The new year could have started in a better way. Omicron, the unwanted guest came visiting. But, what is life without a little hope? Hope makes us plan for a brighter tomorrow. And, in that very spirit, we at Readomania continue our endeavour to create unique and compelling books—books that will be your best companions always.
Here are some of the non-fiction titles on the Readomania catalogue of 2022 that you should definitely check out:
1. Into the East by Sabir Hussain
Seven thousand km and 45 days after he left home, Sabir Hussain’s dream of riding through India’s Northeast along the eastern Himalayas ends with more than what he had bargained for and leaves him lusting for more as if he had run out of roads to ride, places to see, and people to meet. In the winter of 2018, the 53-year-old journalist throws caution to the wind and sets off on his journey on a borrowed Royal Enfield Himalayan motorcycle to reclaim his life from the monotony of a desk job in New Delhi and to retrace his roots. The ride that begins in Siliguri in north Bengal takes him through Sikkim, the Darjeeling hills, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, and Nagaland along some of the most perilous and picturesque roads in the country.
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By the time his journey ends, it turns into a kaleidoscopic account of the Northeast, its flavour, beauty, history, geopolitics and its people that make the region such a vibrant place. Into the East is a cracker of a road trip to some of India’s most challenging, beautiful and historical destinations which will fire anybody’s dream of going on an overland adventure to the Northeast.
2. The Skydiver—Memoir of India's first female skydiver by Padmashree Rachel Thomas
Padmashree Rachel Thomas, India’s first woman skydiver, writes her memoir, The Skydiver. At a time when women could not even dare to dream to become a pilot, Rachel not only did the impossible but excelled at it. She also became the first Indian woman to skydive from the North Pole. Facing innumerable challenges and near-death accidents, Rachel not only kept going but also became a successful coach as well as an international professional skydiving judge. Read her story to get inspired.
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She was the first Indian woman to skydive from 7,000 ft over the North Pole on 20 April 2002, to commemorate 150 years of the Indian Railways. During the North Pole expedition, she stayed on the ice for six days in - 45-55 °C temperature. She completed 650 jumps in 18 countries during her career, since her first jump in 1979. A winner of the National Adventure Sports Award, she was honored again by the Government of India, again in 2005, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri.
3. Doordarshan Days—A memoir by Manna Bahadur
Another inspirational woman whose life story will make you believe nothing is impossible is author-painter-former Doordarshan presenter, Manna Bahadur. A popular face from the very birth of India’s national television channel, Ms Bahadur narrates her times in Doordarshan Days.
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Full of funny and interesting anecdotes, this book chronicles the birth pangs of DD to its golden days to the time when a life-shattering event takes away the author’s most precious feature. How she rebuilds her life from that dark trough will motivate everyone.
4. Mayday—Maritime Disasters that Shook the World by Beetashok Chatterjee
There is something infinitely sad about shipwrecks. Whether a ship is wrecked by the forces of Nature or by human folly, every wreck has a story to tell. Some great maritime disasters have caused legends to grow around those ships like limpets on their decaying shells, be they at the bottom of the ocean or on some deserted shore, as they groan in the darkness and rust in peace.
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Career sailor Beetashok Chatterjee’s Mayday—Maritime Disasters that Shook the World, is a book is about those legends. Chatterjee chronologically presents an account of some great civilian maritime disasters, outside the realms of war, which shook the world. A must-read!
5. Bulls-Eye—Balancing the wheel of Life by Major General Anand Saxena
In 2021, Major General Anand Saxena wrote Nine Mantras to Happiness & Success, which provided a conceptual framework for everlasting happiness and enduring success. This year he writes two more books, which takes the concept of his previous book to a logical conclusion by providing a step-by-step guide to redesigning our lives in order to achieve our Shangri La, agnostic to our life’s circumstances, time or timing.
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The books provide reading material and exercises that gradually re-engineer our beliefs, values, attitudes, and mindset, to peak performance in all the fields on our Wheel of Life, a concept alluded to in Nine Mantras to Happiness & Success. There are stories, anecdotes, and research material to give the readers a wholesome and immersive reading experience.
Here’s wishing you a year of good health and happiness. Happy reading folks!
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