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How I taught my grandmother to read - Sudha Murthy

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Inspired by the writer more than the book.She attracts readers through her simplistic language, speaking directly through her books.I love her books.She talks about variety of subjects.Lot of moral lessons that we and the generations to come need to learn.Schools and colleges can only impart knowledge about the respective subjects.This book is a collection of short stories and real experiences by Sudha Murthy, as a school-goer, a college student, a employee, a lecturer ,a wife ,a mom,a philanthropist ,etc.She talks about honesty, simplicity, ingratitude and so on. We as parents need to inculcate good behavior by practicing them ourselves. 'How I taught my grandmother to read ' is a wonderful example of this.The joy of education lies in educating the uneducated(granny) without any pride.I am sure many of us laugh when our granny's want us to read out something.(I am proud that both my parental & maternal grandparents can read English at the age of 85.) All of...
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The Secret - Rhonda Byrne This is the first time, am a writing review about a book "The Secret by Rhonda Byrne"  http://www.thesecret.tv/  . One of my friends suggested reading this book.So whats great about The Secret.Its an inspirational,self-motivating book.The book helps you transform your 'thoughts into things'. Yes, our thoughts are the back bone of our life.You think good, good comes back to you, You think bad, bad returns to you. Our life is determined by the thoughts we have had in our mind, knowingly or unknowingly, in some point of time.Here are a few excerpts from the book as is. Law Of Attraction - "Like Attracts Like" Nothing comes into existence from the outside, and that everything first comes from thinking and feeling it on the inside. Your mind is the creative power of all things. The essence of this law of attraction is that you must think abundance,see abundance, feel abundance, believe abundance.Let no thought of limitation ente...