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Sunday, February 07, 2010

I am sure reading some seriously boring stuff.

I thought this book would give me some glimpse of the ideas that Jack Welch had. But, sadly, all I got to know was the ego of Jack and next to nothing beyond that. Some nuggets such as "presentation is only as good as how you present it" are there. Probably I don't know how to get value out of this!


The only point I picked up is this : most CEOs take only seconds to size up a candidate and if you don't offer some insights from what you have to offer, then probably you are dead in the third minute. That is true.
Vitage Sujatha. Right from the first article to the very last. In his inimitable style. What a range. The sanga period poetry. To the electronics of the voting machine. To his younger days when he first tried smoking. To the story writing and the methodologies.

Felt good reading such a range. What a writer.


It made me feel like reading whatever I can find. To think through as to what I have learnt in the last 38 years that I am there. Very good read.


The Brethren is simply unbelievable. I didn't think I would end up reading such a trash from Grisham. 3 judges scheming a plot for milking money is certainly an interesting plot. But snaring a would be President of USA? And, getting away with it? in Grisham's novels, most of the times the bad guys do get away. It is actually difficult to figure out who the bad guy is in his novels. An interesting read but by the time you are reading both the parallel sets of events, you have no difficulty imagining how the story is going to unfold. It felt pretty drab read.



The Summons is interestingly written. Very slow pace but worth it. Just a few characters and a decent story. What money can do is what the story is all about. As usual, Grisham does not venture into right or wrong of it. Just a good narrative is all that he offers. Good to read. The usual torts and the king of torts also comes in. Somehow at about 80% of the story, you know what is going to come by. The only reason why you still read on is to see how Grisham is handling it. Actually, not a bad handling of the end.