A whimsical listing of some of the books that I read recently…

(and which I more or less liked for one reason or the other – for having opened up an yet-another fascinating window into those tantalizingly unfolding viewscapes – for enabling me to escape to the world of ideas & delicious reveries – prompting, cajoling & providing more but compelling heuristics with which to reflect upon – providing some insights which are sometimes even startling and going against-the-grain (pratiloma if you will) making me revise the earlier held opinions of mine… …but mostly exhilarating nonetheless, while reducing the scope for petty peeves, pet fallacies & assorted napunsak bitterness etc…

…Surely, we are living in lovely times…

Of course, books are NOT be all & end all, one understands that; there is this real life away from the delightfully processed wood-pulp, that has to be lived too, warts and all!

But again, one is absolutely spoilt for choices, in this abundant world – ars longa vita brevis and all that…

Here’s where, my friend Schopenhauer chips in…

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With all that backgrounder info, let us forge ahead:

(…five of some significant books that I read in recent times – 1/n)

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