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पुस्तकों के प्रति मेरे लगाव को जानने वाले मित्र और परिचित अक्सर मुझसे पूछते हैं कि क्या पुस्तकों की ऐसी कोई श्रेणी है जिसे मैं विशेष रूप से पसंद करता हूं। एक समय था जब मैं हल्की-फुल्की पुस्तकें पढ़ना पसंद करता था। उपरोक्त सम्बन्ध में मेरा उत्तर हुआ करता था: थ्रीलर (रोमांचक पुस्तकें)।

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Friends and acquaintances who know my fondness for books often ask me if there is any category of books which I particularly like. There was a time when I had a preference for light reading. Posed the above question, my reply used to be: thrillers.

But if today I am asked the same question my answer is: self-help books.

Talking about my very early years in Karachi I have often recalled that when I met my R.S.S. mentor Shri Rajpal Puri for the first time - I was in my teens at the time – he gave me Dale Carnegie’s How to win Friends and Influence People. That was really my first ever self-help book. At that age it impressed Click to Read More

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पिछले सप्ताह श्री एम.जे. अकबर ने मुझे अपनी पुस्तक ‘टिंडरबॉक्स‘ के अमेरिकी संस्करण की प्रति भेंट की, जो इस महीने की शुरूआत में अमेरिका में लोकर्पित की गई है।

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Last week, M.J. Akbar presented to me the American Edition of his book Tinderbox which was released in the U.S.A. earlier this month.

After the release of this book in January, 2011 in New Delhi, I had described the book as a brilliant book. That book, sub-titled “the past and future of Pakistan” had fourteen chapters. The American edition has added one more, titled ‘Dark side of the moon.’ As expected, this chapter focuses on U.S. –Pakistan relations, right from the time of Pakistan’s formation till today.

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मेरे एक घनिष्ठ मित्र और छत्तीसगढ़ के पूर्व राज्यपाल जनरल कृष सेठ ने गत् रविवार 15 जुलाई के मेरे ब्लॉग जो विल डुरंट की पुस्तक ‘ए केस फॉर इण्डिया‘ पर आधारित है पर एक संक्षिप्त टिप्पणी की है:

सेठ लिखते हैं:

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‘मदर इण्डिया‘ शीर्षक वाली घिनौनी भारत विरोधी पुस्तक लिखने वाली कुख्यात लेखिका केथरीन मायो का नाम मैंने पहली बार तब सुना जब मैं कराची में विद्यार्थी था। महात्मा गांधी ने इस पुस्तक की निंदा ‘गटर इंस्पेक्टर की रिपोर्ट‘ के रुप में की!

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Gen. Krish Seth, a close friend, and former Governor of Chhattisgarh has written to me a brief note commenting on my blog of last Sunday, July 15, based on Will Durant’s book A Case for India.

Seth writes:

The blog is an eye-opener. I am confident our present generation is totally unaware of these facts. At best they know that once upon a time India was SONEY KI CHIDIYA and nothing else. Even our text books in schools have never brought out these facts.

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