Book Review

Blunders to avoid in CSS INTERVIEW Common interview slip-ups It is easy to fall into a defeated mental place when making an easily avoidable interview mistake, which can be a hard state of mind to turn around. Here are common mistakes candidates make during the interview and what you should do instead: 1. Arriving late or too early 2. Inappropriate …

The Reconstruction Of Religious Thought In Islam Author: Allama Muhammad Iqbal Muhammad Iqbal is one of those Islamic intellectuals of the Subcontinent who is celebrated by all, read by few, and understood by even fewer. Iqbal’s 1930 book “The Reconstruction Of Religious Thought In Islam” is a collection of speeches that this revered visionary leader gave on reconstructing the metaphysical …

1. New Perspectives on Pakistan’s Political Economy: State, Class and Social Change, edited by Matthew McCartney and S. Akbar ZaidiFor the most part, the media discourse on Pakistan’s economy has focused on the International Monetary Fund (IMF), revenue shortages, food inflation, the country’s increasing debt, how few Pakistanis pay direct taxes, rising utility rates, the growing burden on the poor …

Eckhart Tolle’s THE POWER OF NOW   “The ‘Power of Now’ can transform your thinking. The result? More joy, right now.” —Oprah Winfrey “Forget about life situation for a while and pay attention to your life … your life situation is mind-stuff, your life is real.” (Page 52) Leading a very troubled and problematic life, created by many periods of …

  AWAKEN THE GIANT WITHIN  Are you in charge of your life? In one sentence, it means that you are taking charge of everything about your life, and that there never was or is anyone but yourself to blame for anything that you experience. It means that no matter what you are living right now; you know it is up …

Living a life Worth Living Self-help books are always a matter of controversy in academic circles. There is a difference of opinion between realistic and optimistic schools of thought. Realists think that motivational content pumps you up for a moment; you start thinking about doing the wonders, then you sleep at night but when you wake up the next day, …

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind By Yuval Noah Harari  Agha Shahriyar Khan This review was declared winner of the Book Review Competition conducted by World Times Institute   If you are interested in the most intriguing tale of all times: the story of Humankind; if you are curious to know about the events that changed the fate of Sapiens from …

The Thucydides Trap and the Rise and Fall of Great Powers Roughly 2,400 years ago, Thucydides, a Greek historian and author of “History of the Peloponnesian War,” expressed a view that resonates in strategic thinking to this day. He argued that the real cause of the Peloponnesian War was the rapid increase in the power of Athens and the fear …

  The Billionaire’s Secret Think and Grow Rich  Napoleon Hill “Success comes to those who become success conscious.” — Napoleon Hill The first-ever book in motivation and self-help genre, ‘Think and Grow Rich’, was written in 1938 by an American journalist Napoleon Hill. It is still trending very high on the Amazon’s bestselling list. The book, which is often called …

What We Think, We Become. ‘The Power of Positive Thinking’ by Norman Vincent Peale Saba S.Chand ‘’Children are more expert in happiness than adults. The adult who can carry the spirit of a child into middle and old age is a genius, (Page 78) This international bestseller written by the father of positive thinking, Dr Norman Vincent Peale, has sold …