Books

Some time back I decided to take out time to read things beyond technical manuals and ‘Hacker News’. While I started out with rather light material like ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’ (Khaled Hosseini), ‘The Selfish Gene’ (Richard Dawkins) and ‘The Guide’ (R. K. Laxman) I’ve recently decided switch to some heavier material, both because I believe they will help me improve my mental tenacity and would also ultimately sharpen my intellect.

Keeping to that viewpoint, I took to reading ‘The Odyssey’ (Homer) and, that done, moved on to ‘Ulysses’ (James Joyce), which I’ve just started. I also plan to read ‘The Iliad’ (Homer) soon enough. I’ve ordered a bunch of books from FlipKart, using the money I received from GSoC:

1. “Gandhi And Churchill: The Rivalry That Destroyed An Empire And Forged Our Age” (Arthur Herman)
2. “The Blind Watchmaker” (Richard Dawkins)
3. “Homer” (Richard Rutherford)
4. “The New Life Of Dante Alighieri” (Dante Alighieri)
5. “The Education Of Henry Adams” (Henry Adams)
6. “Sigmund Freud” (Richard Wollheim)
7. “The Picture Of Dorian Gray And Other Writings” (Oscar Wilde)
8. “Economics (A New Introduction)” (Hugh Stretton)
9. “Mein Kampf” (Adolf Hitler)

These, along with “Ulysses” should keep me occupied for some time. :)