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<br /> Long before computers and the Internet started dominating our life, these handheld compact devices with wafer-thin pages transported people from one world to another in a jiffy. They were highly portable and could accompany you anywhere (<keyword id="51958" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="40" keywordseo="YES">yes</keyword>, even to the washroom), and came with all kinds of pricing. Those who embraced them underwent a metamorphosis that changed them for the better. And the effect was for life. Yes, we are talking about books here.<br />
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Below are the top 10 books that every Indian should read. The list is an eclectic mix of world literature, visionary writing with Indian perspective and a historical yet contemporary chronicle of this country that is waiting to grow in leaps and bounds. But a list is a list after all, and it does not indicate or dictate the order of preference.<br />
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		<strong>Things Fall Apart by <keyword id="1105257" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="40" keywordseo="Chinua-Achebe">Chinua Achebe</keyword></strong></li>
</ol> Chinua Achebe, who died earlier this year, was a Nigerian novelist, poet, professor and critic. And this book is considered his magnum opus. The path-breaking novel showcases the struggle of the <keyword id="6500558" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="40" keywordseo="Indigenous">indigenous</keyword> communities against the intervention of external agents. It depicts the life of Okonkwo, a leader and local wrestling champion in Umuofia – one of a fictional group of nine villages in Nigeria, inhabited by the Ibo people during the late 19th century. A novel that truly portrays life at the grassroots.<br />
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		<strong>The Old Man and the Sea by <keyword id="823294" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Ernest">Ernest</keyword> Hemmingway</strong></li>
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With the young outnumbering the old in a country that is bursting at the seams, this book makes for excellent reading. This small, palm-sized book is the story of an epic battle between an old, experienced fisherman and a large marlin. This is the story of Santiago, an old, unlucky man, and his young apprentice Manolin.<br />
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		<strong>The Autobiography of <keyword id="144869" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="40" keywordseo="Malcolm-X">Malcolm X</keyword> by <keyword id="880434" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="40" keywordseo="Alex-Haley">Alex Haley</keyword></strong></li>
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Racism is raising its ugly head in all countries, including the land of opportunities called America. In this context, the story of Malcolm X, who was assassinated when he was all of 39, tells the life’s events of an extraordinary African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist.<br />
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		<strong>Dreams from My Father:</strong> <strong>A Story of Race and Inheritance by <keyword id="15962" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Barack-Obama">Barack Obama</keyword></strong></li>
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A story of Race and Inheritance by second term American President Barack Obama. Published in 1995 as he was preparing to launch his political career in a campaign for an Illinois office, this book effectively upholds the trials and tribulations of a young man who went on to dream big and realise the dreams of his forefathers.<br />
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		<strong>The Immortals of Meluha by <keyword id="182794" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Amish-Tripathi">Amish Tripathi</keyword></strong></li>
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After a brief lull on mythological stories with contemporary perspectives, this book is something fresh and new. This is the story of Shiva (considered the Destroyer), woven to suit the modern palette. Needless to say, the book helped many return to their reading after many years. And set the stage for more such attempts to be made by young corporate writers. None like this one!<br />
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		<strong>The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni</strong></li>
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She is a well-known name among NRI readers since long. After Irawati Karve’s classic study of Draupadi (the female protagonists of Mahabharata) in her book <em>Yuganta</em> (end of an epoch), <em>Palace</em> is another milestone. It is about reimagining the world famous Indian epic, this time told from the point of view of the amazing woman – Draupadi. It is quite relevant from today’s perspective, with a heady mix of history and mythology and rooted in Indian tradition. You will find a totally new interpretation of Panchaali’s life, manipulated by the turns of fate.<br />
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		<strong>Malgudi Days by <keyword id="1727179" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="40" keywordseo="R-K-Narayan">R. K. Narayan</keyword></strong></li>
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This collection of 19 short stories published in 1943 continues to be the favourite of many owing to its flavoursome language. Set in a tiny village in Southern India, this book is a capturing narrative of the innocence of people against the changing values of the society. When the book was published, <em><keyword id="187229" type="CITY" weightage="40" keywordseo="the-New-York-Times">The New York Times</keyword></em> said: Everyone in the book seems to have a capacity for responding to the quality of his particular hour. It’s an art we need to study and revive.<br />
