Madras Medley

धर्मो रक्षति रक्षितः | Books | History | Travel | Technology | Civilization

10 Feb 2019

The Difficulty of Being Good: On the Subtle Art of Dharma by Gurcharan Das - Review by Abhishek Desikan

Dharma is a word which has been used for millennia in the Indian subcontinent and later throughout the world, but it is ...
18 Jan 2019

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari - Review by Abhishek Desikan

I am a fan of history, and one thing I can convincingly say about historical books is how difficult it is to weave them ...
04 Dec 2018

Aavarana : The Veil by S.L.Bhyrappa - Review by Abhishek Desikan

History is a fascinating subject if explained in the right way. Bringing out historical events in a way one can relate t...
20 Oct 2018

Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel - Review by Abhishek Desikan

Colonization of the world by European superpowers is something most people are familiar with. But it’s not often clear w...
23 Sep 2018

Origin by Dan Brown - Review by Abhishek Desikan

Robert Langdon and Dan Brown have come a long way from the heights of ‘Angels & Demons’ and ‘The D...