Kundan (11 day old)

Latest Reading (Biography of Mandela)

Who doesn't know about Nelson Mandela. As far my knowledge about him is concerned i only knew that he has been the president of South Africa and has been jail for a very long time. Recently in a Times article i got to know more about him. I learnt about his political acumen from that article. This prompted me to find out more about him. In Fremont library i was looking for his autobiography "A long walk to freedom". I couldn't find it. But instead i found another biography. The book looks thick (577 pages). And after a very long time i have read such thick book which is not a fiction book.
My journey with that book started about 7 weeks ago. Yes it took me that long to finish it!! It has been an amazing experience for me. It is very interesting to see how a boy from rural area transforms himself into the political arena. How great man adapt themself for the betterment of everyone. I learnt about the Apartheid system, and the sanctions imposed by world. Now this explains why South African cricket team has started playing at international level suddenly (this happened when i was in class 8, about 16 years ago). I didn't know the real reasons at time except that there was a ban on them.
Further it was good to find that there were many persons of Indian origin who struggled with Mandela.
Now i have read a serious book. I am looking forward to reading some easy going fun book.

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