Books
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Still Born by Guadalupe Nettel, translated from the Spanish by Rosalind Harvey
*Spoiler Alert “…. sometimes children come to us without us having planned it….as if someone had deposited an egg in…
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‘EVOLUTION IN FOUR DIMENSIONS’ BY EVA JABLONKA AND MARION LAMB
The concepts of survival of the fittest, competition for resources, and genes as the drivers of evolution are deeply ingrained…
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Dear People, with Love and Care, Your Doctors by Dr. Debraj Shome & Dr. Aparna Govil Bhaskar
As a practicing Pediatric dentist, my daily work schedule involves constant engagement with parents and children. My relationship with my…
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WHY WE SLEEP By Matthew Walker
O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature’s soft nurse, How have I frightened thee. That thou no more will weigh my…
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THE BLACK SWAN: THE IMPACT OF THE HIGHLY IMPROBABLE BY NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB
This is a brilliant work by the famous Lebanese mathematical statistician that deals with highly improbable but deeply affecting events.…
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Book Review: The Night Theatre by Dr Vikram Paralkar
I started reading this book on a relaxed Saturday night just before going to bed, only to find that the…
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Book Review: “Turtles All the Way Down”
” Turtles All the Way Down” is the story of a 16-year-old teen named Aza Holmes living in Indianapolis and…
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Book review – “Letter to a Young Female Physician”
As intriguing as the title ‘Letter to a Young Female Physician’ by Dr.Suzanne Koven was for me; it also ranks…
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The Sixth String of Vilayat Khan
Though I call myself a ‘ classical music enthusiast ‘ I hardly knew anything about the great sitarist Ustad Vilayat…
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‘The Music Room’
The Music Room’ – Namita Devidayal, Random House Publishers, 2008. Every musician wants his or her music to create a…
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