Rose Catherine Kanjirathinkal



 

Books

I usually read non-fiction. Here are some books that i enjoyed reading (last updated - Jan 2013):

The story of my experiments with truth  - Mahatma Gandhi

Dreams from My Father  - Barack Obama

Stay Hungry Stay Foolish  - Rashmi Bansal

Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty  - Muhammad Yunus

The Audacity of Hope  - Barack Obama

Wings of Fire  - Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

Indomitable Spirit  - Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

Beyond Fear  - Bruce Schneier

The Google Story  - David A. Vise

Ignited Minds  - Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character  - Richard Feynman

"What Do You Care What Other People Think?": Further Adventures of a Curious Character  - Richard Feynman

Simply Fly  - Captain G.R. Gopinath

The Diary Of A Young Girl  - Anne Frank

Mamma Margherita: St. John Bosco's mother  - Marieli Benziger & Rita Benziger

A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes  - Stephen Hawking

The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA  - James D. Watson

The Pursuit of HappYness  - Chris Gardner

I Too Had a Dream  - Verghese Kurien

It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life  - Lance Armstrong

Steve Jobs  - Walter Isaacson

Relativity: The Special and the General Theory  - Albert Einstein

 

 

Speeches

"I've been to the Mountaintop"  - Martin Luther King, Jr

"I Have a Dream"  - Martin Luther King, Jr

 

 

Thoughts

"Knowledge makes you great"  - Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

"Nothing is Impossible"  - Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

"Defeat the problems and succeed"  - Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

 

 

 

A little about my family

My Dad, Dr. Allesu Kanjirathinkal, is a professor in Mechanical Engg. Dept., at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC). My Mom, Mrs. Lisy Puthur, is a mathematics teacher at Mokkom High School, Calicut. They are my two greatest teachers, teaching me lessons of life...