And I too become a part of the #bookbucket request. Anything for books :) Thank you Hardeep and Zeal for requesting me to share 10 books that have influenced me the most. They are (mostly chronologically): 1. All Nancy drew and Hardy Boys - That is where it all began 2. All my English books (ICSE and ISC) - Figments of Imagination, Images of Life, etc - These books exposed me to another level of international literature :) Can read them again and again 3. All from Shakespeare - The guy wrote with another level of creativity 4. All from Charles Dickens - Especial mention to Great Expectations - Can read this 1 million times 5. Cant forget Champak, Chacha Chaudhary, Pinky, Naagraj and many more by Pran 6. The Mahabharat - by C Rajagopalachari as well as Devdutt Pattnaik - Both of them changed the way I look at situations in life today 6. The Bhagwad Geeta - The one from ISCKON - Again life changing :) 7. The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene - An absolute stunner 8. The Art of War by Sun Tzu - Another stunner 9. Who moved my Cheese by Dr Spencer Johnson - Helped me when I needed it the most :) Special thanks to Divya Singhal Maam 10. What they dont teach you at Harvard Business School by Mark McCormack Cant stop.... 11. Kane and Abel - Jeffrey Archer you are the greatest story teller ever 12. The Fountain Head by Ayn Rand - Speechless - Havent read Atlast Shrugged :( 13. How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie - How can I ever forget this one :P 14. Mother Pious Lady by Santosh Desai - For those who love to study consumer behavior 15. Steve Jobs by Walter Issacson 16. Only the Paranoid Survive by Andrew Grove (ex-CEO, Intel) 17. Iacocca: An Autobiography by Lee Iacocca 18. Good to Great by Jim Collins 19. Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg - Just to understand their point of view :P 20. Tons of research papers (too many to mention and that is the only thing that I have been reading for the last 1-2 years) I further nominate my wife Bijal Pancholi, my brother Jigar Rawal, Jay Dave, friends Karan Dave, Rahul Hemani , Ronak Popat, Riddhi Patel, Siddhi Patel, Aalap Gandhi, Ankur Bhardwaj, Parth Shah , Arkadeb Bhattacharyya, Kruti Gandhi, Aashil Modi, Drashti Shah, Kunal Chhatwani, Marlene Fernandes, teachers Divya Singhal maam, Bulchandani Bhagwan sir, Ninad Shastri sir Please share the 10 (or more) books that have influenced you the most and let the world know how important books are :))
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 11:19:13 +0000
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