Kane and Abel by Jeffery Archer | Book review
Jeffery Archer’s Kane and Abel grabs the reader right from the first wail in the first passage. Two births take place on the same day, one in American family of Wealthy Bankers and the other in far away Russia, in the dusk of World War-I.
It traces of these two lives of Kane and Abel, and how destiny makes their paths cross.
The novel takes us with the boys through their childhood to schooling to loss of virginity to their matrimony to their parenthood to being old men. All through the story, Kane and Abel cross each others path and end up being at loggerheads.
As the backdrop, Archer chooses the most fascinating decades in world history that is World-War I to Titanic to Great Depression to World War II to time after the War. This period has been such a rich backdrop to so many of great works of our time. Thus we are sucked into these two stories while also feel, these great events in History through Kane and Abel.
It has been #1 New York Best Seller for a long time referenced in innumerous moments in cinema, like Deepika Padukone as she learns about stocks from the people she carries in her cab in Hindi movie "Bachna Ae Hasseno"and more recently in Slumdog Millionaire, when the the brothers survive a few years on trains selling items and stealing, which is a direct lift from childhood days of Abel
Verdict- a must read, because of its un-putdown-able quality. An absolute classic.
Written by Ali Naqvi.
It traces of these two lives of Kane and Abel, and how destiny makes their paths cross.
The novel takes us with the boys through their childhood to schooling to loss of virginity to their matrimony to their parenthood to being old men. All through the story, Kane and Abel cross each others path and end up being at loggerheads.As the backdrop, Archer chooses the most fascinating decades in world history that is World-War I to Titanic to Great Depression to World War II to time after the War. This period has been such a rich backdrop to so many of great works of our time. Thus we are sucked into these two stories while also feel, these great events in History through Kane and Abel.
It has been #1 New York Best Seller for a long time referenced in innumerous moments in cinema, like Deepika Padukone as she learns about stocks from the people she carries in her cab in Hindi movie "Bachna Ae Hasseno"and more recently in Slumdog Millionaire, when the the brothers survive a few years on trains selling items and stealing, which is a direct lift from childhood days of Abel
Verdict- a must read, because of its un-putdown-able quality. An absolute classic.
Written by Ali Naqvi.
Bong Konnexion
In today’s politics, Left has apparently become irrelevant but what about communism and socialism? No, with a large population under declared BPL and larger population under real BPL, communism has become more relevant.
Infosys and Wipro has been denied land for IT hub in WB but the core reason is not capitalism. Globalization and Capitalism are truth of the age but that is not the core reason of public outrage is State Government’s land acquisition policies. When in ’70s they begun, people were with them and today after four decades they are standing on the other side of hedge.
Unfortunately, the torch bearers of communism in this country read too much into line not into minds.
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Sujoy Ghosh
Promise: Nikesh Arora
He gives KVS for his upbringing. He did his schooling in Air Force School in Delhi. He got engineering degree from IT-BHU. He studied management at Boston’s North Eastern University. Today, he is in the elite league of Eric Schmidt, Larry Page and Sergey Brin. He is Nikesh Arora.
As, President, Global Sales Operations and Business Operation, Nikesh is the fourth head of the most revered IT Giant of our age. Focus, passion and commitment were the three qualities that complemented his intelligence. Unlike the famed trio, Nikesh is a management guy to the core. When he arrived at the Google, it was doing great and Nikesh was looking forward to a new beginning of his career. With Nikesh, company grew and he himself arrived with a great style. He amplified the revenues in Europe and US sectors and created great openings in India and China.
His case explains how with hard work and commitment one can achieve millions dream of.
Written By: Sujoy Ghosh
Smart Calculation |Masterstroke
US cannot risk conflict with China as a face to face can prove to be a strategic and economic blunder. Dragon is a danger and too dangerous to be considered so. A too dangerous foe should be a friend.
Not only in outsourcing segment has China overtaken India, it has also ensured a pseudo-cover from the archrival US. China and Taiwan are separated by Taiwan Strait and the states just facing Taiwan across the water are Guangdong and Fujian. Two strategic points are now home to US majors like IBM, Microsoft and Dell.
If today or tomorrow things go wrong between China and Taiwan/US, US won’t intervene. A strategic miscalculation will mean loss of hundreds of billions of dollars. So, checkmate in favor of China.
Written By: Sujoy Ghosh
Article 370 |Axioms Of Land
Due to political complexities, Jammu and Kashmir has been given a special status by the constitution of India. This provision has been made under Article 370.
J&K has a special constitutional status under the law of land. All the provisions of the constitution relating to states are not applicable to J&K, however, it is specified as a state under the same schedule. This situation is due to the fact that J&K acceded to the Union of India under extremely complicated situations. In lieu of Constitution of India, where state specific laws are required, state constitution is used.
Article 370 has been centre of a major political issue- Kashmir’s autonomy. A major political party BJP has been advocating scrapping of the law for two reasons: one: it was initially included as a temporary provision and two: State government may misuse the act if a pro-Pakistan government. However, in its regime, BJP hardly did anything in this regard.
Written By: Sujoy Ghosh
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