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மண்ட பத்திரம்! [Manda Bathiram]
88 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2018
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Gobinath
7 books280 followersGobinath Chandran (கோபிநாத்) is an Indian television anchor, radio jockey, journalist, reporter, news presenter/moderator, entrepreneur, and a writer, currently featured on the STAR Vijay's debate show Neeya Naana. He is popularly known as "Neeya Naana Gobinath." Gobi began his career in 1997 with United Television and later he went on to join Raj Television Network. He did reporting assignments for Jaya TV, NDTV and CNBC TV-18. Later he joined Vijay TV and anchored Makkal Yaar Pakkam, a political analysis programme. In 2006, he started his position with Neeya Naana.
The first, among the books written by him, was a collection of poems, Theruvellam Devathaigal, and was published in 2007. The second book, Please Indha Puthagathai Vaangatheenga, was based on personality development which is still topping the charts and has sold over 4 lakh copies till date. The third was a self-motivating and self-analysing book called Neeyum Naanum. Gobinath's fourth book is Ner Ner Thema, a collection of interviews. The recent book "Nimirnthu Nil" was published in Nakkeeran, Tamil Weekly and later got published in 2015. Of all his works he quotes "PASSWORD" is the one that is close to his heart. He also wrote a series of articles with the title "Neeyum Naanum" in Aananda Vikatan. It is known for its scripted motivation. This article was translated into English as "Y"
The first, among the books written by him, was a collection of poems, Theruvellam Devathaigal, and was published in 2007. The second book, Please Indha Puthagathai Vaangatheenga, was based on personality development which is still topping the charts and has sold over 4 lakh copies till date. The third was a self-motivating and self-analysing book called Neeyum Naanum. Gobinath's fourth book is Ner Ner Thema, a collection of interviews. The recent book "Nimirnthu Nil" was published in Nakkeeran, Tamil Weekly and later got published in 2015. Of all his works he quotes "PASSWORD" is the one that is close to his heart. He also wrote a series of articles with the title "Neeyum Naanum" in Aananda Vikatan. It is known for its scripted motivation. This article was translated into English as "Y"
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August 29, 2021
Speaks about various things in new dimension
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March 15, 2025
‘Manda Bathram’ is an extremely popular pop-culture phrase in Tamil for which I’m unable to find an appropriate English equivalent.
The author, Gopinath, is a television host, anchor and interviewer with more than 2 decades of experience in the media industry. He presents his outlook towards life through a collection of short essays covering various facets like friendship, jealousy, productivity and work-life balance, interaction with the society etc.
The best part about this book, in my opinion, is the writing style. A deliberate choice was made to use a very colloquial language to make it seem like someone is actually talking to us. And if you’ve seen him speak on TV, you'd notice how he stamped his mark with his choice of words.
His take on how just being different from the rest is not cool unless you back it up with knowledge, skills and experience was an interesting one. Most of the content reinforces a lot of our thoughts, ideas and beliefs through his personal anecdotes. A few of the ideas and thoughts presented would stay with me for long, not just for the content, but for how effectively it was put across.
The book offers insightful life lessons in a simple, relatable language. It’s a great starting point for anyone getting started with Tamil books or is looking for a light read.
The author, Gopinath, is a television host, anchor and interviewer with more than 2 decades of experience in the media industry. He presents his outlook towards life through a collection of short essays covering various facets like friendship, jealousy, productivity and work-life balance, interaction with the society etc.
The best part about this book, in my opinion, is the writing style. A deliberate choice was made to use a very colloquial language to make it seem like someone is actually talking to us. And if you’ve seen him speak on TV, you'd notice how he stamped his mark with his choice of words.
His take on how just being different from the rest is not cool unless you back it up with knowledge, skills and experience was an interesting one. Most of the content reinforces a lot of our thoughts, ideas and beliefs through his personal anecdotes. A few of the ideas and thoughts presented would stay with me for long, not just for the content, but for how effectively it was put across.
The book offers insightful life lessons in a simple, relatable language. It’s a great starting point for anyone getting started with Tamil books or is looking for a light read.
July 28, 2019
Good book. Gives motivational thoughts and few learning for our life. There are little boring stuffs too but that is the reality happening in a person's life. I expected it to be similar to his book "please intha bookah vangathinga" But it is not. It could have been made better and little crispy.. An average book to enhance our thought process.
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April 29, 2022What are the small changes should be done in our life.. It Should be very useful to our life and makes our life beautiful.. Book says the small changes
January 31, 2026
He has shared some important life lessons from this experience.
January 19, 2019
Gobinath tried to reflect his different perspective on some of the underrated and overrated things we generally come across on a daily basis. A definite good read.
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