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🚀 The Book in 3 Sentences A meticulous and well narrated biography of PV Narasimha Rao, 9th Prime Minister of India Talks about how PV Narasimha Rao managed to stay as both Lion and Fox as and when the time required him to be, following the code of both Nicolo Machiavelli and Chanakya Explains how the man was instrumental in the development of India into the current modern state we see today 🎨 Impressions The language of the book was good and captivating. The book is carefully crafted after many drafts and the hard work behind it is visible as clear as a sunny day. Author has tried his best to capture all view points and see an issue from all sides. Only bias here if any can be found towards the man himself, which is quite understandable. Because only such an admiration would make a person to do so much research on a relatively unknown PM of India. Major events in Modern Indian history was retold with the perspective of PV Narasimha Rao’s worldview. All the allegations again...

⛰ What It's About As the title suggests it’s about Ivan Ilych and his manner of death. Story begins with others hearing about the man’s death and reacting to it, then it moves on to the perspective of the title character, where we find out what kind of a man he was, how he lived his life, his regrets, troubles and bedridden thoughts. 🔍 How I Discovered It While browsing through Audible I saw a Tolstoy title that was surprisingly quite small in length, usually he writes everything as an epic. So this caught my eye and the title made it seem like a detective novel: “The Death of Ivan Ilych” 🧠 Thoughts It is mostly the musings of a man who just wants to go about his daily routine disturbed by the sudden death of his friend and musings of the friend about his approaching death. Overall it’s a contemplation on death and what it means to be alive. It gives an understanding of why many bedridden and sick people are so miserable even when everyone around them is trying so hard so ...