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		<strong>The Discovery of India by Pandit <keyword id="6360386" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Jawaharlal-Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</keyword></strong></li>
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Political leaders today come from a different genre altogether and intellectual mastery is not a compulsory parameter of that ecosystem. But this book written by the first Prime Minister of independent India shows the country in a new light. Starting from the Indus Valley Civilisation, it goes on to trace the arrival of the Aryans and finally the rule of the British Empire. India of the past was filled with harmony and peace, but the evils of society slowly corrupted the people. It’s an analytical take, probing deep into the life, culture and philosophy of the country.<br />
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		<strong>Imagining India: The Idea of a Renewed Nation by <keyword id="44604" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Nandan-Nilekani">Nandan Nilekani</keyword></strong></li>
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When the corporate guru-turned-bureaucrat, who is spearheading one of the most controversial projects of disbursing a Unique Identification (UID) number to every Indian citizen, shares his insight, you better sit down and listen. In his book, Nilekani elaborates on the ideas that shaped India’s past and present. And like a true visionary, he asks the key question about the future: How will India, as a global power, avoid the mistakes of earlier development models? Read it for a better understanding of the economic success story in the making.<br />
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		<strong>The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity by <keyword id="9663" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Amartya-Sen">Amartya Sen</keyword></strong></li>
</ol> This one comes from the most elite of all as economist and Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen reflects on the contemporary India. In this book, he speaks of an immensely diverse country that is standing at the crossroads. In a <keyword id="678332" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Subtle">subtle</keyword> manner, the book celebrates India’s cultural achievements, success of democracy, secular politics and attempts to remove cultural and gender inequalities while pursuing peaceful existence within its sub-continent.<br />

10 Books Every Indian Should Read<b></b>

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div><p></p></div></div>Chinua Achebe has passed away. </p><p>In fact, he passed away two years ago, on March 21, 2013. But his obituary resurfaced on the internet this week, and some shared it as somewhat of a breaking news item: Chinua Achebe is dead.</p><p>Fast Company's Chris Gayomali <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/3044130/the-second-death-of-chinua-achebe-why-facebook-twitter-and-susan-rice-are-in-re-mourning">took a look at what seemed to have happened</a>:</p><p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span>Here's what I've been able to glean so far: A </span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/23/world/africa/chinua-achebe-nigerian-writer-dies-at-82.html?_r=0" target="_blank">link to Achebe's <em>New York Times</em> obituary</a><span> (dated: March 22, 2013) appears to have been making the rounds on Facebook and Twitter this morning, usually appended with some variation of "RIP Chinua Achebe." It isn't hard to imagine how this happened: Someone reposted the article on Achebe's two-year death anniversary, likely on Facebook. (I couldn't pinpoint the exact source. If you know something, drop me a line below.) Then, someone else who didn't know that the author had passed two years ago came across the article, felt a tug on their heartstrings, and was compelled to reshare the article with their network without checking the publish date.</span></p><p><span>These kind of things seem to happen...maybe not <em>often</em>...but enough that folks know to look skeptically at a link that keeps being shared but not acknowledged by any major media outlets. </span></p><p><span><span>After all, The New York Times wasn't tweeting out Achebe's obituary link today.</span></span></p><p><span><span>But before the confusion could be dismissed, before it lost its inertia, <span></span><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/organization/white-house" target="_blank" data-event-category="recirculation" data-event-label="Clicked: organization" data-event-action="Autolink">White House</a><span> national security adviser Susan Rice sent out a tweet on the matter.</span></span></span></p><p><span><span>She "seemingly wasn't aware that Achebe had been laid to rest two years ago," <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/3044130/the-second-death-of-chinua-achebe-why-facebook-twitter-and-susan-rice-are-in-re-mourning">Gayomali writes.</a></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div><p></p></div></div><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div><p></p></div></div><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span>She later deleted the tweets.</span></span></span></p><p><span><span>Susan Rice wasn't the only one. Lots of people were sending out tweets to pay digital tribute to Achebe, <a href="http://www.niemanlab.org/2015/03/r-i-p-chinua-achebe-again-the-unstuck-in-time-life-of-social-media/">Neiman Lab points out</a> (you can read a long list of those tweets here.)</span></span></p><p><span><span><span>While many are saying Rice fell for a "celebrity death hoax," it's more accurate to say that Rice was just uninformed, did not seek to be informed further before tweeting her messages, and, simply, just didn't check the date on the link she was sharing.