bhajagovindam

This is also another book which gives us wisdom about life and pointing out our follies and persuade us to become a good human being by becoming morally good. As we hindus have

no church or mosque to teach us human values but to find it ourselves, this book in one of

such books which guide us to become better humans

bhagavovindam

njaanappaana by poonthaanam

This is a prayer song written by Poonthaanam Namboothiri, while he was in great pain for the loss of his one and only child. The lines are very simple to understand and very meaningful also and it makes us aware of our follies and selfishness and greed and he repeatedly tells us to concentrate our mind on God and don't go after worldly pleasures; for, they are perishable at any moment and bring us grief and the only true happiness we would get is from renunciation and love toward God and unselfish love towards His (god's) children. From unselfishness only we can get true peace, satisfaction and if we are content, we are really rich in God's Eye. Any riches could not make a man happy lest he find his inner peace in himself .

A must to read book for hindu children ( for others also- for it is purely philosophical),in my opinion
njaanappaana.

Bhagavath Geetha

This is a sacred book of Hindus. But I could only read it at the age of 24. Before that I
was wandering here and there for truth and direction. I used to go to temple and pray. But God sit there silently. I felt shy to ask for any favours; for, I considered it as selfishness. I used to pray just for everybody and come back. I considered it is unwise to make Him remember to save His own children. So I felt embarrassed and just close my eyes to see the real God to ask him what is our purpose in life or why are we born in this Earth, etc... etc...

In the end, Bhagavath Geetha quenched my thirst a little (as I am not intelligent enough to grasp its full meanings yet).

You can find glimpses of truth and wisdom about the life and universe in this book.

karmayogam by vivekanda swami

I have read both the English and Malayalam version of this book. This is a very good book for hindus who are lost in the modern world.

While christians find solace in Church and Muslims get direction from mosqueby doing group prayer and reading relegious books, we, hindus just go to Temple and pray sielently. There is nobody to teach us our moral values or our duties and rights and wrongs.

Bhagavath Geetha and Karmagogam are two essential books every hindu children must learn in their childhood. It give them wisdom, direction and peace.

A passage to India by E M Foster

Teusdays with Morris

Just now I am reading this book. I like the philosophy in it .I am reading it out of curiosity to know whether it can give me any direction on how to live my life successfully but I am not satisfied much yet. But still I am reading ..

Morris says,

1) Love Always Wins

2)If you have other people to trust you, you have to trust them too.

3) Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live .

4) Love each other or perish.

5) About family, he says, if you want the experience of having complete responsibility of another human being, and to learn how to love and bond in the deepest way, then you should have children.

6) About emotions-
Take any emotion- love for a woman or grief for a loved one, or fear of going through a deadly illness. If you hold back the emotions, if you don’t allow yourself to go all the way through them, you can never get to being detached, you are too busy being afraid. On the contrary, let it penetrate you fully. That’s how you are able to leave it. Now you can say that, alright, I have experienced that emotion, recognized that emotion. Now I want to detach from it for a
moment.

If you are so lonely and on the brink of tears, you let go, accept it, feel it. If you want to cry, cry. Let the loneliness penetrate you and once it has done enough to you it has no other choice but leave and you also have no other way than to let it go and feel other emotions. We cannot cling to a same emotion for so long .

If we try to ran away from a barking dog for the fear that it may bite, the dog will simply follow you. But if you stand still and stare it straight in the eyes, the dog will surely go away.

Five People I met in heaven

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Delhi- by M. Mukundan

When I read it when I was young, it gave me a very clear picture about the characters and their feelings etc.. But now i could only read it for the sake of reading it but cannot go deeper into it

I think, something has happened to my brain after all these years of lonely, insecure life in a foreign land. I fail to believe in life and its good things in it and its stability.

Now the situations are changing. Lots of malayalees are coming and seeing them around
gives me relief and assures me that I am not alone at last. They are here, my mother land's
children, coming with my mother land's culture and tradition to save me from the orphanage

Mayyazhippuzhayute theerangaL

This is a malayalam book by M. Mukundan.
When I first read it before my marriage, it gave me much nostalgia .
But when I tried to read it after my two phases, wife role and mother role, I couldn't go deeper into it. I don't know why, may be because of the gap in between- from my mother land and a foreign land, all alone (alone mentally)-made me mistrust Malayalam which has abandoned me heartlessly. Another reason for my inablility to concentrate may be because of the scarcity of getting malayalam publications here, my subconscious mind chose to read what ever is stable and available, even though it is in a foreign language, which I am not well versed in.

