The Book Talkies

In this episode of The Book Talkies, Kaustubh and Anirudh pick up an interesting book in the world of finance: 'The Psychology of Money' - written by Morgan Housel. Through their conversation they highlight the understated importance of human relationship with money. Through real-life examples they discuss and debate they importance of factors like luck and risk, long term investing, power of comp...

In this episode of The Book Talkies, Kaustubh picks up a revolutionary book '21 Lessons for the 21st Century' - written by respected historian Yuval Noah Harari. And he makes his best efforts to convince Anirudh and our listeners to read it. Kaustubh excitably shares why this book is so relevant for the humankind right now as he highlights how revolutions in Technology & Bioengineering will be the...

In this episode of The Book Talkies, Anirudh picks up 'Who Not How' - a book by leading strategic coach Dan Sullivan, talking about the understated power of 'Whos',  trying to convince Kaustubh to read it.  He takes you through the simple yet phenomenal idea of the Who Not How way with examples from his own professional and personal life. He talks about the cost vs investment mindset, sharing reas...

In this episode of The Book Talkies, we venture into a hearty conversation on 'Atomic Habits' - a book written by Behavior Science Expert James Clear.  We take you through some simple ideas from the book for building good habits and eliminating bad ones. We share our personal experiences of how this book has helped us create sustainable systems to build lasting habits. You can reach out to us on o...

In this episode of The Book Talkies, we venture into a deep conversation about Dr. Shashi Tharoor's highly acclaimed book 'Inglorious Empire: What the British did to India'.   Some of the themes we cover include Racial Discrimination with the Indian subjects, Divide & Rule policy leading to the horrors of Partition and two defining moments that shaped the course of colonial history for India, alon...