</span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span>The "celebrity death hoax" - <span>seeing rumors on social platforms that a celebrity or political figure has died, with no reputable media confirmation - has claimed the "lives" of people like Ricky Martin, John Cena (five times!), Jerry Seinfeld, and Lindsay Lohan. It's why, when news of a celebrity death surfaces, people initially wait for official confirmation; a tweet from the AP, usually, or an article in TMZ. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><span>In Achebe's case, his death was not a hoax. It simply just wasn't new information.</span></span></span></span></p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/what-earth-would-look-like-if-ice-melted-world-map-animation-2015-2">Animated map of what Earth would look like if all the ice melted</a></h3>        <div>            <div>        <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="5xam5iczrSx4Ibx8MvarDsu3zOG88omE" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>        </div>        </div>            </div>

Why hundreds of people on Twitter thought Chinua Achebe died this week when he actually died 2 years ago

<p>Death hoaxes are common enough on social media, but it's understandably harder to pull them off with people who are already dead. That was no obstacle for whoever was <a href="http://www.firstpost.com/politics/remourning-chinua-achebe-age-social-media-2168395.html">pushing rumors of the death of Chinua Achebe</a> the morning of March 23rd.</p><p>The Nigerian literary titan, whose "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Things-Fall-Apart-Chinua-Achebe/dp/0385474547">Things Fall Apart</a>" and "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Arrow-God-Chinua-Achebe/dp/0385014805">Arrow of God</a>" are two landmarks of the 20th-century fiction, has indeed been dead since March 21st, 2013. But despite Achebe's prominence - and despite the attention he received after <a href="http://www.amazon.com/There-Was-Country-A-Memoir/dp/014312403X">publishing a long-awaited memoir</a> in 2012 - this fact has escaped notice with a critical mass of people that includes the US government's <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/11/the-controversial-africa-policy-of-susan-rice/265752/">former assistant undersecretary of State for African Affairs</a>:</p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>In fact, Achebe was laid to rest nearly two years ago.</p><p>Maybe there isn't any deeper significance in this Twitter gaffe, which would of course be less notable if Rice didn't hold the State Department's top Africa position from 1997 to 2001, a fairly tumultuous period which saw civil wars in Sierra Leone and Liberia, a devastating inter-state war between Eritrea and Ethiopia, and Nigeria's transition away from military rule.</p><p>But Rice is the US national security advisor, and Nigeria is currently in the midst of both one of the world's largest democratic presidential elections and one of its deadliest terrorist insurgencies. Between <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/category/boko-haram">Boko Haram</a> and a <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/nigerians-fear-election-postponement-could-lead-to-violence/2015/02/17/b9b185da-b250-11e4-bf39-5560f3918d4b_story.html">controversial presidential electoral delay</a>, Nigeria's situation is tenuous and the fight against the jihadists has even <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/the-us-pulled-its-80-troops-that-were-in-chad-looking-for-boko-haram-2015-3">draw in the US military</a> at certain points. </p><p>Chinua Achebe is one of the most famous and beloved Nigerians of the last half-century. A bit more knowledge and sensitivity towards the country and its icons from top US national security officials surely isn't a huge ask. She at least realized her mistake: The tweets had been deleted as of 10:04 AM, about 40 minutes after the tweets first appeared.</p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/trailer-point-and-shoot-documentary-libyan-revolution-2015-2">This 26-year-old from Baltimore took a 35,000-mile road trip and ended up fighting in the Libyan revolution</a></h3>        <div>            <div>        <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="szNGZoczpV6FOp_YiVp_j5fNW4DvFIZ8" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>        </div>        </div>            </div>

National Security Advisor Susan Rice falls for an embarrassing death hoax

<p class="p2">You're never too old for a great book.</p><p class="p2">We've put together a list of our 16 favorite stories on growing up and what it means to be a man. They cover everything from how to live to how to be a leader to how people should handle crises.</p><p class="p2">Check them out.</p><form action="http://www.amazon.com/gp/aws/cart/add.html" method="GET"><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div><p></p></div></div></p><p><strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E32MUEA/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00E32MUEA&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=biipmanbooks-20&amp;linkId=MA2U7FASRSV4AVR4">"Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Robert M. Pirsig</a>, from $1.53<br /></strong>This book addresses the fundamental question of how to live life. The author suggests that no matter what a person is doing, he should do it with care and without external distraction.</p><p><strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385474547/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0385474547&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=biipmanbooks-20&amp;linkId=DWIXGG6NU4GRI7IP">"Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe</a>, $7.99 for Kindle, $10.09 paperback</strong><br>The leader of a Nigerian village, Okonkwo, deals with the question of what it means to be a man as he navigates the shift from tradition to modernity.