Books Read in Aug - Dec 2023
These are the books I read in the second half of last year Arabia and the Arabs: From the Bronze Age to the Coming of Islam : An informative summary of Pre-Islamic Arabia. The dearth of available sources shows but it manages to throw good light on a few areas. It's a dry read unless you are interested in a specific aspect - e.g. architecture, or religion, or social life, of the period. The Yamas & Niyamas: Exploring Yoga's Ethical Practice : A great exposition on how to apply Yoga's philosophical principles to our daily lives. It's targeted at Western readers, which I felt was unnecessary, but that does not take away much from it. Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From : A very readable popular science book dealing with how new genetic research is uncovering the true nature of human migration across millennia, and in the process, how this research is settling the Aryan migration question. The House of Jagat Seth : A history o...