BANYAN

30/07/2013

“Non-reading is not just the absence of reading. It is a genuine activity, one that consists of adopting a stance in relation to the immense tide of books that protects you from drowning. On that basis, it deserves to be defended and even taught.”

25/07/2013

Valuable advice...

"That is the way to learn the most, that when you are doing something with such enjoyment that you don’t notice that the time passes."

24/07/2013

Must see..........

Why Tolstoy is 11.6% better than Shakespeare.

05/07/2013

"What is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversations!"

04/07/2013

Female entrepreneurs own 25% of all private enterprises in Vietnam – Asia's fastest-growing economy after China. But those at the top have often overcome extraordinary hardship to get there. Abigail Haworth meets three of Vietnam's wealthiest women

03/07/2013

From 'Siddhartha' to Seth Godin's 'Icarus Deception,' here is a list that's guaranteed to give you fruitful business-brainstorming sessions.

24/06/2013

"A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems." --ABRAHAM LINCOLN

21/06/2013

for all OBAMA lovers...

White House administrations generate books like leaves grow on trees. This video was recorded only 18 months into the Barack Obama presidency, and already the

21/06/2013

The hand written journal of Vasco da Gama's pioneering voyage to India, during the 15th century, has been included in the list of world's most prestigious documents by the UNESCO.

21/06/2013

Six awarding-winning writers including India's Amitav Ghosh are among a group of 12 poets, authors and academics vying for the 2013 Warwick Prize for Writing with themes ranging from the Australian war effort in France to o***m sellers in 19th century India.

21/06/2013

Hurray..to all MB lover's...

Romance fiction series Mills andBoon is now foraying into regional languages like Hindi, Malayalam, Marathi and Tamil.

18/06/2013

These people have rejected the stuff-cluttered life for something more meaningful.