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Lateral Thinking

Recently I came across the book How to have a beautiful mind by Edward de Bono. This book claims to improve your thinking skills by introducing different thinking topics. The author is known for his books, courses and techniques on Lateral Thinking. For starters, Wikipedia has a brief introduction and some examples of Lateral Thinking.

Living in fear

A blog talks about living in fear of getting exposed in the online world. I guess many people including me have this fear, as it's a question of our privacy. There are measures that we can take to protect ourselves.

Yet some people think that privacy is okay to an extent, but may not always be good.

Writing a blog

I orignally started this post as, "It is Friday and I'm already in the weekend mood". Too conventional to start a post. Isn't it? What to do, despite staring at my desktop for so long, I could not produce anything else beyond this. I realize how tough it is to produce a material which is readable, entertaining and/or informative (If it is for my consumption only, such as my personal diary, that is a different story). Given my starting trouble, I'm amazed how on earth people can produce posts as big as a modest proposal for making India 100% literate within three years.

The main problem with me seems to be the topic. What should I write about? Should it be the recent Tsunami disaster? Or a book on Software Enginnering? Or a sensational singer who passed away recently? I'm confused.

But the bottomline is, blogging has turned out to be more difficult than I thought it to be.

Reading list for 2005

Here is my reading plan (just plan) for 2005. Subject to revision!


Beloved - by Toni Morrison, an novel about an Afro-american lady and her kid, that happens around the time of Civil War

Laughing together - Tales from countries of Asia-pacific - Written for young reader, but can be enjoyed by all.


Swami and friends - A novel about a schoolboy and his friends set in the mythical South Indian town of Malgudi.

Straight from the gut - Autobiography of GE's former CEO Jack Welsch


Wild women don't wear no blues - Essays by Afro-american women writers on love, lust and freedom


Why men can't listen and women can't read maps - A book about men-women relationship

Asimov's new guide to Science - A wonderful book expounding various aspects of physics
and biological science, a bit outdated, as science is a fast-changing subject, but still a good read.


Teach yourself Digital Photography - Introduction to digital photography for an
Ameteur.


The power of intention - By Dr. Wayne Dyer - A book that shows how to use the so called "Intention" (the highest spiritual force) to achieve whatever you want.

Life & death: excerpts from Bhagavad Gita by Swami Prabhuphada.

How to have a beautiful mind - New book by Dr. Edward De Bono, author of "Six thinking hats".