Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

INTRODUCTION:apple is ruling the music world. Apple is the mantra of young geeks,co corporate giants,musicians,singers,children and even saints. yeah ! saints I saw a nag sadhu at khumbh mela holding an iPad(I  was awestruck) 
        "what's on your iPod" ,was the gesture used to start a conversation.I  was wondering what's the big deal to have an apple product and I was  astonishment to read that a youngster has  donated his kidney to get an iPod and a tab. People wait for hours at the apple store, to get their hands on their apple product and that sounded really crazy. the world was facing "THE APPLE FEVER".so, I was curious to know who was the founder and that was around 2010 , I read an article about his life in the  time's magazine. and felt empathized that he was diagnosed with  pancreatic cancer.
        Later I listened to his Stanford commencement speech,and it was only then I saw him speak.The speech was humorous,captivating and inspirational.
         I felt gloomy  when I heard the news of his death  on October-5 2011, The whole world has offered condolences. And I wished to completely know about him. Then this book on Steve jobs was released few days after his death. 
           And lately my professor has gifted me this book for which I  yearned and I heartily thank  my professor S. Parthasarathy for giving me such beautiful book .

About the author(Walter Isaacson):- Walter Isaacson (born May 20, 1952) is an American writer and biographer. He is the President and CEO of the Aspen Institute, a nonpartisan educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C. He has been the Chairman and CEO of CNN and the Managing Editor of Time. He has written biographies of Steve Jobs, Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein and Henry Kissinger.
                I couldn't imagine how a person could write a biography of such preciseness and expertise . It was literally like documenting the whole life of Steve jobs giving the precise and minute details. I guess there is some magic in his narrative style , that doesn't let you down, I makes you flow through , the whole read was like a roller coaster ride.  I also wish to read his book on Newton 

Biography:-  what can I say about a person like Steve jobs who has stood in the history next to Einstein and Ford. He was the most influential person of  20th century .His passion was electronics , his inspiration was his father,his innovation was apple.
       His slogan was 'simplicity is the ultimate sophistication' and lesser is better. And he is a bloody perfectionist.He was never to compromise but to always give the best.
        Even though he had such noble traits he had few flaws too.He was too arrogant to his inferiors. This quality of his actually lead him to be ousted from his own company Apple.
        Some thing he learned when he came to India is to be intuitive and that has helped him a lot in making the mile stone in the tech industry.
        He was spiritual, he lived a simple life even though he was a billionaire.

Final verdict: It is a must read by every person who uses an  apple product . because people after reading the book have a special value for it.

CHE GUEVARA by Richard L.Harris

Introduction: Those were the days of my youth, of higher grade, when the uniform wasn't required to attend the higher grade.And then did the image of this revolutionary filled the ambiance, randomly one out of five pals of mine wore a T-shirt depicting the colorful,bold,rebellious image of Che Guevara.

My conjecture about him was little cheesy as every random person who depicted his image on their T-shirts,bikes ,cars etc were snobbish.

         But later one of my friends told me about his adventurous trip throughout Latin America (motorcycle diaries) , I bought that  book and literally rode together with CHE,his narration was captivating and couldn't resist myself from reading his whole life story.

About the author: Richard l.Harris  professor of global studies at California State University–Monterey Bay, has closely studied the life of 'Ernesto' Guevara(CHE) . He was present in Bolivia ,after Ernesto's death and personally taken care to document the true facts about his death( which he mentioned in the book).The author has given an unbiased presentation of all the happenings immediately and after the death of  'Che' which were not known to many( which was also mentioned by the author).

                  Richard L.Harris , Has very well incorporated  the important parts of Ernesto's life ,refurbished  with a mild touch of literature which has  added grandeur to his narrative .the author has precisely imbued the essence of Ernesto's revolutionary moments which  are actually inspiring and throbbing to all those young ones of the world.

                  

Biography of Ernesto: Ernesto Rafael Guevara de la serna known as Che Guevara is the real name of 'CHE Guevara',  CHE was the title given to him which means 'hey buddy'. From his very childhood he was groomed with political ideologies by his parents. He was an voracious reader of all kinds of genre which comprised of books by Nietzsche,Marx,and many other revolutionary and famous  personalities. This habit of his helped him profoundly to learn about the world.

        Its surprising to read that the children in Cuba are made to byheart all his famous quotations , and they sing songs and rhymes saying that 'we want to be like che'.  I was flabbergasted when I  learned that Mahatma Gandhi was Che's personal hero. He liked communist ideas , but he wasn't a communist . His were anti- imperial Ideas 

    He was bloody adventurous that he put his medicine course to stake to carry out a trip throughout Latin america, it was then he learned about the lives of many peasants and made his basis for reforming Latin America.

     His life is a story of simplicity,humbleness love and  sacrifice, which strikes a chord of all the people who read it . Even when he was at a very high position as an Interior affairs officer in Cuba, he used to maintain a simple clad and was always down to earth .

     What's more surprising is even after his death, his eyes were open with a plain smile on his face. 

      Even today Che is considered as the main political character in Cuba, where young students ,intellectuals , philosophers follow his ideas.

                "MEN DO NOT DIE WHEN THEIR LIFE AND EXAMPLE CAN SERVE  AS A  GUIDE TO OTHERS,AND WHEN THOSE OTHERS SUCCEED IN CONTINUING  THEIR WORK" - 'CHE' Guevara

       

Ernesto's Image  shimmers bright on the Interior affairs building of Cuba, which boasts his pride and victory of Cuba. 

      Adding to the 'CHE' was also romantic , who always had a bevy of beauties buzzing around him . Even his love letters and departing notes  written to his wife ,acknowledge his romantic trait.

By this I was literally awestruck, Che's Image on  Cuban currency . This clearly shows the political importance of Che in Cuba. 

I would like to request all the people who learned  about 'CHE' to kindly not involve in any mockery  of his image . Thankyou.

Final Verdict: Overall the book was an unstoppable read.