Running: The book, the beginning and the life it changed.
Most of what I learnt and found about running comes from one source: A book by Haruki Murakami. His first non-fiction work. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Reason to visiting a book shop
[Observation] Now a days every time I visit a book shop, I end up picking records than books.
Photographers & Movies in Susan Sontag’s On Photography
Photographers & Movies in Susan Sontag’s On Photography
Reading Infinite Jest
One more try. My third attempt, not to try and finish but to get started.
To read Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace.
As I’m typing this, I’m feeling that I’ve accomplished something; I’ve Just crossed page number 100. Still 950 pages more.
Giving it back
Over the years, there have been a lot of software applications and online communities — open source to be specific — which I’ve benefited from directly by using them for work and indirectly because each one of them stood and are still standing up to something very specific — and that is wonderfully inspiring.
Tools of the Trade
The following are the tools and applications that helps me get the job done; both personally and professionally(photography, video and design)
Book Notes: Birth of a Theorem: A Mathematical Adventure
An absolutely fabulous book, that takes a leaf from Cédric Villani’s life when he was at his prime working on his magnum opus which ultimately led him to win the prestigious Fields Medal.
Book Notes - Hit Refresh: The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft’s Soul
Business biographies are usually written only long after an event has occurred or a person has retired. On the contrary, this book’s narrative distinctively stands out because it deals with the present and future too. It is a prose of prognostication and a statement on record for the future to judge.
Book Notes: The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction
My Jan 1st 2017 resolution is reading a 100 books this year (current count of books finished stands around 40 I guess..) The one thing that has slyly crept on to me this year is the “feeling of rush” to finish books fast. It became more of a mechanical task rather than a part intellectual and part emotional endeavour which one feels while reading a book.
Book Notes: The Art of Slow Writing: Reflections on Time, Craft, and Creativity - Louise DeSalvo
This book, even though, written for aspiring authors who are beginning to learn the art of writing, I felt it would be immensely helpful for any one who writes - be it, news reporting, blog, research paper, business pitch or even professional emails.
Book Notes: Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa
Two reasons why I instantly loved this book:
A fan of Murakami’s writings.
A student of music.
The book is a collection of transcribed conversations between writer Haruki Murakami and conductor Seiji Ozawa.
Unbrand yourself
Was there a turning point?
The turning point after two years of anonymity, I think, was Killer Joe. I didn’t rebrand, I unbranded. I stepped off into the shadows, went back and started a family down in Texas. Mind you, I got nervous during that time. I got anxious.