Rahul Desai's Blog

Tragic Story Of Partition

Dr Bharat Desai

June 21, 2012

7 mins read

The only reason for India-Pakistan partition was Congress - few Congress leaders who were old, tired, not ready to fight anymore and having a deep political desire of getting power at the earliest. All this made them accept partition without...

The One Minute Apology

Dr Bharat Desai

September 27, 2010

About a min read

Dr Bharat Desai's review of "The One Minute Apology" by Ken Blanchard and Margret McBride: A powerful way to make things better. A manipulative technique for getting what you want. A power of forgiveness to improve or repair relationships, your...

Train To Pakistan

Arthi Audiseshan

August 08, 2010

2 mins read

Author: Khushwant Singh/ Publisher: Grove Press/ ISBN: 9780802132215 Arthi is back to pen her thoughts down and so is Train to Pakistan - one of my long-loved books. Here's a guest post, the book review of Train to Pakistan. Although I have...

So Much For Reading!

Rahul Desai

July 28, 2010

2 mins read

Like in Nagesh Kukunoor’s ‘3 Deewarein’ three independent incidences took place with me in the recent past, which were meant to be linked by the end. That’s the only part in common with 3 Deewarein; the plot and the story in my case were...

2 States (The Story Of My Marriage)

Shefali Gadroo

June 30, 2010

2 mins read

Author: Chetan Bhagat/ Publisher: Rupa & Co/ ISBN: 9788129115300 Just finished reading Two States and thought of sharing its review. Two States is fourth in line from Chetan Bhagat after blockbusters Five point someone, One night at call centre...

Quick 15, Favorite 15

Rahul Desai

October 12, 2009

2 mins read

There was this note by my cousin - Khushboo on Facebook some time back about listing fifteen books (in really short span of time with some other wacky (whacky?) ‘rules’). One of the rules talked about listing ‘the first fifteen books I’ve read’....

India Unbound - Gurcharan Das

Rahul Desai

April 05, 2006

About a min read

Author: Gurcharan Das/ Publisher: Penguin Books India/ ISBN: 9780143063018This being the first review on this blog, I wanted to write something really interesting (and inviting enough that a reader feels like revisiting). Before I can write a...