Books that changed my life

Undoubtedly, it is the “Bhagavad Gita – as it is”

In fact I never had this habit of reading books until I graduated from college and it all started when I was in hyderabad. Had some `ing roomates with me who were all an absolutely enthuless `ads and they used to keep reading books books and books only…and me the odd guy out with them and wanted to be a happy going vetti guy there. So I tried to bring them my way – finally it worked out the other way round…!!!!

Yes. I was making some futile attempts to reduce my weight and after a heavy workout and improper diet intake finally fell fainted right on the middle of a main road..after which I went into a DEPRESSION state of mind for next few days. And accidetally I have this habit of sketching when `am in to a depression and took this Bhagavad Gita book to sketch the paintings that were there in it…and as I was reading few pages – felt it like an Enlightening one giving answers for all the questions that were running in my depressed-state-of-mind that time. Belive me… all it took was just 2-3 days to finish the whole GITA and with a true understanding. That was my first read on a BIG BOOK completely and It was at that point of time I realised the importance of “State of mind” while reading books.

After this I myself started taking and reading those books of my roommates and that included some books list that influenced my life like :

“The Alchemist (an enlightening one)”, “Eleven Minutes (an offensive one)”, “Manual of warrior of Light (a great piece)” – by Paulo Coelho

Some enlightening series.. like Jonathan Livingston seagull (forgot the author name) , The Monk who sold his Ferrari (by Robin Sharma) , The Himalayan Masters (forgot the author name) , Black wind (by Deepti Naval), Love Story ( by eric segal) etc.

And now I have become more as a situational reader – and most often an e-reader – trying to get stuffs that I want to read right on my desktop through internet – depending on my ‘state of mind’ and read those stuffs in detail.

Books that I have read more than once

Undoubtedly, it is the “Manual of the warrior of Light” - by Paulo Coelho

A book that I would take to a desert island

Undoubtedly, it is the “Bhagavad Gita – as it is”

Books that made me laugh

Linda Goodman`s – Love Signs – My Friend and I used to apply the book concepts to all people around us and do a PhD…used to have a good fun with this book.

Books that made me cry

Undoubtedly, it is the “Karnanin Kadhai” (a Thamizh book – “The story of Karna” – a character from the epic Mahabharatha..have cried for him literally many times)

A Book that I wish to write

Nice tag ! I used to tell one of my old friend many a times that I want to write a book with title “ THE MONK WHO WANTS TO BUY A FERRARI “

with me in lead role.. J

Books I am currently reading

1)Ippadikku Suriya.. (In Thamizh ) – an autobiography by Thamizh actor Suriya who narrates first 30 years of his Life

2)Hindu Gods and Godesses – by Swami Harshananda – depicts all the deity forms of Hindu Gods and Godesses

Books I have listed to read

Wanted to take a Book read Plan- that I saw in one of my blogpal`s blog – to read 9 books by 9 different authors from different parts of the world in next 9 months and to post the review in the blog…So this is the Plan-to-read books list. However not going to abide by the last rule – ie. Authors from different parts of the world..

1)The Secret of Karmayoga ( by Jayadayal Goyandka )

- Happened to read few chapters. Can`t wait and wanted to read it completely…and i think this is the only book going  to  help me out in future

2) Siddhartha – by Hermann Hesse ( `had already read before the chapters that relate siddhartha and a character named ‘kamala’ from this book and I was thinking for a long time to read it completely but somehow missed it. Now got reminded of this book after seeing in one of my blogpal`s blog and want to read it completely now…)

3) Zen in the Martial arts – by Joe Hyams ( had already read few chapters here and there..now want to ‘drink’ each and every chapter right from the cover page)

4) Lost Fighting arts of vietnam – by Dr.Haha Lung ( had already read few chapters here and there..now want to read it completely..infact want to buy all the collections from this author..)

5) Lateral Thinking – by Edward De Brono ( got this as the most-recommended-for-me-book as a compliment from my previous oraganisation 2 years back while winning a creative competition and I attempted to read it but could not understand it all J and its still lying in my book rack as it was…let me challenge it by attempting to read it one more time now)

6) Men are from Mars Women are from Venus – havent read it so far though wanted many a times before to read it… ( need to buy it L )

7) One hundered years of Solitude – by gabriel garcia marquez – No idea about this book – just got attracted with the title and going to attempt it ( and I don’t need to buy it also…as one of my friend left it in my home.. J )

8) Ippadikku Suriya… (In Thamizh) – CURRENTLY ONGOING – an autobiography by Thamizh actor Suriya who narrates first 30 years of his Life – the inferiority complex he used to have, his falling for love with Jo and the Transformation he underwent and the self-confidence he gained after that… So my blog post will commence from this book review..

9) His name is Rajinikanth – Biography of Actor Rajinikanth ( need to buy it L )

Fair enough… ??

Any readers here – who have any Books to suggest which they feel like “The Book that changed their life”…pls drop a line of comment.