The Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell (2000)

It is definitely a book on concepts that are new, unique and brings out how epidemics spread in society. However, the first one or two chapters clearly puts the context pretty clearly. After that it becomes a bit of a drag. The same things being told again and again. The book does not create any new enthusiasm in the later chapter. In initial chapters Malcolm Gladwell introduces the concepts with interesting examples already. In the end he again tries to elaborate with cases which do not seem to be adding any additional value.

Although the book is an all time great, I will still rate the overall style not something that can hold your attention for too long.

Gopabandhu Das - by Shreeram Chandra Das (1976)

One of the very early freedom fighters yet quite unknown to the India at large. The man who brought congress to Orissa and started the nationalistic movement for one India in Orissa. The book is written as a consideration to how great a leader Utkalmani Gopabandhu Das was. I think important that such text be published which can influence the people of India on the contribution of Orissa to the Indian freedom movement and how some people in remote corners of the country have carried out selfless service to a mankind. A land known more for its natural calamities, deaths of hunger than its strong cultural heritage and art owes forever to this man for its existence.

A must read book for anybody to know a bit about some selfless souls of our times.