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Book review: “The New Health Rules” By Frank Lipman, M.D. & Danielle Claro (part 5-Living)
And finally, the last section on making life for more enjoyable and getting the most out of it! I hope you enjoyed this 5 part book...

Tamanna Mohapatra
May 22, 20151 min read


HBR on Green Business Strategy
I recently bought this Harvard Business Review on amazon.com as a research insight into one of my papers for my Sustainability Management...

Tamanna Mohapatra
May 15, 20153 min read


Picking Up: On the Streets and Behind the Trucks with the Sanitation Workers of New York-summary
This is a wonderfully written book - chockfull of facts and empathy. That makes it even harder for me to do a summary of the book but...

Tamanna Mohapatra
Mar 30, 20152 min read


Book Review: What the Fork Are You Eating?
I read this for both the content and the catchy book title. I found a good book review for it and have also supplemented it with some of...

Tamanna Mohapatra
Mar 23, 20153 min read


Mindless EATING by Brian Wansink
This book was recommended to me by the person who heads the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (part of the USDA) based in DC. I...

Tamanna Mohapatra
Nov 14, 20143 min read


Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life by Thich Nhat Hanh and Dr. Lilian Cheung
What do you think of this quote? “There are hundreds and thousands of stems linking us to everything in the cosmos, supporting us and...

Tamanna Mohapatra
Aug 4, 20143 min read


Food Security and Sociopolitical Stability edited by Christopher B. Barrett
I just read it but really liked it and thought it might be a good idea to share this book excellent book review. Book Review: Food...

Tamanna Mohapatra
Jul 31, 20141 min read


Year of no sugar by Eve O. Schaub (Book review)
Most of us have a variation of some diet we follow. It’s rare to meet someone who just naturally eats anything and still is both...

Tamanna Mohapatra
Jul 14, 20143 min read


Inspired Talks by Swami Vivekananda
I consider myself a spiritual person more than a religious person. But spiritualism is a journey, not a destination. We are all spiritual...

Tamanna Mohapatra
Jun 5, 20146 min read


The Big Pivot- By Andrew Winston
As part of one of my course works this semester, we were asked to read Andrew’s latest book called,’The Big Pivot’. It was quite a fast...

Tamanna Mohapatra
May 31, 20143 min read


Symphony of the Soil (a movie)-TAGLINE: Discover the life beneath your feet.
I am not sure how I came to learn about this movie but once I read its review I was determined to watch it. Since it was not easily...

Tamanna Mohapatra
May 23, 20144 min read


Behind The Kitchen Door- State of US Restaurant Industry
“Sustainability is about contributing to a society that everybody benefits from, not just going organic because you don’t want to die...

Tamanna Mohapatra
May 13, 20143 min read


Basics of Hinduism (straight from wiki)
I wrote this blog because at this point in my life, I wanted to know about my culture and heritage. Also, I was and am very influenced by...

Tamanna Mohapatra
Apr 29, 20142 min read


Oil & Honey- A book review
Bill McKibben’s latest book with a subtitle of ‘The Education of an unlikely Activist’ was no doubt a good read. I was and am impressed...

Tamanna Mohapatra
Apr 21, 20144 min read


Have you had a ‘Scientific Conversation’ lately?
The title can be misleading because what I refer to here is a series of interviews on science published in the New York Times (NYT)...

Tamanna Mohapatra
Jan 14, 20145 min read


Joy of writing and living as well!
I owe this blog to a work friend of mine who lent me this really short but amazing book to read. It all started over a hallway...

Tamanna Mohapatra
Oct 28, 20122 min read


This is a book!
I had read an excerpt of ‘This is a book’ in some magazine a while ago and had decided then that I would read this book some day. It was...

Tamanna Mohapatra
Mar 12, 20122 min read


Book review: The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria
It took me a really long time to finish this book but I am glad I did. It wasn’t very heavy reading but certainly not the kind you can’t...

Tamanna Mohapatra
Dec 5, 20111 min read


Food rules (yeah it does!)- by Michael Pollan
I am not sure how I learnt about Michael Pollan, but I think it’s been about 2 years or so that I have come to know and read about his...

Tamanna Mohapatra
Aug 16, 20112 min read


Book review: The Miracle by Michael Schuman
This book came to me through recommended reading for a NYU course on East Asian and Latin American economy success stories. It’s an...

Tamanna Mohapatra
Mar 21, 20111 min read
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