The personal website of Arun Mani.https://arunmani.in/https://arunmani.in/library/shoe-dog/https://arunmani.in/library/shoe-dog/The story of Nike narrated by its co-founder.Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTmemoirnonfictionsportsyash20shttps://arunmani.in/library/deep-work/https://arunmani.in/library/deep-work/The art of focused work in a world full of distraction.Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTnonfictionproductivityself-helpyash20shttps://arunmani.in/library/a-thousand-splendid-suns/https://arunmani.in/library/a-thousand-splendid-suns/Depressing story of two women in Afghanistan.Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTafghanistancontemporaryfictionmiddle-eastyash20shttps://arunmani.in/library/1984/https://arunmani.in/library/1984/A dystopian nightmare where war is peace and freedom is slavery.Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTdystopiafantasyfictionpoliticshttps://arunmani.in/library/the-catcher-in-the-rye/https://arunmani.in/library/the-catcher-in-the-rye/Life of a teenager with angst, alienation and superficiality.Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTcoming-of-agefictionyash20syoung-adulthttps://arunmani.in/library/the-metamorphisis/https://arunmani.in/library/the-metamorphisis/Worst nightmare for a family with single breadwinner.Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTfantasyfictionmagical-realismphilosophyyash20shttps://arunmani.in/library/siddhartha/https://arunmani.in/library/siddhartha/A story of discovering one's own enlightenment.Tue, 30 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTfictionphilosophysecret-santaspiritualityyash20shttps://arunmani.in/library/sapiens/https://arunmani.in/library/sapiens/An opinionated perspective of humans history.Sat, 23 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTanthropologyhistorynonfictionsciencehttps://arunmani.in/library/six-easy-pieces/https://arunmani.in/library/six-easy-pieces/A good re-introduction to physics if you are already in touch with physics.Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTnonfictionphysicssciencehttps://arunmani.in/library/astrophysics-for-people-in-a-hurry/https://arunmani.in/library/astrophysics-for-people-in-a-hurry/It is really astrophysics for people in a hurry.Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTastrophysicsnonfictionphysicssciencehttps://arunmani.in/library/numbers-dont-lie/https://arunmani.in/library/numbers-dont-lie/Essays about random subjects in a rational way.Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTeconomicshistorynonfictionsciencestatisticshttps://arunmani.in/library/the-almanack-of-naval-ravikant/https://arunmani.in/library/the-almanack-of-naval-ravikant/A good starter for wealth, philosophy and life.Sat, 26 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMTbusinessfinancenonfictionphilosophyhttps://arunmani.in/library/purple-hibiscus/https://arunmani.in/library/purple-hibiscus/A rich family may not mean a happy life.Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTabuseafricachildhoodfictionnigeriarichhttps://arunmani.in/articles/highest-two-power-to-divide-a-number/https://arunmani.in/articles/highest-two-power-to-divide-a-number/Or how to find the largest power of 2 that divides x?Sat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 GMTbinarycomplementnegativenumbershttps://arunmani.in/library/original-fairy-tales-grimm/https://arunmani.in/library/original-fairy-tales-grimm/The original dark version of the twisted tales.Tue, 30 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMTdarkfairyfantasyfolkgrimmhttps://arunmani.in/library/palace-of-illusions/https://arunmani.in/library/palace-of-illusions/Mahabharata from Panchaali's eyes.Sun, 18 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMTfictionhinduismmahabharatamythologyhttps://arunmani.in/library/plato-and-a-platypus/https://arunmani.in/library/plato-and-a-platypus/So all the jokes we loved are just questions from philosophy…Tue, 30 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMTfunnyhumorjokesknowledgephilosophyhttps://arunmani.in/library/twenty-two-goblins/https://arunmani.in/library/twenty-two-goblins/Classic Indian folklore told in a simplistic manner.Thu, 11 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMTclassicfictionmythologyvampirehttps://arunmani.in/library/the-midnight-library/https://arunmani.in/library/the-midnight-library/Sometimes you think of your choices.Mon, 18 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMTdeathdepressionfantasyfictionparallelphysicsquantumhttps://arunmani.in/articles/state-of-stateless/https://arunmani.in/articles/state-of-stateless/My talk about immutability, reproducibility and declarative system in Debian at DebConf 2023.Sun, 17 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMTbtrfsdebiandeclarativefedoraflatpakguiximmutabilitylibostreenixreproducibilityhttps://arunmani.in/articles/creating-blurred-background-image/https://arunmani.in/articles/creating-blurred-background-image/An article on how to resize an image to an aspect ratio with its background blurred using ImageMagick.Sun, 13 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMTbackgroundblurimageimagemagickhttps://arunmani.in/library/jaya/https://arunmani.in/library/jaya/If you want to read Mahabharta in short time, then this is the book.Thu, 03 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMTclassicfantasyhindumythologyhttps://arunmani.in/library/the-graveyard-book/https://arunmani.in/library/the-graveyard-book/Interesting story of the dead among us.Thu, 03 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMTfictionghostsgraveyardhttps://arunmani.in/articles/publishing-book-emacs/https://arunmani.in/articles/publishing-book-emacs/My journey in publishing a book using GNU Emacs and OrgMode.Mon, 17 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMTbookemacslatexorgmodepythonhttps://arunmani.in/library/the-nightingale/https://arunmani.in/library/the-nightingale/The war from the women's eyes and their heroism.Sat, 15 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMTfictionfrancegermanywarwomenworld-warhttps://arunmani.in/library/looking-for-alaska/https://arunmani.in/library/looking-for-alaska/A colorful love story.Thu, 29 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMTdepressionfictionlovemysteryschool-lifehttps://arunmani.in/library/malgudi-days/https://arunmani.in/library/malgudi-days/Heavy