A magician shows the author a magic trick. He will hold out playing cards one at a time and the author must, without seeing them, sort them into two piles by colour – red or black. How can he possibly get them all right? To his surprise, he doesn’t make a single mistake. The magicianContinue reading “Stolen Focus”
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Into Thin Air
In 1996, Jon Krakauer, a mountaineer and journalist, was commissioned by Outside magazine to join and write about a commercial expedition to climb Mount Everest. The journey ended in disaster. Krakauer weaves a history of Mount Everest and different expeditions, famous climbers of the past and his present as well as the culture of climbingContinue reading “Into Thin Air”
The Order of Time
In this small book filled with giant ideas, Carlo Rovelli gently teases apart everything we take for granted about the concept of time. That it travels in a linear direction from the past to the future, that it exists independent of us, that we are subjected to it and at its mercy. One would notContinue reading “The Order of Time”
Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui
This is a simple but revelatory guide to freeing yourself from patterns, habits and the past by assessing your relationship with everything you own. It outlines how clutter affects you – from keeping you in the past to making you feel tired and overwhelmed to even manifesting as extra body weight and it explores theContinue reading “Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui”
How to Build a Car
As a new fan of Formula 1, I had never heard of Adrian Newey. Karun Chandok, one of the F1 commentators, mentioned this book on air and it seemed like an interesting way to gain a better understanding of the the sport and its cars. It turns out Newey is instrumental in designing the changingContinue reading “How to Build a Car”
Friends
In the last few years, most of us have taken stock of our relationships and have either strengthened or mourned changing dynamics. Yet, we don’t necessarily understand what creates these changes – whether it’s ultra personal to us or simply the nature of our social fabric. Friends are good for us – they make usContinue reading “Friends”
Four Thousand Weeks
“We treat everything we’re doing- life itself, in other words – as valuable only insofar as it lays the groundwork for something else.” What a revelatory, life-affirming book! It examines our relationship with time, how we perceive it, use it and try to outrun the knowledge that it is so limited for us – anContinue reading “Four Thousand Weeks”
Ayesha Anna Ninan 