Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Muhammad by Martin Lings

'Muhammad' by Martin Lings is a biography of the Prophet who founded Islam in 500AD. I like this book coz it gives factual account of his life in a readable manner. It put to rest the misgivings i had about the battles and bloodshed associated with the spread of Islam during the Prophet's lifetime. Now i understand why those battles were necessary.

Monday, February 05, 2007

Anthem by Ayn Rand

Anthem is a short story which condemns groupism and glorifies individualism. The story is prophetic, it tells what kind of backward and unhappy place this world would become if everybody stopped living for self and started living for others. So the message is to stop thinking 'We' and start thinking 'I'. I agree that 'I' is the key to happy and fulfilling life. Every individual is responsible for his happiness. Only if an individual is happy would he make the people around him happy.

Traffic Signal

Traffic Signal is the new Madhur Bahndarkar movie starring Kunal Khemu, Konkana Sen and others. It's about the life of people who make their living by begging and selling knick-knacks at traffic signals. It was like a documentary film which ends just when it starts getting interesting. It had some funny and touching moments. Music was very boring.