BOOK POOL, KNIT Sultanpur

21/12/2019

"What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite you. Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they show us how to live and die."

— Anne Lamott

Now, before you swipe or scroll!!
This isn't another event or competition...

This winter vacation, Book Pool presents you Carpe Librum, a unique opportunity to grab a book from our shelves. This is open for All KNIT Students.

So 'No competitions or prizes' this time. It's your own gift to yourself, for the very love and joy of reading. Never mind if you're a beginner. Challenge yourself. As always, It's now or never.

Pledge any book you like from our booklists', submit a request, and we shall be more than happy to reach out to you. More importantly, JUST START.

Note.
1) Books are available on first come, first served basis.
2) Books have to returned strictly before 26 January, 2020.
3) Only one book per student.

Request Form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfEiz-_oid93jbeyFg8HgN3vRvCfdv1CKc-hFXYXpv-ZlnmiA/viewform

Available Books:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NB6GwLTjxVFcI9RiQauxzuFArD60tl4XCbMnDDIM9xQ/edit?fbclid=IwAR30Ruhgh4U-p-WTYeRAhxgQvoZkQIUvAtgZfNAJQOQ28c2BL9c8HbwJNmM =0

18/12/2019

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16/12/2019

19/11/2019

“Today’s Readers Are Tomorrow’s Leaders.” In this article you will get to know about 5 good and motivational books that every college student must read.

17/11/2019

"Standing there on the embankment, staring into the current, I realized that—in spite of all the risks involved—a thing in motion will always be better than a thing at rest; that change will always be a nobler thing than permanence; that that which is static will degenerate and decay, turn to ash, while that which is in motion is able to last for all eternity."

~Olga Tokarczuk, Flights

11/11/2019

Book Review

Shreyash Verma

अगर सृष्टि है तो अंत भी जरूर है।

अब पृथ्वी की इसी सृष्टि के अंत के रहस्य को समझाने के लिए प्रशांत सिंह ने कल्किकाल कथा खंड के अंतर्गत कुल 3 खंड लिखे हैं। जिसमे से पहले खंड है समयान्त रहस्य। इस उपन्यास के लेखक कमला नेहरू प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान के एलुमनी ही हैं।

इन्होंने अपने इस किताब में अपनी ज्ञान, कल्पना और साहित्यिक प्रतिभा के बल पर भविष्य के बारे में लिखने का हिम्मत किया है।

यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत।

अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम।।

परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम।

धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय संभवामि युगे युगे।।

इसी श्लोक के साथ इस किताब की कथा शुरू होती है कि कलयुग में जब अधर्म अपनी परिसीमा पर होगा तो एकबार फिर पृथ्वी के उद्धार के लिए ईश्वरीय अवतार जन्म लेगा और शायद ये उद्धार के लिए अंतिम अवतार होगा जिसमें भगवान विष्णु कल्कि के रूप में अवतार लेंगे।

इस उपन्यास के अनुसार कल्कि बहुत ही साधारण इंसान होता है जिसे अपने ईश्वरीय अवतार के बारे में जरा भी ज्ञान नही रहता है। कल्कि जो कि विष्णु का अवतार रहते हैं और प्राज्ञ उनका छोटा भाई रहता है। जब कल्कि महज 15 साल के रहते हैं तभी खगोल वैज्ञानिकों ने बताया की एक उल्कापिंड पृथ्वी के बहुत ही नजदीक से गुजरेगा लेकिन उससे पृथ्वी को जरा भी नुकसान नहीं पहुचेगा। इसी अनोखे दृश्य को देखने के लिए कल्कि अपने छोटे भाई के साथ ताजमहल चला गया लेकिन हुआ कुछ यूँ कि पृथ्वी के पास से गुजरते हुए उल्कापिंड ने अचानक से अपनी दिशा बदल ली और पृथ्वी पर अमेरिकी हिस्से में गिरकर पूरे अमेरिका को तबाह कर दिया लेकिन अमेरिकी मिसाइल से टकराया हुआ उल्कापिंड का एक टुकड़ा भारत की तरफ आने लगा।

05/11/2019

"In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.
'Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,' he told me, 'just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."

~F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

29/10/2019

"Well, you know what grown-ups are,' said Dinah. 'They don't think the same way as we do. I expect when we grow up, we shall think like them - but let's hope we remember what it was like to think in the way children do, and understand the boys and the girls that are growing up when we're men and women."

~Enid Blyton, The Island of Adventure

25/10/2019

"I am constantly trying to communicate something incommunicable, to explain something inexplicable, to tell about something I only feel in my bones and which can only be experienced in those bones. Basically it is nothing other than this fear we have so often talked about, but fear spread to everything, fear of the greatest as of the smallest, fear, paralyzing fear of pronouncing a word, although this fear may not only be fear but also a longing for something greater than all that is fearful."

~Franz Kafka, Letters to Milena

23/10/2019

"The moral of this story is that sometimes, you can attempt to make all the difference in the world, and it still is like trying to stem the tide with a sieve. The moral of this story is that no matter how much we try, no matter how much we want it … some stories just don’t have a happy ending."

~Jodi Picoult, Leaving Time

22/10/2019

"We all get lost once in a while, sometimes by choice, sometimes due to forces beyond our control. When we learn what it is our soul needs to learn, the path presents itself. Sometimes we see the way out but wander further and deeper despite ourselves; the fear, the anger or the sadness preventing us returning. Sometimes we prefer to be lost and wandering, sometimes it's easier. Sometimes we find our own way out. But regardless, always, we are found."

~Cecelia Ahern, Thanks for the Memories