Junglezen Sheru by Samarpan:
This is book delves into the
leadership styles and tries to explain in the form of Jungle Setup. The
characters are Animals and their natural instincts e.g. Wolves(Rig)=cunning,
Monkeys (Kapi)=Copy Paste, Elephant (Muktak)=Wisdom & Tortoise
(Kurma)=Peaceful etc. juxtaposed with that of real people in real world and how
they behave or should behave.
Intrinsic values howsoever basic
or little, of a person shouldn’t be altered else you lose the very value of you
being part of a system. One should build / work on the intrinsic and enhance so
as to shine.
The theory is explained in form of
Drama in a Jungle when the King of the Jungle dies and the leadership is handed
over to the Monkeys who being good at Copy Paste (read no brain of his own)
applies a theory called Junglezen (all are equal irrespective of their place in
the food chain) and thus starts the misplacement of powers, theories, values
etc.
Explained in simple English the
concept of unequal as the essence of being. I think however that the end is
little abrupt and leaves a lot to imagination.
Surely recommended for people who
wish to start their reading habit as this is a small book and well written.
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom:
This book is beautifully written
in chapter form and there is a single story woven through the book.
The 2 main characters are Mitch
& Morrie. Morrie was a professor in the institute Mitch was the student.
Morrie was short heighted but full of life while Mitch was growing up and more
bothered about life in front of him but there was a unsaid bond between them.
Eventually Morrie is diagnosed with a fatal disease (ALS) and he has a certain
time to live.
The disease changes his already
different take on life. He talks about death and makes plan to die. Being
comfortable with your situation, thinking positive always (even in death), add
life to days & not days to death.
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Accept what you are able to do & what you
are not able to do
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Accept the past as past without denial or
discarding it
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Learn to forgive yourself & others
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Don’t assume it’s too late to get involved
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Consumerism is making people distant, enjoying
simple things are getting difficult
Mitch met him on Tuesdays (&
hence the title of the book) and discussed various facets of life & death.
Why people behave in a way that they behave, why your own kids / siblings
distance themselves etc etc
This book will certainly change
the way you look at life (& death) and treat people. I recommend this book
to people who feel shallow in life and meanings of relationships are forgotten.
Hope you enjoy these as much as I did.
Pranaam!