My Favourite Books by Sachin Karpe

It is said, one who stops reading stops leading. Rightly so, people who don’t read are so cocooned in life. Reading as a habit, once cultivated, takes you to new heights of a high, knowledge, virtue and wisdom. Some of my favourite books that I strongly recommend to any kinds of a reader.

Alchemist By Paulo Coelho

A story of belief and faith. A quest to achieve something and a desire to struggle for it. These 2 sentences best describe the book. A hidden message within the book is the need to pursue a dream and be ready to achieve it, come what may.

Lady you are not a man:

A recent Indian best seller, written by Apurva Purohit, CEO of Radio City, the book is a combination of cheeky lessons every woman at work needs to consider. A woman at work is no less than a jugular in the circus of life. Book proves to be a simple guide to many woman by a woman who herself is a stalwart in the industry.

Wings of Fire: Abdul Kalam

Autobiographies have always interested me. Especially if they are not self proclaimed and depict a true picture of struggle by the protagonist. This is one such book which talks about the rise of a simple village-boy from the rags of his small home to the leading the most prestigious space project by India till becoming the president of India. An inspiration for every Indian.

The last lecture: Randy Pausch

Life comes to an end some day, the bitter truth, when encounters us, leaves us all shattered. But, little do we know that life is to be celebrated and not mourned at any event. This book is a tale of this author, who upon realizing that he has limited days to live owing to cancer, records the best of his experiences as a lecture to his university students, in a bid to preserve hem for his three children.

Mahabharat:

Mythology and especially Mahabharat teaches lessons which no management, self help of a philosophy book can ever teach. Human emotions are the most difficult subjects to deal with. Mahabharat is a tale ofmany such emotions and their repercussions. It is a story of duty, vengeance, karma and devotion where each character has a message to take away from. As for me, I see no character in Mahabharat as godly. They were humans, caught in the trap of their doings.