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Arguably, The Reading Quest
Приєднався 29 лис 2011
I am a peripatetic teacher of English language, logic and philosophy. The aim of this channel is to develop a little passion for reading for pleasure, courage for non-conformity, and nostalgia for freedom amongst those people in whom thinking and contemplation are still a possibility.
My reading list is long including Classics of Literature, Philosophy, Psychology, and some History and Political theory. The key areas of my interest as a reader are German Romanticism, Existentialism, Streams of Consciousness, Russian existentialist Fiction, The Intellectual History of Mankind, History of Western Philosophy, World Poetry in General and Modernist Poetry, East European Poetry, English Romantic Poetry, and Urdu Poetry in particular.
Finally, I believe, as Erich Fromm says, that love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problems of human existence.
My reading list is long including Classics of Literature, Philosophy, Psychology, and some History and Political theory. The key areas of my interest as a reader are German Romanticism, Existentialism, Streams of Consciousness, Russian existentialist Fiction, The Intellectual History of Mankind, History of Western Philosophy, World Poetry in General and Modernist Poetry, East European Poetry, English Romantic Poetry, and Urdu Poetry in particular.
Finally, I believe, as Erich Fromm says, that love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problems of human existence.
My Best Reads of 2024.
My best reads of 2024 that you can follow in 2025 to kick-start your reading holistically.
I assume you will enjoy these books immensely. There are 5 fiction and 5 non-fiction that I have suggested.
Please like, share and subscribe "Arguably, The Reading Quest"
Where to find me - nishantcoumar@gmail.com
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I assume you will enjoy these books immensely. There are 5 fiction and 5 non-fiction that I have suggested.
Please like, share and subscribe "Arguably, The Reading Quest"
Where to find me - nishantcoumar@gmail.com
#bestbookstoread #bestbooks #2024books #2025dreams
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Books That I Bought in the Year 2024 ( A Booklover's Delight)
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As the year 2024 ends, I have done a video to show the books that I bought this year. I hope it will be a booklover's delight. #booksummary #greatbooks #philosophybooks #psychologybooks #psychologybasics
An Argument between Nietzsche and The Buddha in front of The God
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The Greatest Wittiest Writers (GOAT) of all time in English.
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Another Tour of Harmony Bookshop ( Philosophy Special Series)
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Some Beautiful Poems on Leisure
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13 Most Important Pre-Socratic Greek Philosophers
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Spartacus by Howard Fast / The Plague by Albert Camus
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Books for and Ode to the Month of October.
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The Testament of Mary - The Ultra-contemporary Writings (UCW) - Episode-3
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The Poetry of Mirza Ghalib - The World Poetry Series (WPS) Episode - 4
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Various Genres of Literature Explained.
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Disgrace by Coetzee, Twice Booker and Literature Nobel Winner.
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Greatest Books on the History of Western Philosophy.
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The Conquest of Happiness by Bertrand Russell.
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"I rate a book by how hard it hits you." So simple and so true! You have a new follower!
@@ericksbookshelf I am humbled and honoured:))
My aim is to read 12 books per year. One book per minth.. In 2022 i read 30 book, in 2023 - 15 and in 2024- 21 books
That is a doable goal. You must :))
Thank God somebody talked about it ... There is a life beyond books also. There is no point of reading if you don't reflect upon it. And also cover to cover reading is also not always necessary. Apart from books I like newspapers articles , book reviews, science columns, and English columns. Reading is important.
Yes, Ma'am :)) Thanks a lot for your kind words. Reflection is important as an unexamined life is not worth living.
I felt reaching at a reading junction. Good old books.but to me they are great. If i use my energy i can read them all except one or two Then i can join with class reading. Your selections make us start reading habits.Thank you sir.
Yes, Ma'am, rereading has its own pleasure. Thanks a lot!
Philosophical Foundations of Neuroscience - I wish you would touchbase in your future works. Yes, your favourite Peter Hacker on the 21st centry's most wanted topic, if I can say so!!!
Goddddddd!!! I am just impressed beyond doubt on the erudition of your suggestion. How did you know that Peter hacker wrote such a book? Are you a neuroscientist or a Biologist or a someone else?
Nishanth, As Always, Our Expectations Of Your "Meme's Growing and Growing. Thank You For Your Valuable Time!!!!
Thanks a lot, Sir, for your encouragement :))
I think I will read war and peace (ofcourse not in 10 mins)😂😂
haha. But still you have to have a strong reason to read "War and Peace" Have you read the shorter works of Tolstoy? if not, then you must explore as many shorter works as possible, first.
Agree with you 100%, the issue is not quantity but quality!
Thank you!
Yes and sometime we read a sentence and live with that for a life, ofcourse you are not in rat race you always being an outlier for your vewers.
Thanks a lot :))
I always set a target for the year on Goodreads - one that is achievable and reasonable mostly around 30. Also to track my progress, as it has happened several times that I picked up a book I read back in my teens and couldn’t recognize it at all..
30books is a decent target, and quite a rational one.
Like in many other cases, the quantitative experience holds a higher value than the qualitative experience in the eyes of others. We are insecure and we brag. That’s why reading often will be a rat race when its combined with social media.
Sir when you describe about the books it's as if the synopsis behind the covers has come to life( not at all exaggerating) this is truly what your videos are like. Lately, I've been baffled around with this scam of speed reading, never prioritising to feel what I read. And sir with this video I got my answer why weren't I able to enjoy reading lately. I'll pick up The Physics of Sorrow first.
Thank you, Adnan. Please re-discover the joys of reading and reflecting upon what you have read. I urge you to start reading again beyond success and failure.
Geopolitics and International Relations books just to understand basics and high level books also if it's possible.
hi, I am not interested in these two topics.
