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[Book Review] Swetcha by Volga

As we can expect from the novel, Swetcha is a story about struggle for freedom. Volga is a writer with progressive thoughts. She discusses gender roles in personal and public contexts. Her deep desire that women should have freedom to take decisions in families and also in public life is visible in this story. She also touches upon the issues like women not having control over their bodies and unable to choose abortion even if they want to. [Incomplete]

[Book Review] Smart People should build things by Andrew Yang

Andrew Yang is an American 2020 Democratic presidential candidate. He has started a non-profit "Venture For America" which aims to generate 1,00,000 jobs by 2025.                        Andrew Yang discusses entrepreneurship at a high level - why does it mean to the nation and also discusses it at a low level - what does it mean to the individual. It offers valuable insights in to the subject. What does it mean if smartest people are not building business? "Best minds are not working on the toughest problems of our time" - this is the quote from the book which i liked the most.                        In this book, he discusses current American job market. He wishes America gets back to the culture of building things again. America which once created large business are now focused on finance, consulting and ...

Book Review - Diary of a Young Girl

Diary of a young girl is book based on the diary of a girl who spent couple of years in hiding during world war 2. She describes the events surrounding them during the course of those 2 years. Things i liked in the book: It is during the crisis time that human character is tested the most. Persecution of jews during world war 2 is one such crisis period. There are many places in the book where Anne discusses about human behavior. Her writings about adolescent behavior, treatment of parents towards children, children's feelings about parents are all interesting and thought provoking. People who risked everything to help others during those days are the ones that strike us the most. It is inspiring and heartening to read about such people. She describes how the day to day life was during the war. People lost jobs. Food was rationed. Robbery, looting became common. If you are alive and happy today, there is no guarantee that you can say that about tomorrow. Anne Frank display...