Recently one of my readers drew my attention to one review
written on amazon about my book “Yoga Facts:
Answers to some important questions about Yoga”. In this review the
reviewer had complained that what the book discusses is “very very basic and it
is not worth buying it” (I am just summarizing his remarks). I was quite amused
by the comment. The book was quite small – just 30 pages, was available for
free and had received good reviews (none of these reviews were self sponsored!)
on many channels including amazon. It is true that the book does not go into in
depth analysis of Yoga given the pages and it being free. But it was originally
written in response to several “basic” questions I received about Yoga and many
have expressed that the book has helped them.
I was curious to know which better books the reviewer is
talking about since the review was titled “better books out there”. On reading
the other books reviewed by the same reviewer and the ratings he has given to
those books, I kept wondering what the reviewer means by “non basic or advanced
facts about Yoga”! Probably, he has not reviewed those books or he is just
aware but has not read them.
Sometimes we equate fuzzy things to advanced knowledge and
plain speak to very basic.
Incidentally, I have two more books that deal elaborately on
Yoga – “Psychology behind Yoga” and more importantly “How and Why of Yoga and Meditation – Yoga scientifically explained”. This reviewer seems to have not
noticed them or he writes reviews only on freely available books! If he wishes
to read them, I will be too happy to make them available to him.
