Moksh Juneja (mokshjuneja) - Mumbai, India (37 books)

Moksh Juneja is now friends with Omkar Dash

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to:

The 4 Hour Work Week: Escape The 9 5, Live Anywhere And Join The New Rich
by Timothy Ferriss

read in November, 2010

My rating:

All the recommendations are awesome, but a little far fetched. To implement all of them will take time and should be done step by step. if all points are trying to be implemented, then there would be chaos in the personal and professional life.

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3/9 questions correct (33.33%) in 2 mins 46 secs

Moksh Juneja gave

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Sidney Sheldon's Mistress of the Game
by Tilly Bagshawe

read in September, 2010

My rating:

the book had all the elements of Sidney Sheldon, the only thing being it was a lengthy!!

Moksh Juneja became a fan of Tilly Bagshawe

Moksh Juneja gave

to:

Shantaram
by Gregory David Roberts

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Moksh Juneja gave

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Those Small Lil' Things In Life And Love
by Rahul Saini

recommended for: youngsters of India

read in November, 2009

My rating:

I picked up this book, just by chance at the Ahmedabad railway station. I like these kind of books cause there are light reading, there are situations you can relate to. The new breed of authors Chetan Bhagat and Tushar Raheja and many more, will nev...more

Moksh Juneja gave

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2 states: the story of my marriage
by Chetan Bhagat

read in November, 2009

My rating:

Dear Mr. Chetan Bhagat

Another Bollywood movie in the making
Two States is a story between a couple Ananya and Krish, who meet in college, the reputed IIM-A, and take their relationship forward even though there are from two separate worlds, two dif...moreDear Mr. Chetan Bhagat

Another Bollywood movie in the making
Two States is a story between a couple Ananya and Krish, who meet in college, the reputed IIM-A, and take their relationship forward even though there are from two separate worlds, two different cultures, two different states, and of course two families, dont think they wanted to relaise in the end they are brother and sister, that would be a story. Actually, the story is as to how the convince their parents to get them married happily, leaving differences aside. very Bollywoodish! You have stopped writing for writing sake, you writing the novels as scripts, dont you deny, Mr Author?

I still like Five Point Someone. It is very easily to relate to the characters that you portray in your books, you see them in trains, you see them in metros, you see them bargaining for vegetables at the local vendor. Except for the fact you bought GOD in One Night @ the Call Centre, was way over board. Your first book gets reflected so very strongly in this, you have made a whole story revolving around it. Last book i remember where same character was repeated was Robert Langdon in Angels and Demons and then in Da Vinci Code. Also, this time you didnt bring in the God element, but to play Safe - a Guruji.

Punjabi vs. Madrasi
I like and dislike the whole North Indian vs. South Indian divide. I like it because it brings in the humour element and very stereotypical characters specially the pubjabi fat, health conscious aunites and at the same time South Indian food. The story lacked the in-depth elements that focused on highlighting the cultures and the differences, but then i believe you must have been told by the publisher / editor / whom so ever, please keep the story below 250 pages, we are not planning to sell the book for more than Rs. 95 wonly. Why was there a hurry to finish the story. I actually skipped a lot of the elements, while reading the book, like i already knew it.

Love Story and delayed marriage
They fell in love way to fast, they got successful careers. On the career end, that is when i started liking the Punjabi mother the most. Her son IIT and IIM graduate and working for a MNC company called Citibank feels upset and she suggests that leave that job, till then i will speak to the Manager of Canara Bank, which is next door.

Love is fast in this movie; oops novel. But then it takes them one and half years to get the things sorted out between their parents and there are no fights between the couple and just basic arguments between them which are solved more amicably and with complete maturity, totally unbelievable. Once, everyone is happy, you take another 4 to 5 months to actually get the date of marriage.

Dedication and possible sequels
I also liked the part in the beginning where you dedicate the book to your in-laws and then you make a very careful, diplomatic acknowledgment to all those Punjabis and Madrasis. Glad you didnt take digs at Marathis, or even better still you didnt fall in love with a Martathi girls or the sales of the pirated copies of the book would be higher and it would be one of the banned book. This should clearly give an idea as to what would be the sequel to this book - 2 States - Second story - Gujarati marrying an Assamese. You are lucky at present India has 28 states and 7 Union Territories, you are a banker, you do the permutation and combination of the number of sequels that one can write.