I shall read all the famous malayalam novels once I could get rid of my insecurity or fear whatever it is... I like to read S K Pottakkaadu's 'oru desaththinte kathha', Urub's, 'sundaranmaarum sundarikaLum' and more...

Khasakkinte ithihasam

It is malayalam book my O.V. Vijayan. I read it because people said it is the best book in malayalam.

Robinson Crusoe

Secret Garden

I enjoyed reading this children's story

Falling Leaves

A story of a Chinese Woman's successful personal life, but pitiful abandonment by her family from inheritance. It is a very heart touching story. In the end, all her success become nothing to her when she learns that she was excluded from her right over her paternal property.It is not for the wealth she laments but for their neglect and unacceptance. In the end she finds herself alone with her broken roots
and massive wealth.

Monsoon Diary

It is Sobha Nair's simple but interesting story of an Indian girl from a village who went abroad for higher studies and ends up as a good house wife there. Her style is very simple and she brings forth the village life with all its simplicity, humbleness and nobility. She has also included some of her favorite reciepes in this book. I like this book. I liked her writing style.

Cane River

It tells stories of 6 generations of a negro family from slavery to independence . The style of writing is excellent.

Anne Of Green Gables

This is about an orphan girl who rises from an ordinary village girl to an educated and successful young lady with her courage and optimism; overcoming all difficulties in between, with her confidence and truthfulness.

Holy Cow

An English Lady visited the whole India and gives a very good insight into the Gods and religious believes and practices prevail in different parts of India.

For me it is a very valuable and interesting book.

God Of Small Things

Arunthathy Roy

A most touching novel I ever read. After completing it, it took many days to come to terms with the tragic death of velutha and the fate of the twins and their mother.

Jane Eyre

This is another of my favorite book.

Wuthering Heights

It was given me by my brother. I liked the story as it revolves round the English village people. Some characters in this book resembled my own village people. The story was very touching. It is about a love triangle and how it affects generation after generation. The characters in it lived in my heart for a long time.

ഇന്ദുലേഖ

എന്റെ ഓര്‍മ്മയില്‍ ഞാന്‍ ആദ്യമായി ആസ്വദിച്ച് വായിച്ച നല്ല ഒരു നോവല്‍ ഇന്ദുലേഖയാണ്.
അതിലെ മിക്ക കഥാപാത്രങ്ങളും വളരെ നാള്‍ മനസ്സില്‍ പതിഞ്ഞിരുന്നു.

ഇന്ദുലേഖയുടെ കുലീനതയും അച്ചടക്കവും ഒപ്പം ബുദ്ധിയും നര്‍മ്മവും ഒക്കെ തന്നെ എന്നെ സ്വാധീനിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്.

ഒപ്പം അന്നത്തെ നായര്‍ തറവാട്ടില്‍ ഒരു വിദ്യാഭ്യാസവും ധനവും ഉള്ള സ്ത്രീയുടെ വില എന്താണെന്ന ബോധവും.

സ്ത്രീയ്ക്ക് സ്നേഹിക്കാനും സ്നേഹിക്കപ്പെടാനും ഉള്ള സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യം ഉണ്ടെന്നും എന്നാല്‍ അത് തന്നോടൊപ്പം വിവരവും വിദ്യാഭ്യാസവും ഉള്ള ഒരാളായാല്‍ ഉണ്ടാകുന്ന ആശ്യര്യവും സമാധാനവും എന്തെന്നൊക്കെ ഇന്ദുലേഖ കാട്ടി തന്നു.

ഇന്ദുലേഖയുറ്റെ മച്ചില്‍ ഇന്ദുലേഖ മാധവനെ കാത്തിരിക്കുന്നതും അവര്‍ സംസാരിക്കുന്നതും
ഒടുവില്‍ തന്റ് മനസ്സ് ദുര്‍ബ്ബലമായി, ഇന്ദുലേഖ പനിപിടിച്ച് മാധവനെ ഓര്‍ത്ത് തപിക്കുന്നതും ഒക്കെ വളരെ ചെറുതിലേ എന്റെ മനസ്സില്‍ പതിഞ്ഞ ഒരു ഗാഢാനുരാഗമാണ്.