfiltered, The CEO and the Coach by Ana Lueneburger and Saurabh Mukherjea

Ana Lueneburger and Saurabh Mukherjea's brave decision to be transparent can potentially trigger two kinds of reactions. One, why are they stating the obvious? Or two, look how honest they are, says our reviewer. (Image source: Amazon)

This book by Ana Lueneburger and Saurabh Mukherjea genuinely attempts to explain the coaching process end to end. The authors have kept it real and don’t gloss over the details. Bookstrapping Rating: 3.5 stars

Bookstrapping: Rishi Sunak, The Rise by Michael Ashcroft

For a non-British reader, the narrative of Rishi Sunak’s work as Secretary of Treasury under senior British Pakistani politician Sajid Javid, their working equation and the torpedoing events that led him to eventually succeed the latter at No.11 Downing Street offers novel insights. (Image source of book: Amazon)

In the book, painting a flawless portrait of Rishi Sunak is probably the reason why readers will feel that ‘something is missing’. There is no mention of the classic follies of youth or the swagger of fat young paychecks. Bookstrapping Rating: 3 stars

Bookstrapping: India’s pathways to success by Ganesh Natarajan and Ejaz Ghani

The book is a placeholder for a period in time, for those seeking to make sense of India’s somewhat dawdling, often chaotic but determined journey post independence.

The simplicity and foundational nature of the arguments in the book are akin to your grandmother reminding you of truths too inconvenient to implement. Bookstrapping rating: 3.5 stars.

Bookstrapping: Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away

Another strategy to get better at quitting is to enlist a quitting coach, simply an outside observer to help us with the decisions. Think of that person you know, in a horrible job or a toxic relationship! Its plain to us that they should walk away, but they can't see it for themselves. (Image source: Amazon)

This book authored by Annie Duke is nothing less than a toolkit for mastering the skill of quitting and embracing it. Our reviewer Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta shares key highlights. Bookstrapping Rating: 3.5

Bookstrapping: The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin

Who is Rick Rubin again? He's a music producer. He knows a thing or two about productivity, given that he has delivered countless hits, from Adele and Jay-Z to Neil Young.

Hey, all you marketing minds! Do you know how to make blazing creativity a ‘given’ rather than a difficult task? Author Rick Rubin points out that its entirely in your hands! And his book has one of the most minimalistic covers you have seen in a long time! BookStrapping Rating: 3.5 stars

Bookstrapping: The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human

Siddhartha Mukherjee manages to provide a detailed account of the cell as well as a wide-ranging emphasis on its evolving role in science and medicine. It truly is a remarkable lens of exploration and insight into what makes us human, into the emergent properties that constitute life!

The musicality and symphony of our body’s cellular structure is what Siddhartha Mukherjee’s The Song of The Cell is all about. This book completes his hattrick, after ‘The Emperor of All Maladies’ and ‘The Gene.’ Mukherjee keeps a wide lens, covering cellular therapy, the history of medicine, the politics of science and its interplay with our lives. Bookstrapping rating- 3.5 stars