9 min read ⌚ An Essay in Phenomenological Ontology You are condemned to be free. And yet, you’re living an unfree, inauthentic life. No matter who you are. How’s that? Let Jean-Paul Sartre explain that to you. In the principal text of modern existentialism: Being and Nothingness. Who Should Read “Being and Nothingness”? And Why? In […]
11 min read ⌚ The Matter, Form and Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiastical and Civil Now, that has to be one of the greatest covers of all time! A monstrous creature with the head of a man and the body of, well, three hundred smaller men, ominously waving a sword and a staff over the world. […]
11 min read ⌚ “Man is born free, and yet he is everywhere in chains.” Do you know where that line comes from? Well, no surprises here: of course it comes from the book we summarize below. Rousseau’s The Social Contract. Who Should Read “The Social Contract”? And Why? Too many people criticize Rousseau without having […]
10 min read ⌚ Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope If you think the odds are against you, you should hear the story of the boy with a bag of hopes! The book’s narrative spins around one man’s journey to technological breakthroughs and life-encounters that shaped his mission. Climb aboard! Who Should Read “The Boy Who […]
9 min read ⌚ Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity Have you ever watched Slumdog Millionaire? Well, this is a book about all the slumdogs who’ll never make it. And, to quote Junot Diaz, it’s “beyond groundbreaking.” Ladies and gentlemen, Katherine Boo’s Behind the Beautiful Forevers. Who Should Read “Behind the Beautiful Forevers”? And […]
11 min read ⌚ “I think everything else I have written,” noted once John Steinbeck, “has been, in a sense, practice for this… It has everything in it I have been able to learn about my craft or profession in all these years.” Considering the fact that these are the words of a Nobel Prize-winning author—a […]
10 min read ⌚ Care to learn a thing or two about the Spanish Civil War? Then George Orwell’s personal account of it is nothing short of a must! We present to you the summary of his unforgettable Homage to Catalonia. Who Should Read “Homage to Catalonia”? And Why? Homage to Catalonia is not one of […]
5 min read ⌚ Everyone thinks of taking shortcuts once in a while. When we’re at work the temptation’s always present. But we know that’s bad form. We’re well aware of how success is achieved: by working hard, day in and day out. Still, is it enough? Maybe there’s another way. One that doesn’t involve cheating […]
9 min read ⌚ A Story of Love, Hope and How Determination Can Overcome Even Destiny By now, Preeti Shenoy is a literary superstar of the highest order. But just seven years ago, she was merely a bestselling author of a single collection of thirty-five real-life incidents, titled 34 Bubblegums and Candies. And then, in 2011, […]
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