Shoe Dog
The story of Nike narrated by its co-founder.
Arun Mani
The personal website of Arun Mani.
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Deep Work
The art of focused work in a world full of distraction.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Depressing story of two women in Afghanistan.
1984
A dystopian nightmare where war is peace and freedom is slavery.
The Catcher in the Rye
Life of a teenager with angst, alienation and superficiality.
The Metamorphisis
Worst nightmare for a family with single breadwinner.
Siddhartha
A story of discovering one's own enlightenment.
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
An opinionated perspective of humans history.
Six Easy Pieces
A good re-introduction to physics if you are already in touch with physics.
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
It is really astrophysics for people in a hurry.
Numbers Don't Lie
Essays about random subjects in a rational way.
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
A good starter for wealth, philosophy and life.
Purple Hibiscus
A rich family may not mean a happy life.
Why does x & -x equal to the largest power of 2 that divides x?
Or how to find the largest power of 2 that divides x?
The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
The original dark version of the twisted tales.
The Palace of Illusions
Mahabharata from Panchaali's eyes.
Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes
So all the jokes we loved are just questions from philosophy…
Twenty Two Goblins
Classic Indian folklore told in a simplistic manner.
The Midnight Library
Sometimes you think of your choices.
State of Stateless - DebConf 2023
My talk about immutability, reproducibility and declarative system in Debian at DebConf 2023.
Creating blurred background image using ImageMagick
An article on how to resize an image to an aspect ratio with its background blurred using ImageMagick.
Jaya
If you want to read Mahabharta in short time, then this is the book.
The Graveyard Book
Interesting story of the dead among us.
Publishing book with Emacs and OrgMode
My journey in publishing a book using GNU Emacs and OrgMode.
The Nightingale
The war from the women's eyes and their heroism.
Looking for Alaska
A colorful love story.
Malgudi Days
Heavy dose of day-to-day stories.
The Shadow of the Wind
A tospy-turvy ride through the knots of love.
Norse Mythology
An awesome collection of stories from Norse mythology.
Let's make a silly JSON-like parser
A post about making a silly parser for JSON-like syntax.
Debian Day’22, Bishop Heber College, Trichy
Few words about the Debian Day 2022 in Trichy.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
A brilliant narration of a family.
The Pregnant King
A wonderful combination of magic and philosophy.
Educated
Power of education for someone from a conservative family.
Norwegian Wood
A big love tale.
New website
A post about the making of this website.
A Man Called Ove
Ove is the chad neighbor we all hate but at the end miss.
The Jaunt
A future that is scary because of science.
The Husband Stitch
A scary, interesting short story.
The Little Prince
A refreshing story that was fun to read.
The Handmaid's Tale
If this is the future, then please don't.
Anxious People
A refreshing tale of our human lives.
Hyperbole and a Half
Beautiful narration of various scenarios.
Forever Series
A modern love tale with suspense and mystery.
In a Grove
Awesome mystery surrounding a murder.
Strange Planet
After reading, you realize that Earth is really strange.
The Song of Achilles
Trojan War but from a different amazing viewpoint.
My Days in the Underworld
From the man who ruled the underworld.
Sherlock Holmes
Each story teaches you a new form of out-of-box thinking.
The Kite Runner
Beautiful narration of a culture, traditions and difficulties.