Reviews give readers insight into books

NAGPUR: Critical literary appraisals highlighting various aspects of two books, ‘Lean In’, written by Sheryl Sandberg, and ‘Raghavendra’ by D Surya Rao, gave the audience an insight into the works of writers at a programme organized by ‘Inspire’, a book review club, at PMG Colony, Ravindra Nagar, on Saturday.
Reviewing ‘Lean In’, Dr Prachi Raj, organizer of Excel Interior Design Institute, said the book spoke of how an ideal life partner should be like.Confidence, passion and providing solution to problems that may come in one’s life and needed to be dealt with mutual understanding were the focal points in Sheryl’s book. The author’s thrust is on providing continued support to women in pursuit of her goals, Prachi said.
Aniruddha Joshi, a schoolteacher, said of Raghavendra, a seeker of reality, that he is a person who wanted to build formations in society. At a time when his urban counterparts are living in materialistic world, Raghavendra follows his spiritual instincts. The book encourages readers to choose between spiritualism and materialism in the world that is changing fast. Joshi also made a special mention of Raghavendra’s venture to Badrinath.
Sheetal Dhopte, co-founder of ‘Inspire’, said, “Our motto behind organizing such an event is to make people understand the importance of reading hard copies of books which gives immense pleasure. We try to dissuade them from reading books online.”