Wednesday 13 November 2019

Book Review : Fluid

Book Review : Fluid

Be more, be fluid.

Title - Fluid
Author - Ashish Jaiswal
Publisher - Wisdom Tree
Genre - Self help/non-fiction
Pages - 234
Format - Paperback

Fluid is a non-fiction book with a theme of education system in India. Our education system doesn't have any space for the people who want to go with a change. Grab this eye opener book and flow like a fluid.

Blurb -
Whether we are in a classroom or in the outside world, we are always forced to choose who we are. Always expected to walk towards a fixed goal. Never be uncertain, never fail or never alter our course. We are either artists or scientists or businessmen. We are being constantly reminded to embrace these identities with greater force. As they say, the more we remain folded in our fields, the better specialists we are.
Fluid shatters this myth by arguing that great minds who have changed the fate of humankind are actually the ones who failed, faltered or remained uncertain, yet never bothered to stay pasted to a rigid line. They were more. They were fluid.
In captivating storytelling narrative, Ashish Jaiswal takes us through groundbreaking research unravelling what binds the likes of Leonardo da Vinci, CV Raman, Steve Jobs, Charles Darwin and other geniuses and why being fluid like them could be our biggest winning strategy in the age of artificial intelligence.
Read to learn the approach required for world-class innovations, groundbreaking solutions and game-changing ideas.

Review -
1) The cover of the book is pretty good and the title of the book is unique and appreciate.
2) The plot of this book is strong and according to present day situations.
3) The book is divided into five sections as anti fluid,the danger of entering machine age etc. The last section is the bigger one with fluid questions.
4) The author has given several examples of famous personalities like Charles Darwin, CV Raman, Steve Jobs etc to put forward his views.
5) I liked the motto of the book 'be more than what you taught to be'. Hats off to the author for his research work.
6) The book highlights on the present Indian education system and helps to change the thinking of our community.
7) According to the author 'great minds who have changed the fate of human kind are actually ones who failed,faltered and remained uncertained'.
8) The examples and illustrations given in the book are readers friendly.
9) The language used in this book is simple and easily understandable.
10) The flow of the book is medium paced.
11)Read this book slowly to totally digest and for better understanding.
12) Overall, an enlightening read.

Rating - 5/5

I highly recommend this book to all young ones, teachers and parents.

About the author -
Ashish Jaiswal thinks that most of our current practices of education are dangerously outdated and we need to bring a paradigm shift in the way we are preparing ourselves for the coming future. Ashish has spoken and taught all around the world on the shift that is needed. His previous book, How to Reform a Business School, includes an on-campus multi-year case study of how Yale transformed its business school. Ashish’s debut work, True Dummy, an inspirational magical realist fable, has received worldwide praise from many including international media, celebrities and Nobel Prize winners.
Ashish has a PhD in Education and a Master’s in Higher Education from the University of Oxford and is currently an associate fellow at the Oxford Centre of Higher Education Policy Studies.

Thanks for reading.

Sunday 3 November 2019

Book Review : My Happily Ever After

Book Review : My Happily Ever After

Title - My Happily Ever After
Author - Sanjay Sharma
Publisher - Srishti
Genre - romance/fiction
Pages - 180
Format - Paperback
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Plot - The story revolves around the protagonist Keshav, a small town guy who lands up in Delhi for his engineering degree in a well known college. There he meets Aditi and is stumped by her beauty and heavenly voice. They bond over their dreams and passion as Keshav wants to be an author whereas Aditi wants to be a singer.
But just when things are going great between the two, a turning point pulls them apart. While she leaves him to pursue her dreams, he plunges into depression and anxiety.
Grab this book to read a heartwarming tale of friendship  dreams, and love which will motivate you to live the life of your dreams.
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Review -
1) The cover of the book could have been better and the title of the book is apt to the content.
2) The plot of the story is unique and motivational. It is a perfect blend of friendship,humour, love,drama,struggle with lots of hope, courage and motivation. All the emotions are very well narrated by the author.
3) This book totally depicts today's life of younger generation. It also highlights some social issues like depression, anxiety etc.
4) The language used by the author is simple and lucid. The writing style of the author is impressive.
5) The characters are very well developed and described by the author especially of Keshav and Aditi.
6) This book teaches us that life is not only about love but also the discovery of oneself.
7) The flow of the book is well paced. It is twist and turns which keeps the readers hooked till the end.
8) Overall, a motivational love story with a strong message to the youth.
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Rating - 4.8/5
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I highly recommend this book to all romance lovers out there.
About the author -
Sanjay Sharma teaches in an engineering college and lives in Ghaziabad. Reading and writing has been his life-long passion, and he loves to write motivational and inspirational stories. He has a keen interest in understanding human behavior, and is a creative thinker fascinated by spirituality.

