Pustak-Going Curious And Bookish

IKIGAI!! ALL ABOUT LIVING LONG! A blessing. IKIGAI:The   Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life , published in April 2016 , written by Spanish writers ,Hector Garcia and Albert Liebermann is a book based on longevity and living a happy life. According to the World Health Organization, Japan has the highest life expectancy in the world: 85 years for men and 87.3 years for women. Moreover, it has the highest ratio of centenarians in the world: more than 520 for every million people (as of September 2016). In this book, lies the secrets to a long and happy life.First time I came across Japanese(language) in Doraemon and second time in IKIGAI. So. Wait... Wait! You might be thinking the meaning of IKIGAI. IKIGAI means "a reason for being". This stresses on finding and following our own ikigai that is one of things common in all the centenarians of Japan. What compelled me to read , I heard about Okinawa known as the Village of longevity. This book talks about Okinawa and the ...

HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE is another self-help book written by Dale Carnegie , an American writer specially penning and sermonizing in self-improvement. Unlike other self-help books, this one is full of illustrations and real life examples. This book was written first in its niche. It is based on human interpersonal relations business and in daily life. Carnegie has done his humble duty to take out the best of this world. I had the great and joyous time reading it. Feels realistic. There is so much to learn in this book. Trying to implement the principles in it. Very well written. Let's peek into the Carnegie's principles given in "How to win friends and influence people" Don't criticize to appreciate be it anyone the senior the junior you never know how can that appreciate can be a beginning of a new and fresh life of someone. Don't criticize, condemn or complain. Do honest and sincere appreciation forget flattery. Arouse in other person an eage...

The subtle art of not giving a fuck!! Exhilarating!! The subtle art of not giving a fuck: A counterintuitive approach to living a good life , is the second book of Mark Manson ,an American self help author and blogger ,published in 2016. He is a star blogger with more than two million readers. He lives in New York City. I would say, don't just go on the F-word. This book gives us the need to find the reason of our existence.This book begins as a big, messy thing as such taking something comprehensible out of it seems difficult in the beginning but as I approach the end it feels, seriously, like re-reading it. Impressive!! There is a subtle art to not giving a fuck. And though the concept may sound ridiculous. It focuses essentially on learning how to focus and prioritize your thoughts effectively—how to pick and choose what matters to you and what does not matter to you based on finely honed personal values. Giving it a fuck means to prioritise it.  It comes with the spiritual touc...

"When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor." ELON MUSK! NOT A NAME, AN ERA IN HIMSELF !!  On 31st May, 12:52 AM (IST) when half of the planet was sleeping,  SpaceX successfully launched into orbit its first human passengers: NASA astronauts  Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley  from space centre at Florida. As if he did it in silence of the darkest hour. The eccentric part is that the Indian media is quite busy in deliberating CIA, Rahul Gandhi and all.... When our media will refurbish?? Why ,such a big news, is not taken into consideration in Indian media? International media, channels were flooded with this epic achievement of SpaceX and Elon Musk. On 28 June, 1971, Mother Earth was blessed with an ingenious soul who further came to be known as Elon Musk. He is a man of his dreams. He is his own boss and master. He does what he wants to be done. He is the fellow who works day in and day out to find the life on the planet Mars as h...

                 “Kuch likh k so ,                    Kuch pdhke so ,                    Tu Jis jagah jaga savere ,                    Us jagah se bdhke so !”                               ~Bhavani Prasad mishra             In this modern world, when our cell phones are flooded with games and social media apps like Facebook, Instagram ,Twitter, WhatsApp, and the list is never ending. Technology has crept in every walk of our life. The thing which is lacking behind, the thing which is going far from us is our READING HABIT  !!!               In such scenario thanks to you for reading this part of mine. Gone are the days when kids used to list...