Simply Fly - Captain Gopinath (2009)

400 pages of sheer fast paced active entrepreneurship that will keep you gripping. I think in many senses Capt. Gopinath has presented what an ideal entrepreneur should be. A varied experience of being an army officer to a farmer to sericulturist to politician to founding father of low cost airlines in India is a remarkable journey for someone to explore. I think one cannot quite write a summary of the whole book as it is only a summary to someone with such a vast experience that you can only know more when you read it. Very few people you find in life who are not only learned but are highly pragmatic in their approach. I think Capt. Gopinath fits that very well.

A definite read for anyone interested in understanding entrepreneurship and I guess if someone does not have appreciation for such person he should probably not venture into entrepreneurship. At least one book which highlighted or tried to justify some negative publicity that Deccan received than to completely ignore it in some of the other biographies I have read earlier.

Origin of the Soul & Purpose of Reincarnation - Walter Semkew (2008)

The book presents the concepts of origins of souls and why it reincarnates with a westerner's viewpoint. But when you read through it you will find many similarities of the concepts with Hinduism as well. In fact he explains why souls are a universal being and the religious sentiments are only streams that a soul swims through in each incarnation. In short why a soul reincarnates? In short to get rid of the karmic debt it has created against fellow souls surrounding him. Sometimes to serve the fellow souls so that they can escape their karmic debts. Of all the virtues it's a forgiving soul that marches fastest in getting rid of its debt. I felt these are the biggest takeaways as action items a person needs to directly get benefitted. The rest of the book definitely gives deep insights into how souls were created, where they live when they leave a physical form, what level of spiritual maturity they have attained etc. The book also highlights many cases of known great men who have reincarnated and are engaged in similar professions and have similar looks and strong characteristics that has been aptly ratified by a spiritual master who has not reincarnated to physical form in last 3000 years.

I think this is a book of belief. There is no way to prove of disprove unless you have similar levels of spiritual capability. The takeaways are simple and preached by all spiritual masters. I will recommend reading this book.