Margaret Atwood, a Canadian Booker Prize winner completed her dystopian novel titled ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ in 1985. This book has not been out of print since then, selling more t…
Book 8: No matter the wreckage by Sarah Kay
A tribute to my nephew and Sarah Kay ” My little nephew left yesterday. Carrying all my smiles and laughter in his miniature backpack. I tried to fill my void with food. I remained hun…
Book 7: ‘It’s all in your head’ by Suzanne O’Sullivan
A single word is enough to summarise all I feel after reading this book by Suzanne O’ Sullivan: ‘phenomenal’. Suzanne O’ Sullivan is a Neurologist by professio…
Source: Book 7: ‘It’s all in your head’ by Suzanne O’Sullivan
Book 6: Sex, Lies and brain scan; Barbara J Sahakian and Julia Gottwald
I have always been fascinated, mesmerised and humbled by neurology as a science. Perhaps, one straight forward reason for my awe of Medical Genetics is that, a good percentage of patients I see reg…
Source: Book 6: Sex, Lies and brain scan; Barbara J Sahakian and Julia Gottwald
Book 5: Foot soldier of the constitution: A memoir by Teesta Setalvad
This book is the 5th one I completed this year. Teesta, I discovered triumphantly, is the name of a river which ‘ flows fearlessly’ in Bangladesh. Teesta Setalvad is a human rights acti…
Source: Book 5: Foot soldier of the constitution: A memoir by Teesta Setalvad
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