Renuka Govind

Add friend
Sign in to Goodreads to learn more about Renuka.


The Iliad
Renuka Govind is currently reading
by Homer
bookshelves: currently-reading, classics
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
Book cover for Genghis Khan and the Quest for God: How the World's Greatest Conqueror Gave Us Religious Freedom
A crucial clue came when I discovered that among the founders of the United States, the one who purchased the most copies of Pétis de la Croix’s biography was Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence.
Loading...
Tony Joseph
“if you were to identify a single person who embodies us Indians the best, who do you think it should be? Ideally, it should be a tribal woman because she is most likely to be carrying the deepest-rooted and widest-spread mtDNA lineage in India today, M2. In a genetic sense, she would represent all of our history, with very little left out. She shares the most with the largest number of Indians, no matter where in the social ladder they stand, what language they speak and which region they inhabit because we are all migrants, and we are all mixed.”
Tony Joseph, Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From

Yuval Noah Harari
“People are usually afraid of change because they fear the unknown. But the single greatest constant of history is that everything changes.”
Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow

Arundhati Roy
“History has been unkind to Ambedkar. First it contained him, and then it glorified him. It has made him India’s Leader of the Untouchables, the King of the Ghetto. It has hidden away his writings. It has stripped away the radical intellect and the searing insolence.”
Arundhati Roy, The Doctor and the Saint: The Ambedkar-Gandhi Debate: Caste, Race and Annihilation of Caste

Arundhati Roy
“Gandhi always said that he wanted to live like the poorest of the poor. The question is, can poverty be simulated? Poverty, after all, is not just a question of having no money or no possessions. Poverty is about having no power.”
Arundhati Roy, The Doctor and the Saint: The Ambedkar-Gandhi Debate: Caste, Race and Annihilation of Caste

Jack Weatherford
“Genghis Khan always honored his word. Those who surrendered suffered no harm, and he treated them well. In turn, he used this fair treatment as a means of encouraging other cities to surrender.”
Jack Weatherford, Genghis Khan and the Quest for God: How the World's Greatest Conqueror Gave Us Religious Freedom

1174868 Bangalore bookworms and bibliophiles (BBB) — 2892 members — last activity Dec 26, 2025 08:23AM
A place for book lovers of Bangalore to meet, connect and have conversations (online and real life!) Just discussion about books! By book lovers! No ...more
1449 Quirky humour — 417 members — last activity Dec 17, 2019 02:25AM
A group dedicated to Quirky Humour. Talk about wry, witty, quirky books. Or basically, books with an unusual or unconventional sense of humour. Don´t ...more
1056451 Reading North-East India — 29 members — last activity Apr 06, 2020 04:41AM
Welcome to the GoodReads Group on Reading North-East India! Let us get together to read and discuss books on the Northeastern part of India (the 8 sta ...more
year in books
Riku Sayuj
5,371 books | 678 friends

Shivam ...
325 books | 43 friends

Jessica J.
4,551 books | 3,826 friends

Savy
687 books | 405 friends

The Con...
21,273 books | 2,948 friends

Milan
2,093 books | 1,053 friends

Aneesha...
784 books | 1,112 friends

Caro
2,255 books | 1,825 friends

More friends…
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George OrwellA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini1984 by George Orwell
Best Books Ever
78,015 books — 290,939 voters




Polls voted on by Renuka

Lists liked by Renuka