Sunday, May 29, 2011

Sach by Gautam Bhattacharya



Any thing on Sachin is worth paying attention.This is another book on Indian legend. The greatest challenge to write a book on Sachin was what extra it can offer when  everything on Sachin is covered in media so minutely, cricket fan and billion around the globe follow his life so closely. In this context author has done a descent job by mixing known things and some interesting unknown things. Author has emphasized lots on the determination, hard work behind this Super Man. There were some healthy comparison between Tendulkar, Gavaskar, Lara and  Don Bradman. It also says how sachin handle him self with Kambli, Manjrekar and Azhar in tough time. How Sachin struggled in Chappel's tenure.
This book highlights lots of quality of Tendulkar which can be learned. Like work ethics, commitment, focus for a long time, hard work and humbleness after getting so much success.We say Sachin is God of Cricket and this book talks what made him God of cricket.
It has some classic collection of photographs, and some funny stories about Tendulkar. It is must read for all Tendulkar Fan. I will rate it 3.5/5.

Sunday, May 15, 2011

"Narayana Murthy It Guru" by N Chokkam


A good book about  well known Murthy. Any book on Murthy, Sachin, Steve Job or Bill Gates is worth to read. It highlights the Murthy's big dream and ambition to create wealth and jobs for country. And the support from Sudha Murthy. How she supported and how both sacrificed to build Infosys with their friends. It is a pretty small book (hardly 95 pages). And doesn't cover lots of aspect of Murthy and Infosys's story. Another thing it doesn't have any unknown information for ex: inside story of Phaness Murthy ... Or How Infy pulled out from G.E contract. or the rivalry with Aziz Premji. And Why Infosys restrict it self to the business of low cost services. When they had great success with Finacle ... In fact it doesn't touch any controversial topic. My rating will be 2.0/5