U have nice informations in ur videos . Thanks a million
Very informative
Bro, May Allah bless you..... ❤
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I loved your narration and style. I have added your recommendations to my list and subscribed to your channel. Keep creating similar content. Would love to connect with you somehow.
Well sir, are there more bookstore in Varanasi which are nearly as good as this ... I was into contemporary fiction (indian as well as foreign).. certainly i have shifted few weeks back into books like mossad, indian navy etc ......
Nishant, you are one of the BEST perhaps for Indian readers qualified to introduce the world of books. But no personalization for us with you except these comments section. Anyways, I went through this video and touch based most of the books for last 24 hours. SPecial Kudos!!! And finally, when you are bringing your works?
Thanks a lot, Raju Sir, for your panegyric. That you have googled most of the books that I suggested speaks a lot about your passion for reading. Please spread a few words about my channel. As of now, I have no plans to write my own book :))
Do you live in Varanasi? I regularly watch your video and love it. I live too in Varanasi.
Hey!! My parents live in Varanasi, but I live and work in Delhi. Thanks a lot for your kind words :))
Thank you for taking us for a short tour of world literature
Most welcome :))
Such an interesting collection, plenty that I've either read, wanted to read, or have been disciplined enough *not* to buy!.... Guthrie's great series on Greek philosophy is something I've been wanting for several decades. (I do have his shorter history though.)
You can start with buying atleast one from the 7 volume series.
What a wonderful video it is... I literally sit and take all the notes from your video.. thank you
Much love to you, Sahil :)) Keep reading, keep dreaming !!
I am currently reading Septology by Jon Fosse. It is in three books but I got the copy in which all the three books are present. I am currently reading part VII in Book III named A New Name. The whole 800 pages long book is plotless, contains very limited characters who show no major development even by the end of the book. There are no full stops throughout the book and so basically it is an eight hundred pages long line. The main character Asle, is thinking about his past and also about his present life. The book is a good example of Stream pf consciousness. The language is hypnotic and very minimalistic which makes it easy to read and comprehend. I am looking to know your thoughts about the book.
Soon I will make a video on some of the so-called great writers that have disappointed me, and I will rate Jon Fosse at number one. His writings are not slow but dragging, not nostalgic but stale with little that a delight of language has to offer. I talked to many fiction scholars from DU, JNU and EFLU and all of them came to the same conclusion that Jon Fosse is Overrated
I understand reading is a very subjective thing. I and a lot of people find works of very reputed writers like Chetan Bhagat and Colleen Hoover to be absolute bullshit but a huge section of society is still reading them. Similarly some people got disappointed reading works by Jon Fosse but then again a large number of readers from around the world are reading him and are actually liking what he writes. Reading is personal. That's all I wanted to say. And anyway Jon Fosse got Nobel Prize in 2023, he will be remembered by lit students, scholars and professors from around the world for that. No hate. I love your content.
@@Gaurav-gx2zh Yes, Gaurav, I agree that reading is subjective. However, my opinion on Jon Fosse is not all that subjective, it has an objective correlation with the opinions of various scholars who are reading his work. But, undoubtedly, the Nobel prize has sealed his place in history
Always a pleasure, sir. I was waiting for days for this one.. hope you make such videos again
Much humbled, Sanskar. Surely, I will make some more videos on similar concepts soon.
Heard of treasure hunts Heard of addicted to books But such a treasure head Helps me think I should also starts to know A world revealed through you Magnificent collection Let the coming year be as precious as this year too.
Thanks a lot, Baitha Ji :)) Much humbled by your comments
Sir, just a small correction; at 15:33 Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor is a 'woman' (not a He) and a 'Kenyan' (not an african) writer.
Duly noted with thanks :))
Lovely collection, Nishant sir. I'll buy some of these books next year. The Norton editions are very comprehensive in that they include a large variety of essays and commentaries. Btw, curious to know more about your deep interest in psychology.
Thanks, Anand :)) I will post more about psychology soon.
When do you read all these books? What are the books you recommend from your 2024 reading list?
I will read all of them eventually, but gradually. I buy books at a higher rate than I read books for obvious reasons. The unread books compel me to read voraciously, and it gives me a liberty to choose books as per my own mood during that time of the year without my waiting for days to but them
Wow... You became richer in 2024...keep sharing your wealth with us...😊
Thanks a lot :))
Sir, You are doing a great job despite of Even though there are a few thousand subcribers.
Thanks a lot :)) Please share my channel widely.
Why no books of Indian vernacular writers ( who has roots to Indian ethos) translated into English ( not Indian English writers who write for foreign audience) in Bengali, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Marathi etc ? Curious to know whether you were born and brought up in west? Just a psycho analysis 😆
19:31 - a lot of Indian picks! Your impatience doesn’t warrant an answer - but still let’s give it a shot. You seem like a first timer not only on the channel but, on UA-cam itself to judge someone from one video. Sir, has been an avid promoter of Hindi Poetry and scripts - notably Khushwant singh, Premchand, Gulzar, RK Narayan, Vikram Seth, Amir Khusro True inquiry stems from curiosity, not conjecture disguised as psychoanalysis. Might I suggest you channel this energy into supporting or amplifying efforts to think and research with more patience? Your insights would surely be more productive there
@@jatingupta2863 Hi Jatin, you can drag a horse to water but you cannot make it drink.
Amazing 📚 collection 📚📚
Thanks, Rabia JI :))
Glad to see Chesterton in there. "The point is not that this world is too sad to love or too glad not to love; the point is that when you do love a thing, its gladness is a reason for loving it, and its sadness a reason for loving it more."
@@nasar8480 Beautiful
Illuminating minds with these recommendations Thank you sir.
Do they have metamorphosis by franz kafka