Sunday, December 7, 2008
Purpose of the Blog
This blog is an invitation for you to share your opinion about any book, learning, comments on new books, it will help each of us to grow by learning from each other experiences, knowledge.
I feel there is so much in the books, a immense knowledge base, if utilized constructively can change the whole world, every writer presents his thoughts in the form of books and as everybody is unique, the thought process brings new ideas, which help us to understand people and this world better, it also brings self realizations, our own stories.
It will be a focus from my end that i share with you guys the books i am reading and also my picks/summary of that book.One can also share his or her opinion about the current affairs(Political/Business or anything).
Let us all be a solution provider, a contributor in one way or another.
Thanks
Manish Malik
Quote
"For some of us, books are important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite you. Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they show us how to live and die. They are full of all the things that you don’t get in real life—wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. And quality of attention: we may notice amazing details during the course of a day but we rarely let ourselves stop and pay attention. An author makes you notice, makes you pay attention, and this is a great gift. My gratitude for good writing is unbounded…"
–Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life (1994), 15.