Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2015

On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 8:35 AM Thaths wrote: > For the seventh year in a row, I am turning to silk listers for book > recommendation this holiday season. > > What have you read over the last year that has left a mark on you? What > are you eagerly looking forward to reading over the

[silk] The anti-bucket list

Inspired by something I saw on reddit, what are the things you "can't be paid enough to try", and why not? For me, an incomplete list: - Summiting any meaningful peak. Frostbite and oxygen deprivation? No thanks. - Starting another company from scratch. Been there, done that, had fun, not doing

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2015

On Thu, Dec 26, 2019 at 11:17 AM Alok Prasanna Kumar wrote: > To add to the already fantastic books on this list (in no particular order) > > 2. India Moving: A History of Migration by Chinmay Tumbe > This reminded me of another excellent book I read in 2019 that was a good introduction to the

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2015

On Thu, Dec 26, 2019 at 7:49 AM Anil Kumar wrote: > Any takers for a book recommendation thread this year? > > Two books I enjoyed reading are: > > 1. This Divided Island - Samanth Subramaniam. 2. A Beginner's Guide to Japan - Pico Iyer. > I also enjoyed 'Autumn Light' by Pico Iyer. Other

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2015

To add to the already fantastic books on this list (in no particular order) 1. Caste Matters by Suraj Yengde 2. India Moving: A History of Migration by Chinmay Tumbe 3. Interrogating My Chandal Life by Manoranjan Byapari 4. Mohanaswamy by Vasudhendra (older but read this year) 5. The Flaming Feet

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2015

The books I liked are: * Bottle of Lies (Katherine Eban) - from having a very scattered awareness of the underbelly of generics, the book was useful to understand what goes on. * Coming Out As Dalit (Yashica Dutt) - aside from the topical nature of the memoir, the writing/prose has strength which

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2015

My top reads by genre this year. In a departure for me, there was hardly anything related to identity, rights or history, still a rich harvest! Literary fiction: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towler (it gave me joy) Crime/Thriller: The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow, the first of his acclaimed

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2015

My top 10 (no ranks) this year: A Horse Walked Into A Bar - David Grossman Milkman - Anna Burns Less - Andrew Sean Greer Not Quite Not White : Losing and Finding Race in America - Sharmila Sen Winners Take All : The Elite Charade of Changing The World - Anand Giridharadas The RTI Story : Power To

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2015

I found "The Dreamers" by Snigdha Poonam to be an enlightening story of India's descent into an amoral, "every man for himself" society. Venky

Re: [silk] The anti-bucket list

Thanks for pointing Casu Marzu out Udhay. Had never heard of it before. For me, a similar list would be 1. Networking events. 2. Anything in this list . Shoba -- https://shobanarayan.com/ > >

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2015

On Thu, Dec 26, 2019 at 6:58 AM Thaths wrote: > On Wed, Dec 25, 2019 at 4:35 AM Anil Kumar > wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 8:35 AM Thaths wrote: > > > > > For the seventh year in a row, I am turning to silk listers for book > > > recommendation this holiday season. > > > > > > What have

Re: [silk] The anti-bucket list

On Wed, Dec 25, 2019 at 10:50 PM Peter Griffin wrote: > - Starting another company from scratch. Been there, done that, had fun, > > not doing it again. > > > > You were not paid enough to try? > These days, I get paid for helping others navigate the path of entrepreneurship. Udhay --

Re: [silk] The anti-bucket list

On Wed, Dec 25, 2019 at 3:15 AM Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Inspired by something I saw on reddit, what are the things you "can't be > paid enough to try", and why not? > > For me, an incomplete list: > > - Summiting any meaningful peak. Frostbite and oxygen deprivation? No > thanks. > Anything

Re: [silk] The anti-bucket list

On Wed, Dec 25, 2019 at 4:45 PM Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Inspired by something I saw on reddit, what are the things you "can't be > paid enough to try", and why not? > > For me, an incomplete list: > > - Summiting any meaningful peak. Frostbite and oxygen deprivation? No > thanks. > - Starting

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2015

On Wed, Dec 25, 2019 at 4:35 AM Anil Kumar wrote: > On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 8:35 AM Thaths wrote: > > > For the seventh year in a row, I am turning to silk listers for book > > recommendation this holiday season. > > > > What have you read over the last year that has left a mark on you? What >