Some books recommended by Mayuresh Shilotri.
Even better is to hear this as an Audio Book. An amazing book that I have ever read truly made me change the way of my thinking. After reading this book it will make you rethink how you understand the world around you.
‘Lateral Thinking’ was the first De Bono book I read. The book has a simple and easy approach for examining the thoughts and difficulties of life with a fresh perspective to each.
One of the best books that I have ever read comprising life’s most important lessons.
‘The Toyota Way’ or rather I would say it should be everyone’s way. It’s a great book inside out emphasizing how to have a successful business.
Luckily I read this book in 2008 – Just before my marriage. I exactly don’t remember how I reached this book. It focuses a lot on problems solving and marital relationships.
This is a strange book. Book that hooks you from 1st paragraph onwards. I read this when I was young. I could not understand the hidden message in it.
It is a concise book. If you have been a regular reader of Hindu literature – none of the writing is eye opening. The best thing about the book is how Thich Nhat Hanh can explain methods of meditation.
Bill Gates himself has written a review for this book on GoodReads. Factfulness has a very similar premise to Freakonomics
Short but very thought provoking. Its 50 page, 1500 word essay. Available on Amazon India for INR ~2500. Recommended to me by Shrikant Somani, Head of Sales at GreyAtom.
I have 10 doctors in my immediate family. This book was an impulsive airport pick. Before reading this book I knew that the Indian healthcare stories are full of corruption, commercialization and medical negligence but after reading this I now know the magnitude of the situation and it is alarming at the very least.
Written by a self-confessed Anglophile, Autobiography of An Unknown Indian is a witty and endearing account of Nirad C. Chaudhuri’s life. The book delves into the mind of the author as he takes his readers down memory lane to a pre-independence India. Written in a sarcastic manner that takes potshots at both Indian as well as British cultures, this book is one of the early works of Indian literature written in English.
Crockford tells us how to avoid the pitfalls and write reliable code using the language of the Web, which is not going away soon. The 5 hour Web Series by Yahoo on YouTube by the same name is even better. Crockford is a tech entertainer. Lectures are arresting and insightful.
Click! is conversational, educational & personal. It makes conversion rate, KPIs, and sales funnel more relatable. Definitely recommended for anyone working on a commercial website.
The best thing about this edition is the spread of topics under the Theme of ‘AI in Education’. It will broaden your horizon on quantitative possibilities in Education.
It looks like Reid Hoffman spent a year in GreyAtom and wrote the book. Focuses on the approaches and mindset needed to scale anything.
Mathematical modeling is being applied in every major discipline in the biomedical sciences. A very different application, and surprisingly successful is in psychology such as modeling various human interactions and predicting divorce.
This book was first published in 1928. Written by an American Wilbur Deming about an Indian – Marathi Saint – Samarth Ramdas. Western perspective on what is religious matter to Maharashtrian. Some management lessons here.
The reason I am writing this review is that – something in the book clings to you. You should be open to re-read. This book raises questions; does not answer them. There is NO moral insight in the book.
This book gives examples of educated guessing and approximation methods to evaluate functions, or to get information on functions that are too hard to evaluate. Recommended for mathematicians only. The engineer in me found this interesting.
Honestly, my vocabulary and English as language improved after reading this book. For the first time, I could feel the flourish in the language. If somebody had told me I’d love a romance before I read this book, I would have laughed derisively.