dose of day-to-day stories.Thu, 29 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMTcommon-folkfictiongossipsstorieshttps://arunmani.in/library/the-shadow-of-the-wind/https://arunmani.in/library/the-shadow-of-the-wind/A tospy-turvy ride through the knots of love.Tue, 25 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMTconspiracyfictionloverevengewarhttps://arunmani.in/library/norse-mythology/https://arunmani.in/library/norse-mythology/An awesome collection of stories from Norse mythology.Fri, 24 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMTfictionmythologynorsehttps://arunmani.in/articles/silly-json-parser/https://arunmani.in/articles/silly-json-parser/A post about making a silly parser for JSON-like syntax.Wed, 01 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMTjsonparserpythonhttps://arunmani.in/articles/debday22-trichy/https://arunmani.in/articles/debday22-trichy/Few words about the Debian Day 2022 in Trichy.Wed, 24 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMTbhcdebday22debiantrichyhttps://arunmani.in/library/one-hundred-years-of-solitude/https://arunmani.in/library/one-hundred-years-of-solitude/A brilliant narration of a family.Mon, 02 May 2022 00:00:00 GMTclassicfictionmagical-realismhttps://arunmani.in/library/the-pregnant-king/https://arunmani.in/library/the-pregnant-king/A wonderful combination of magic and philosophy.Mon, 02 May 2022 00:00:00 GMTfantasyfictionmythologyhttps://arunmani.in/library/educated/https://arunmani.in/library/educated/Power of education for someone from a conservative family.Mon, 07 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMTconservativeeducationnonfictionhttps://arunmani.in/library/norwegian-wood/https://arunmani.in/library/norwegian-wood/A big love tale.Tue, 08 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMTcontemporaryfictionromancehttps://arunmani.in/articles/new-website/https://arunmani.in/articles/new-website/A post about the making of this website.Thu, 03 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMTdaisyuiemacshugoswaytailwindcsshttps://arunmani.in/library/a-man-called-ove/https://arunmani.in/library/a-man-called-ove/Ove is the chad neighbor we all hate but at the end miss.Fri, 07 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMTfictionfriendshipold-agehttps://arunmani.in/library/the-jaunt/https://arunmani.in/library/the-jaunt/A future that is scary because of science.Fri, 19 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMTfictionhorrorscifihttps://arunmani.in/library/the-husband-stitch/https://arunmani.in/library/the-husband-stitch/A scary, interesting short story.Sat, 02 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMTfantasyhorrorshort-storyhttps://arunmani.in/library/the-little-prince/https://arunmani.in/library/the-little-prince/A refreshing story that was fun to read.Sat, 02 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMTfantasyfictionphilosophyhttps://arunmani.in/library/the-handmaids-tale/https://arunmani.in/library/the-handmaids-tale/If this is the future, then please don't.Thu, 02 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMTfantasyfictionfuturehttps://arunmani.in/library/anxious-people/https://arunmani.in/library/anxious-people/A refreshing tale of our human lives.Mon, 02 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMTfictionhumorhttps://arunmani.in/library/hyperbole-and-a-half/https://arunmani.in/library/hyperbole-and-a-half/Beautiful narration of various scenarios.Mon, 02 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMThumornarrationnonfictionhttps://arunmani.in/library/forever-series/https://arunmani.in/library/forever-series/A modern love tale with suspense and mystery.Fri, 02 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMTfictionromancethrillerhttps://arunmani.in/library/in-a-grove/https://arunmani.in/library/in-a-grove/Awesome mystery surrounding a murder.Fri, 02 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMTmurdermysteryshort-storyhttps://arunmani.in/library/strange-planet/https://arunmani.in/library/strange-planet/After reading, you realize that Earth is really strange.Fri, 02 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMTcomicsfictionparodyhttps://arunmani.in/library/the-song-of-achilles/https://arunmani.in/library/the-song-of-achilles/Trojan War but from a different amazing viewpoint.Wed, 02 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMTmythologytrojanwarhttps://arunmani.in/library/my-days-in-the-underworld/https://arunmani.in/library/my-days-in-the-underworld/From the man who ruled the underworld.Fri, 02 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMTcrimemafianonfictionhttps://arunmani.in/library/sherlock-holmes/https://arunmani.in/library/sherlock-holmes/Each story teaches you a new form of out-of-box thinking.Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMTdetectivefictionmysteryhttps://arunmani.in/library/the-kite-runner/https://arunmani.in/library/the-kite-runner/Beautiful narration of a culture, traditions and difficulties.Mon, 02 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMTculturefictionfriendshiphttps://arunmani.in/library/mans-search-for-meaning/https://arunmani.in/library/mans-search-for-meaning/A lot of tough and difficult scenarios.Wed, 02 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMTholocaustnarrativenonfictionhttps://arunmani.in/library/crime-and-punishment/https://arunmani.in/library/crime-and-punishment/I went full upside down reading this book. Perspective changing story.Sun, 02 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMTcrimefictionpovertyhttps://arunmani.in/library/the-girl-on-the-train/https://arunmani.in/library/the-girl-on-the-train/Fantastic thriller with a nice twist at the end.Thu, 02 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMTfictionpsychologicalsuspensehttps://arunmani.in/library/recursion/https://arunmani.in/library/recursion/First ever sci-fi novel I have ever read. As always time machines are dangerous.Tue, 02 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMTfictionsci-fitime-travelhttps://arunmani.in/library/nothing-lasts-forever/https://arunmani.in/library/nothing-lasts-forever/Mysteries within mysteries.Mon, 20 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMTfictionmedicalmurdermystery