22 must-read nonfiction books like Sanskrit Non-Translatables : The Importance of Sanskritizing English by Rajiv Malhotra

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Sanskrit Non-Translatables : The Importance of Sanskritizing English

By: Rajiv Malhotra

4.53

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Sanskrit Non-Translatables is a path-breaking and audacious attempt at Sanskritizing the English la…

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1. The Ocean of Churn: How the Indian Ocean Shaped Human History

By: Sanjeev Sanyal

4.28

Format: 346 pages, Hardcover

Much of human history has played itself out along the rim of the Indian Ocean. In a first-of-its-ki… read more

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2. Tao Te Ching

By: Lao Tzu , Gia-Fu Feng , Jane English , Jacob Needleman , Toinette Lippe

4.30

Format: 107 pages, Paperback

A lucid translation of the well-known Taoist classic by a leading scholar-now in a Shambhala Pocket… read more

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"The heart that gives, gathers."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"Love is a decision - not an emotion!"

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"When nothing is done, nothing is left undone."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"To understand the limitation of things, desire them."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

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3. Shiva To Shankara: Decoding The Phallic Symbol

By: Devdutt Pattanaik

3.81

Format: 343 pages, Paperback

Many modern scholars say Shiva's linga is a phallic symbol. Most devotees disagree. Who is right? T… read more

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  • hinduism
  • spirituality
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4. ಆವರಣ [Aavarana]

By: S.L. Bhyrappa

3.82

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Aavarana (Kannada: aavrnn) is a 2007 Kannada novel by one of the eminent novelists S.L. Bhyrappa. A… read more

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5. Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning

By: Peter C. Brown , Henry L. Roediger III , Mark A. McDaniel

4.30

Format: None pages, Hardcover

To most of us, learning something "the hard way" implies wasted time and effort. Good teaching, we … read more

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  • nonfiction
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6. 7 Secrets of the Goddess (The 7 Secret Series, #4)

By: Devdutt Pattanaik

2.84

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

Lakshmi massages Vishnus feet. Is this male domination? Kali stands on Shivas chest. Is this female… read more

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  • spirituality
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7. India: A Wounded Civilization

By: V.S. Naipaul

4.06

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

In 1975, at the height of Indira Gandhi's "Emergency," V. S. Naipaul returned to India, the country… read more

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8. 1962: The War That Wasn't

By: None , Shiv Kunal Verma

4.38

Format: None pages,

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9. Half - Lion: How P.V. Narasimha Rao Transformed India

By: Vinay Sitapati

4.57

Format: 201 pages,

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10. Atlas Shrugged

By: Ayn Rand , Leonard Peikoff

4.14

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

This is the story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world and did. Was he a des… read more

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11. Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?

By: Mark Fisher

4.00

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

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12. Churchill's Secret War: The British Empire and the Ravaging of India During World War II

By: Madhusree Mukerjee

4.42

Format: None pages, ebook

A dogged enemy of Hitler, resolute ally of the Americans, and inspiring leader through World War II… read more

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13. Save the Cat!: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need

By: Blake Snyder

3.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

This ultimate insider's guide reveals the secrets that none dare admit, told by a show biz veteran … read more

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14. Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

By: Charles Mackay

4.18

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

First published in 1841, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds is often cited a… read more

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15. Bhagavad-Gita As It Is

By: Anonymous , A.C. Prabhupāda

3.69

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

A translation of the short Sanskrit text with EXTENSIVE commentary from a Hare Krishna standpoint. read more

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16. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

By: Chris Miller

4.44

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical… read more

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"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"

-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

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17. Hindus in Hindu Rashtra (Eighth-Class Citizens and Victims of State-Sanctioned Apartheid)

By: Anand Ranganathan

4.48

Format: 152 pages, Hardcover

To those who claim we are now living in a totalitarian, fascist, Hindu Rashtra, one must What kind… read more

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  • hinduism
"The concept of justice is like memory. It keeps getting passed on until it is realised."

-Anand Ranganathan, Hindus in Hindu Rashtra (Eighth-Class Citizens and Victims of State-Sanctioned Apartheid)

"To me, the mark of civilisation is this unquenchable thirst of man to demand justice for his ancestors; to correct a historical wrong. For that exemplifies a continuity; an idea, a memory that can ne…"

-Anand Ranganathan, Hindus in Hindu Rashtra (Eighth-Class Citizens and Victims of State-Sanctioned Apartheid)

"And to those who now call this nation a Hindu Rashtra, run by religious zealots and fascists, to those I ask: In which theocratic state would religious zealots wait for half a millennium and even the…"

-Anand Ranganathan, Hindus in Hindu Rashtra (Eighth-Class Citizens and Victims of State-Sanctioned Apartheid)

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18. Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom

By: Sanjeev Sanyal

4.63

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

The official narrative of India's freedom struggle has almost entirely been about the non-violent p… read more

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  • india
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19. India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution

By: J. Sai Deepak

4.46

Format: 472 pages, Hardcover

India, That Is Bharat, the first book of a comprehensive trilogy, explores the influence of Europea… read more

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"The spiritual character of the relationship between indigeneity and nature is an emotion that the coloniser can at best exoticise but can never relate to."