With fast paced novel, missing north and south elements, 70-yr old Guruji, whooped time-lines, multiple unnecessary brand mentions (my favourite: Citi never sleeps, only makes customers weep) and predictable sub-plots it still makes the pleasant read.

Your reader,(less)

Moksh Juneja gave

to:

Tum Kabhi Boodhi Mat Hona
by Mukesh Anand

recommended to Moksh Juneja by: author himself
recommended for: all budding poets

read in November, 2009

My rating:

The last time i was reading Hindi poetry was to give my Hindi elementary exams. The poems and poets that i fairly remember are Sukh-Dukh by Sumitra Nandan Pant and Agneepath by Dr. Harivnashrai Bachchan. My favourite part in the poems sections were t...moreThe last time i was reading Hindi poetry was to give my Hindi elementary exams. The poems and poets that i fairly remember are Sukh-Dukh by Sumitra Nandan Pant and Agneepath by Dr. Harivnashrai Bachchan. My favourite part in the poems sections were the Dohas that we had to actually by-heart and then vomit it out to for the exams. Dohas are the two line couplets where in the first line, you would have the obvious written and then in the second it would be compared to the life in very simple terms. The most popular or he ones that we had to study were Rahim and Kabir. One of the most memorable Rahim doha that i remember and continue to follow is

रहिमिन देखी बडेंन को, लगो न दिज्ये दर,
जहा काम आवे सुई, क्या करे तलवार.

All this was more of a nostalgia that brought in my book that i currently finished reading as well was present for the book launch. The book titled is "Tum Kabhi Boodhi Mat Hona" by Mukesh Anand. Where the poems are written in such simplicity that it brings out the most complex issues in subtle manner and makes you think.

What I liked in the book the most is that, after reading a stanza, momentarily use to forget the rest of the poem which us still unread and use to start aligning that whole stanza with part of my life, where they would be flashes of people, places or situations that I have been. Never had this effect earlier, after reading any book, cause you just keep on visualizing how the story would unfold, once you read prose or any fiction.

Will not deny that all the poems had that effect, but most of them did, cause there are sometimes you are unable to relate to that experience that the poet mentions, since you have never been into one. But most of the times, the poems are dealing with current issues that we all feel for.

Favorite section in the book is what is called Mukhdas (मुख्दास) where this section is similar to Dohas the form poetry that I love. Amongst my favourite is

अपनी ख़ामोशी का हासिल
उनको बता देना
जिन जज्बातों को पनाह
न दे सको
उन्हें मेरा पता देना

... and there more like these in the book. At the book launch, i got my first autographed book my the poet himself. Always had the impression that poets are very serious, dukhi and sad. This impression was formed because the Pyassa, what else could have been. Mukesh Anand turns out to be a little different, where he accepts life in its hostility as well as its humility and that is what it reflects even in his poems. He jokes too and sometimes has not one but two punch lines in his jokes!!(less)

Moksh Juneja gave

to:

The One Minute Manager
by Ken Blanchard

recommended for: Specially, Management Students and Managers

read in November, 2009

My rating:

The One Minute Manager written by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson is one of the simplest ways to explain on how to plan, organize and reward people. It is not just applicable in large multinational corporations, but also in our daily lives.

If you...moreThe One Minute Manager written by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson is one of the simplest ways to explain on how to plan, organize and reward people. It is not just applicable in large multinational corporations, but also in our daily lives.

If you have a father who likes to keep talking some sense into you, or you teacher who keeps motivating you to study or a boss who keeps telling you to do things in a right manner or a guru who tried to give you a spiritual path of enlightenment (or Moksh); then next one and half hour when you would be reading this book, you will all start realizing that the book just keep emphasizing all those points that have been told to you earlier in more structured manner.

