Abhijit and Kishore go on a rant about their inability to finish One Hundred Years of Solitude

Novel by Gabriel García Márquez.

They cite analogies and make fun of Google while ending the discussion on a note about Niel Postman's Amusing ourselves to Death.

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Kishore and Abhijit wrap up the year and discuss the best books they read in 2021 and what they plan on reading in 2022.

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We review Anjum Hasan's Net Neti, digress on the topic of Indian books vs Foreign ones and give our recommendations.

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We discuss The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells sort-of of because there's not much to say. But that doesn't stop us from saying random things to..well fill out time.

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The last ball of the first over consists of us discussing Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman. A philosophical digression, some tech challenges but an overall pretty solid discussion of a pretty good book.

References:

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

A Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan

Riding the Elephant by Craig Ferguson

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A review of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel "The Great Gatsby".

Recommendations:

Kishore - 

1.) The Spirit of Enquiry: Notes of Dissent by T.M. Krishna

Abhijit -

1.) 6 things I wish I knew the day I started Berklee by Derek Sivers

2.) The Unlazy Way

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A book that we don't deserve but one that we desperately need, this week we will be reviewing Cal Newport's Deep Work.

It's fascinating, helpful and we are actually applying the tactics that Cal has mentioned to our work life.

Recommendations:

Kishore: Stray Birds by Rabindranath Tagore

Abhijit: Advice to a Young Man Hoping to Go Somewhere by Ryan Holiday

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This week, we are discussing Phil Knight's Shoe Dog.

It tells the story of Blue Ribbon, which eventually became Nike.

This week we delve into the world of running.

Abhijit and Kishore discuss about "The Incomplete Book of Running" by NPR's Peter Sagal. They review the book, talk about their running experiences, food choices, among other things.

Call it the pilot, the trial ball or the sample -- This is Episode 1 of The "Books and Other Things" show!

This week, we discuss the classic novel "1984" by George Orwell. It has been considered as the book that foreshadowed a lot of what's happening in the world today when it comes to politics, privacy, surveillance, etc.

Listen to Abhijit and Kishore as they go through their pickings and theories in this hour long production.

Also, stay tuned till the end to find out next week's book.