Thanks for reading.

Friday 1 November 2019

Author Interview : Manjit Sargam Chawla

Author Interview : Manjit Sargam Chawla

Hello everyone,
Today I am going to introduce you to the author of 'Live, Love and Laugh'

Let's start!
1) Can you tell me a little bit about yourself?

Manjit Sargam Chawla a motivational speaker, corporate trainer, author, counsellor,
blogger. She used to give free motivational
classes to students and corporate to live their life to the
fullest.
She is First Indian women to write on Twin Flame Relationships and still researching from 2009, Currently Researching on Telepathy, astral projections, telepsychics, intuitions will come up soon with a book on it.
She is selected as a" 25  women of virtue", a coffee table book from all over the World.
Researched a technique to increase brain power of special differently-abled children and depression patients through the Indian ancient mantras merging with Hawaiian technique ho'oponopono and binaural beats at theta state. This technique will increase brain power and reduce stress. Recently in talks with Dr Nandini C Singh , Ex professor, NBRC, National Brain Research Centre, UNESCO ,MGEIP regarding evidential research on this Depression free India.

2) When did you first realise you wanted to be a writer? and When did you start writing? 
Ans: Well, I got an intuition or like a Deja Vu situation in my life that something big will going to happen in my life and maybe I have to leave this earthy plane soon and then the feeling arise to write the wisdom I have in me so that It should reach to the youth to live their life but was not able to write at that time and the time came when I met a serious accident and my right elbow has been crushed and then I wrote my books with my left hand. 

3)What is 'Live, Love and Laugh' about? 
 "LIVE,LOVE and LAUGH" will unleash your hidden potential by giving an insight into the power of thoughts, the effect they have on your health, body ,circumstances and how you become what you think.
You can bring into your life , more power, more wealth, more health , more happiness and more joy by learning to contact and release the hidden power of your mind and learn to attract  prosperity, better relationships, confidence , success and happiness.
Real Life events of people who have applied these principles in their lives and manifested their dreams and create positive changes in their own lives are shared in this book.
You will finally understand just about everything that's happening in your own life as well as in the lives of those you're interacting with.

4) What motivated you to write this book? 
 Again, The Wisdom I have in me should not go wasted, The sufferings of many friends who come to me for guidance and counselling , inspired me to write what I have.

5) Are all your books of the same genre or different? 
My Second Book " The Mystic of Twin Flame " is on Twin Flame connection, Soulmates, or Reincarnations, The other two are mainly on Law of Attraction and way of Living. Although for Twin Flame guidance you must have to read Live Love and Laugh on your Twin Flame journey . It will help you to nourish your soul on the path of awakening.

6) What's the best experience you've gained through writing? 
Love, The Love of readers make my eyes wet and bring the tears of happiness and satisfaction when they acknowledge that they get benefited from my writings.

7) How do you handle negative feedbacks? 
It's the part of life. Negative Feedbacks never mean that the other is wrong or I am wrong, These are perceptions, vary from individual to individual and any negative feedback encourage me to improve myself and also to learn more on my own path.

8) Who is your favorite Indian and foreign author? 
My Favourite Indian Author is Sir Robin Sharma and Foreign Author is Dr. Joseph Murphy, Sir Paulo Coehlo, Dr Brein Weiss.

9) What are your future plans? 
My next book which will be the second Part of The Twin Flame journey includes telepathy, astral projections, intutions and chakra healing.

10) How soon can your readers expect your next book? 
Well, finger crossed will come by 2020.

11) Any message to all aspiring authors?
What can I message to any other Author, Just one thing I want to convey is write from your heart and the whole World will read it.

Thanks for reading.