The style of writing the book is to elucidate all the management concepts in the that one has studied and rephasizing on the importance of Goal Setting; giving individuals the opportunity to make their own decisions and reward them for it and repimanding behaviour and not people, if the deviate away from the objective or are unable to achieve it. Simple style of writing makes the concepts very easily understood and it makes you think, if you have diverted away from your path or no. It is inspiration, which will last for sometime, or untill you re-read it or read something else.

In the most simple terms, the three things that the book tells you is that
* Set your goals
* Reward people
* Reprimand people

On Manipulation
Hey, now that does not tell you everything about the book. You can still go ahead and read it. One of my question on manipulation got answered, after reading the book. Always thought that as public relations consultants we manipulate people emotions into achieving desirable goals for the orgnizations that we work for. My take from the book on manipulation is that if we inform everyone of our intentions and the objectives of the organization, then we would not manipulating them or making them think in terms of that we are using them. Manipulation is not just what organization decides to tell his employees and or hides from them, it is also which makes them think as what they want to achieve from the organization.

Question answered
Question that remains answered from the book is that on the concept of reprimanding people, it says that you do not target the people, you target their behaviour. That is something one will definately be very difficult to achieve cause your biases towards a person will surely creep in and the book subtly states that you would want to hold back shouting and getting back at people in more aggressive tone. Again, this also very difficult to achieve, even though knowing and understanding people, if they dont shout at you, they would surely be sarcastic about it.(less)

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Apr 15, 2011 10:37pm
Moksh Juneja gave to: The 4 Hour Work Week: Escape The 9 5, Live Anywhere And Join The New Rich by Timothy Ferriss read in November, 2010	My rating:
All the recommendations are awesome, but a little far fetched. To implement all of them will take time and should be done step by step. if all points are trying to be implemented, then there would be chaos in the personal and professional life.
Jan 24, 2011 11:33pm · see review
Moksh Juneja just took The Awesome Harry Potter Quotes: Who Said It? quiz 3/9 questions correct (33.33%) in 2 mins 46 secs
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Moksh Juneja gave to: Sidney Sheldon's Mistress of the Game by Tilly Bagshawe read in September, 2010	My rating:
the book had all the elements of Sidney Sheldon, the only thing being it was a lengthy!!
Sep 22, 2010 07:55am · see review
Moksh Juneja became a fan of Tilly Bagshawe
Sep 22, 2010 07:53am · all of Moksh's favorite authors
Moksh Juneja gave to: Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts	My rating:
Mar 17, 2010 01:09am
Moksh Juneja gave to: Those Small Lil' Things In Life And Love by Rahul Saini recommended for: youngsters of India read in November, 2009	My rating:
I picked up this book, just by chance at the Ahmedabad railway station. I like these kind of books cause there are light reading, there are situations you can relate to. The new breed of authors Chetan Bhagat and Tushar Raheja and many more, will nev...more
Dec 05, 2009 01:33pm · see review
Moksh Juneja gave to: 2 states: the story of my marriage by Chetan Bhagat read in November, 2009	My rating:
Dear Mr. Chetan Bhagat Another Bollywood movie in the making Two States is a story between a couple Ananya and Krish, who meet in college, the reputed IIM-A, and take their relationship forward even though there are from two separate worlds, two dif...more
Nov 25, 2009 01:54pm · see review
Moksh Juneja gave to: Tum Kabhi Boodhi Mat Hona by Mukesh Anand recommended to Moksh Juneja by: author himself recommended for: all budding poets read in November, 2009	My rating:
The last time i was reading Hindi poetry was to give my Hindi elementary exams. The poems and poets that i fairly remember are Sukh-Dukh by Sumitra Nandan Pant and Agneepath by Dr. Harivnashrai Bachchan. My favourite part in the poems sections were t...more
Nov 23, 2009 02:53am · see review
Moksh Juneja gave to: The One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard recommended for: Specially, Management Students and Managers read in November, 2009	My rating:
The One Minute Manager written by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson is one of the simplest ways to explain on how to plan, organize and reward people. It is not just applicable in large multinational corporations, but also in our daily lives. If you...more
Nov 21, 2009 08:58am · see review

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