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Before I start I would like to thank Abha for suggesting and providing me a copy
Of this wonderful book

The Monk who sold his Ferrari
By Robin S Sharma

A tale full of wisdom to create a life of Passion, Purpose and Peace…..

This inspiring tale provides a step by step approach to living with greater courage, balance, abundance and joy.

The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari tells the extraordinary story of Julian Mantle, a lawyer forced to confront the spiritual crisis of his out-of-balance life. On a life-changing odyssey to an ancient culture, he discovers powerful, wise, and practical lessons that teach us to: Develop Joyful Thoughts, Follow Our Life's Mission and Calling, Cultivate Self-Discipline and Act Courageously, Value Time as Our Most Important Commodity, Nourish Our Relationships, and Live Fully, One Day at a Time.

This book is a life changing experience and every literate person living should read this book in today’s world.

The whole book is great but few statements that got stuck in my mind are:

Worry drains the mind of much of its power and sooner or later it injures the soul

To live life to the fullest, you must stand guard at the gate of your garden and let only the very best of information enter, you truly cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought - NOT EVEN ONE (my favourite)

There are no mistakes in life, only lessons. There is no such thing as negative experience, only opportunities to grow, learn and advance along the road of self mastery. From struggle comes strength. Even pain can be a wonderful teacher.

The very fact that you have a desire or a dream means that you have the corresponding capacity to realize it.

There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. True nobility lies in being superior to your own former self.
(I loved it)

A person with three solid friends is very wealthy indeed.

THE PHOTOGRAPH, by Penelope Lovely
“Do not open – destroy” is the message on the envelope Glyn uncovers one day in his dead wife Kath’s handwriting, Of course he opens it and finds a photograph of Kath covertly holding hands with her sister’s husband. So begins an investigation into the affair and into his wife’s hidden life, testing the relationships of all those involved, including Kath’s sister, her husband their daughter and the friend who took the photo. Each chapter is told from the point of view of one of the characters and their observations make for rich reading, both beautifully turned out and sharply perceptive, about the old chestnut, the human condition.

TRANSMISSION, by Hari Kunzru
The Impressionist, Kunzru’s much-loved debut, explored well-trodden themes of Identity and race. Transmission has much more specific predicaments at its core: globalisation, treatment of refugees, the “war on terror”, and the dangers of a world so reliant on technology. It traces three characters affected by the “Leela” computer virus – the disaffected Indian computer programmer who creates it, the marketing upstart who is ruined by it, and the Bollywood actress who is depicted in it.