Book Review: All About Buddhism- The Religion of Peace by Monika Seth

The review for this book would be a short one as the short book is a basic guide about the religion of Buddhism. Monika Seth tells about Gautam Buddha, the principles, noble truths, eight-fold path, objectives, classification of Karma, character of Karma and the teachings of Buddhism. Buddhism originated about 2500 years ago when Siddhartha Gautma (known as Gautam) at the age of 35 got enlightened. Many people consider Buddhism more than...

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Book Review: Islands of Hope- Recollections of Dr Akhter Hameed Khan compiled by the AHK Resource Centre

Never before have I come across a more detailed book on the life and times of Dr. Akhter Hameed Khan who served humanity in a very special way and left behind a legacy for others to follow. Khan was a very different man. Some considered him a social scientist while others added various other titles including poet, scholar, community development expert and philosopher. Very early in his career he left the Indian Civil Services and opted to...

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Book Review: The New Silk Roads: The Present and The Future of the World by Peter Frankopan

The New Silk Roads is basically an update on the previous classic of Peter Frankopan published in 2015. This one published after three years from 2015 is about interconnectedness of the world, complexities and the emerging patterns in world politics. From Europe via Russia and Middle East the Silk Roads travel to China. Cooperation, strengthening of state level ties and intricacies of the networks of bondage are greatly debated in this book....

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Book Review: Hiouen-Thsang in India by J. Barthelemy Saint-Hilaire

Based on three chapters, Hiouen-Thsang in India is a very interesting account of the famous Chinese pilgrim who travelled to India in the seventh century. The first chapter states that Hiouen-Thsang belonged to an honorable family who at the age of twenty completes his novitiate and gets his full monastic orders. Hiouen-Thsang feels that he lacks many things and for this he is determined for travel in the countries of the west. He intends to...

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Book Review: The Greatest Minds and Ideas by Will Durant

Before reading the page of contents I came across a wonderful quote by Will Durant. He says: “If a man is fortunate he will, before he dies, gather up as much as he can of his civilized heritage and transmit it to his children. And to his final breath he will be grateful for this inexhaustible legacy, knowing that it is our nourishing mother and our lasting life”. This particular book has been divided into six chapters. ‘A shameless worship of...

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