Reviewed by Sachin Gaur, Executive Editor, InnoHEALTH
Hans Rosling is a world-famous fig-
ure and if anyone has been a ban of
ted talks would have surely enjoyed
his ted talks. The book Factfulness
came to me through my friend Sham-
pa Bari, who lives in Stockholm. The
book is a must read in today’s time
when we struggle so much with fake
news and misinformation campaigns.
The book is easy to read as Hans has
written many personal incidents that
shaped his life.
Book Review: Factfulness
Publisher: Spectre
Author: Hans Rosling
It is also interesting how Hans links
the better understanding of the world
to better businesses for brands. In-
deed, once you read the insights and
misconceptions of all walks of life
about the world!
The ten instincts that he mentions
bring misconceptions in our under-
standing of the world are: gap, nega-
tivity, straight line, fear, size, gener-
alization, destiny, single perspective,
blame and urgency. Care to know
more about these instincts and busi-
ness opportunities with better under-
standing of the world.
Reading the book you feel privileged
after knowing that this book project
was only thing that mattered to him
during the last days alive! In his own
words, “This book is my last battle in
my life-long mission to fight devastat-
ing ignorance and my final attempt at
making an impact on the world.”
Reviewed by Dr. VK Singh, Editor-in-Chief, InnoHEALTH
The bookstores world over are stuffed
with sci-fi novels, but regrettably
nothing substantial has come out in
this genre from India. But maybe with
publishing houses coming to the fore,
this situation is about to change for
good. This latest sci-fi book by Saket
titled, The Transfer Protocol is a step in
the right direction, I would say.
This novel is about Dr. Almast who is
trying to develop a super-being that
will have telepathic and telekinetic
powers. Went above your head, did
it? The super-creature can predict
future actions of humans and control
objects with its brain. The brilliant
scientist is looking for someone who
can fund his advanced research work
and that is where Dr. Toros comes
in the form of a saviour. But all is
not as it appears, Dr. Almast would
soon find out. Mixed into the fray is
the doctor’s loving and vulnerable
family. All the ingredients blend to
give us a survivor, a fighter, and a
hero that we can’t help but cheer on.
The futuristic ideas that are being
portrayed are all outrageous, to be
honest, but the way in which the
scientific mumbo-jumbo has been
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situations. Certain places in the story,
for example, when Dr. Almast hides in
a fish tank and the fishy smell saves him
from getting detected are humorous.
Again, humour rises when he hides in
a detergent tub in a ladies’ room to save
himself and then nearly chokes. These
doses of humor, interspersed with all
the serious drama work, is a nice relief
and enhance the quality of the plot.
The Book: “The Transfer
Protocol”
Published by:
notionpress.com in 2016
Author: Dr. Saket
Chattopadhyay
explained is so simple that there is
never any trouble in understanding the
ongoing drama. Not to mention, the
humor that is latent in some serious
The narrative flows so fast that it
becomes impossible to predict what’s
going to come next and that is what
creates the magic in this novel. The
story has been placed in America and
yet the Indian-ness of the characters
strikes you and helps you relate better
to them.
The Indian book market is flooded with
love stories today. I have nothing against
the love stories and their writers. But
for the overall growth of the publishing
industry and for luring a wider array of
readers, we need stories from different
genres. Sci-fi has always been a very
lucrative and successful genre and it’s
something that needs to be nurtured
and developed right now in India. The
author has done well in this direction.