Brief Overview of Books

Brief Overview of Books - July 2016

Hey all,

During the recent visit to the Central Library, MKBU… I issued two interesting books.

1.) Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction – Damien Keown

This is a wonderful book on the introduction of Buddhism. It gives us a glimpse of the teachings of Buddha and the integration of Buddhism in daily life. It also deals with how Buddhism is different than other religion. This book gives us as much possible information in all the chapters like on the Buddha rebirth, Buddhism in Asia…etc. but if you are craving for more deep knowledge then read other works on Buddhism. This is a very short introduction so you can’t find much in this.

After learning the theory of post colonialism, this book can be questioned. It is written from a “Western” perspective.

2.) The best Gujarati short stories of 2006

This book is a collection of short stories in Gujarati, which were quite popular during the year 2006. There are many interesting stories dealing with human relations, politics, burning issues of 2006, condition of women and many more. All the stories are worth reading.

One of the best stories which I liked was “Naukavihar” by Ashvini Bapat. It is a story of two friends. “Naukavihar” is used as symbol here. This word is the main aspect of this story. This word reflects the journey which has many ups and downs but at last it reaches to a nice destination. Of course it is not true always! The fun is in journey rather than in reaching to a particular spot.

Feeling reenergised after this combo from the buffet of books.

Looking forward to visit library again!!!!

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