I am maintaining the following reading list online to avoid procrastination
History, Culture and International Politics.
Currently Reading:
Ka : Roberto Calasso
The Hundred-Year Marathon by Michael Pillsbury
Migrations and Cultures by Thomas Sowell
SPQR : A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard
Finished Reading:
- The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide by Gary J. Bass : Acclaimed book about the Bangladesh War in 1971 in the backdrop of the cold war, concentrating on the role of Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger. It analyzes declassified documents and secret recordings maintained by Nixon to uncover shocking events.
- The Trial of Henry Kissinger by Christopher Hitchens : <will write about this later>
Classics
Currently Reading:
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Finished Reading:
- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Economics
Trying to study original texts in Economics (its hard because of archaic English!)
Currently reading: Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith
Ancient Languages
I have a long term project to learn the following ancient languages: Sanskrit, Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Mandarin, Japanese and Arabic.