</br></p><p><strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553208845/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0553208845&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=biipmanbooks-20&amp;linkId=345OGJKL5TNYUK5R">"Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse,</a> $0.99 for Kindle, $5.99 paperback</strong><br>Siddhartha's life is the classic tale of self-discovery. He pursues enlightenment and ultimately discovers that it is experience that leads to understanding. Moments alone, he finds, are meaningless.</br></p><p><strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0374500010/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0374500010&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=biipmanbooks-20&amp;linkId=GB2IMNFWU4CNTOGK">"Night" by Elie Wiesel</a>, $5.99 for Kindle, $6.00 paperback</strong><br>Elie Wiesel writes about his imprisonment at Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps, and his struggle to maintain his faith during moments of absolute brutality.</br></p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div><p></p></div></div></p><p><strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307947106/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0307947106&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=biipmanbooks-20&amp;linkId=P3OE33PLHECEFIU7">"Palace Walk" by Naguib Mafouz</a>, $13.16 paperback</strong><br>Mafouz's novel is set in Egypt right before the 1919 revolution. He describes the daily lives of a tyrannical husband and father, his docile wife, and their sons and daughters. </br></p><p><strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/019953604X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=019953604X&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=biipmanbooks-20&amp;linkId=3S4D3G2PWYBMZPN2">"Fathers and Sons" by Ivan Turgenev</a>, $8.40 paperback</strong><br>Anyone who goes home for major family reunions during Thanksgiving will completely relate to this book. The story details the relationship between liberal students and their old school fathers.</br></p><p><strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0374528373/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0374528373&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=biipmanbooks-20&amp;linkId=FCLH4UGMX4DOZWYZ">"The Brothers Karamazov" by Fyodor Dostoevsky</a>, $9.99 for Kindle, $12.66 paperback</strong><br>Dostoevsky debates the questions of morality, free will, law and science via four brothers. Albert Einstein <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/sep/17/featuresreviews.guardianreview4">reportedly</a> said that this is "the most wonderful book I ever laid my hands on."</br></p><p><strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0140268863/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0140268863&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=biipmanbooks-20&amp;linkId=ZFTQ2Z5XWNRD5IT5">"The Odyssey" by Homer</a>, $10.17 paperback</strong><br>Odysseus comes home after being MIA for 20 years to find his son grown up and his wife fighting off suitors. He must reclaim both his family and his kingdom.<br><br /></br></br></p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div><p></p></div></div></p><p><strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1503379647/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1503379647&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=biipmanbooks-20&amp;linkId=PUHQL53WOKKRBLI7">"The Prince" by Niccolo Machiavelli,</a> $6.99 paperback<br /></strong>Machiavelli declares that it's better to be feared than loved in this 16th century text. Hundreds of years later, we still haven't figured out whether that's true or not - and that makes this a very relevant text for any leader.</p><p><strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743482743/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0743482743&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=biipmanbooks-20&amp;linkId=WCTELZJAIT2AGAA5">"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare</a>, $0.99 Kindle, $5.99 paperback</strong><br>The major characters, including Caesar and Brutus, deal with the complicated questions of free will, public versus private life, and whether friendship or ambition is more important.</br></p><p><strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1505572835/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1505572835&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=biipmanbooks-20&amp;linkId=NSS2ED63PHJJYNVI">"The Art of War" by Sun Tzu</a>, $6.99 paperback</strong><br>Sun Tzu believes that although people should try to avoid war, it is a necessary evil. He argues about the importance of strategic positioning and meticulously describes war tactics. Interestingly, many of his principles can be applied to the business world.</br></p><p><strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1416547878/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1416547878&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=biipmanbooks-20&amp;linkId=EDDVTA6XTQSPLUIY">"The Bully Pulpit" by Doris Kearns Goodwin</a>, $11.99 Kindle, $17.24 paperback<br /></strong>This text chronicles the first decade of the progressive era - a turbulent time full of reform and change - via the friendship of Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft.</p><p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div><p></p></div></div></p><p><strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0684803356/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0684803356&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=biipmanbooks-20&amp;linkId=FTT4CAZ6NLRBWNER">"For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Ernest Hemingway</a>, $10.56 paperback</strong><br>Hemingway explores the value of human life and the atrocities of war with this mega-novel. 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