-J. Sai Deepak, India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution

"Rest of the world was not living in the Dark Ages before Pax Europaea or European Peace, and will certainly not plunge into ignorance and darkness after the demise of Pax Europaea. Therefore, it is t…"

-J. Sai Deepak, India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution

"Until a decolonial approach is employed by experts and ‘intellectuals’, we will continue to see the entrenchment of colonialised identities and fissures, which began with an anti-Brahmin slant but wh…"

-J. Sai Deepak, India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution

"The ‘modern’, ‘rational’, ‘scientific’, Christian European coloniser could not get himself to acknowledge that the lived experience and traditional knowledge of native societies gathered over millenn…"

-J. Sai Deepak, India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution

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20. Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again

By: Johann Hari

4.24

Format: 357 pages, Hardcover

Our ability to pay attention is collapsing. From the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing t… read more

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"We live in a culture that is constantly amping us up with stress and stimulation."

-Johann Hari, Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again

"We are now exposed to ten times the amount of artificial light that people were exposed to just fifty years ago."

-Johann Hari, Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again

"If you see the world through fragments, your empathy often doesn’t kick in, in the way that it does when you engage with something in a sustained, focused way."

-Johann Hari, Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again

"In situations of low stress and safety, mind-wandering will be a gift, a pleasure, a creative force. In situations of high stress or danger, mind-wandering will be a torment."

-Johann Hari, Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again

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21. The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change your Life and Achieve Real Happiness

By: Ichiro Kishimi

3.98

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The Japanese phenomenon that teaches us the simple yet profound lessons required to liberate our re… read more

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"All you can do in regard to your own life is choose the best path that you believe in."

-Ichiro Kishimi, The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change your Life and Achieve Real Happiness

"But is being normal, being ordinary, really such a bad thing? Is it something inferior? Or, in truth, isn't everybody normal?"

-Ichiro Kishimi, The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change your Life and Achieve Real Happiness

"Your unhappiness cannot be blamed on your past or your environment. And it isn’t that you lack competence. You just lack courage. One might say you are lacking in the courage to be happy."

-Ichiro Kishimi, The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change your Life and Achieve Real Happiness

"Look, no matter how much you want to be Y, you cannot be reborn as him. You are not Y. It's okay for you to be you. However, I am not saying it's fine to be 'just as you are'. If you are unable to re…"

-Ichiro Kishimi, The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change your Life and Achieve Real Happiness

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22. "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character

By: Richard P. Feynman

4.27

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A New York Times bestseller—the outrageous exploits of one of this century's greatest scientific mi… read more

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"I learned from her that every woman is worried about her looks, no matter how beautiful she is."

-Richard P. Feynman, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character

"I couldn't claim that I was smarter than sixty-five other guys--but the average of sixty-five other guys, certainly!"

-Richard P. Feynman, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character

"All the time you're saying to yourself, 'I could do that, but I won't,' — which is just another way of saying that you can't."

-Richard P. Feynman, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character

"You see, I get so much fun out of thinking that I don’t want to destroy this pleasant machine that makes life such a big kick."

-Richard P. Feynman, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character

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23. Life's Amazing Secrets: How to Find Balance and Purpose in Your Life

By: Gaur Gopal Das

4.24

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Crawling through the ruthless Mumbai traffic for hours on end, Gaur Gopal Das strikes up a conversa… read more

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24. Death: An Inside Story

By: Sadhguru

4.33

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

Death is a taboo in most societies in the world. But what if we have got this completely wrong? Wha… read more

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"When death knocks on your door, your life will be focused, and naturally, you turn inward, because outward is of no use anymore.."

-Sadhguru, Death: An Inside Story

"For the possibility of Being Human to truly blossom, you must establish that your external circumstances should not dictate what is happening within you."

-Sadhguru, Death: An Inside Story

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25. Jugalbandi: The BJP Before Modi

By: Vinay Sitapati

4.38

Format: 424 pages, Hardcover

Narendra Modi has been a hundred years in the making. Vinay Sitapati's Jugalbandi provides this bac… read more

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26. Ramayana Unravelled: Lesser Known Facets of Rishi Vālmiki’s Epic

By: Ami Ganatra

4.41

Format: 236 pages, Paperback

No epic has moved the consciousness of millions like the Ramayana. The appeal of the story of Rama … read more

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27. The Freedom Manifesto: 7 Rules To Live the Life of Your Calling

By: Karan Bajaj

4.49

Format: 254 pages, Paperback

‘First, sit in a quiet place. Now, close your eyes and visualize your ideal life ten years from now… read more

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28. Splendours of Royal Mysore: The Untold Story of the Wodeyars

By: Vikram Sampath

4.15

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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29. Seventy Years of Secularism: Unpopular Essays on the Unofficial Political Religion of India

By: Sandeep Balakrishna

4.34

Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition

After seventy years, there is a powerful new political, intellectual and cultural churning occurrin… read more

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30. Sanskrit Non-Translatables : The Importance of Sanskritizing English

By: Rajiv Malhotra

4.53

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

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7 best-selling spirituality books like Sanskrit Non-Translatables : The Importance of Sanskritizing English by Rajiv Malhotra

Transform Your Habits

Tao Te Ching

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4.30

Transform Your Habits

Shiva To Shankara: Decoding The Phallic Symbol

Devdutt Pattanaik

3.81

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7 Secrets of the Goddess (The 7 Secret Series, #4)

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2.84

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4.24

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4.15

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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

Mark Manson , None

3.88

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101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think

Brianna Wiest

3.76

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How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

David Brooks

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