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his wife Tanu leaves him for his best friend Adi, the owner of the
law firm for which he works. As Anand surveys the wreckage of
everything that has mattered to him, and realizes how misplaced his
priorities have been, he is unexpectedly granted a reprieve. His
doctor tells him that the initial diagnosis was wrong and that he
is cancer-free. Determined to make the most of his second chance,
Anand quits his high-powered job, and deliberately loses himself in
the myriad simple joys of life for which he has never had the time.
But when the old concerns and habits begin to creep back, he
decides, on a whim, to journey to the remote Bhutanese retreat of
Wangsisina to think about his future in solitude. Should he
renounce the temptations of the city forever? Should he abjure
romantic love? Should he spend the rest of his days as a recluse?
Or should he start taking the first tentative steps back to a
fuller life, which Chimi, his Bhutanese friend, encourages him to
do? As he wrestles with these questions in the shadow of Bhutan's
dramatic cliffs and mountains, he runs into the enigmatic Tara, a
woman fleeing her own tragic past, and his life looks set to take
yet another unexpected turn ...Action-packed yet contemplative,
Pavan K. Varma's first novel is a powerful story of love and loss,
despair and hope, chance and destiny, and the true meaning of joy
and sorrow in every human life.
Through his unparalleled ability to devise result-oriented
military, political, and administrative strategy, he overthrew one
king, crowned another and paved the way for the establishment of
India's first great empire. His seminal work, the Arthashashtra,
arguably the world's first comprehensive treatise on statecraft and
governance, was written approximately two thousand years before
Machiavelli's The Prince. What would Chanakya do if confronted with
the various crises that beset contemporary India? Using this
question as the starting point for his new book, celebrated writer
and thinker Pavan K. Varma has drawn up a practical and detailed
plan, modelled on the Arthashashtra, to bring about reform and
change in five key areas that require urgent attention governance,
democracy, corruption, security, and the building of an inclusive
society. Whether it is laying the foundation for an independent and
effective Lokpal, or decriminalizing politics and successfully
weeding out the corrupt, the solutions he proposes are substantive,
well within the constitutional framework, and can make all the
difference between intent and action. Chanakya's New Manifesto is
both a call to action as well as a deeply insightful account of the
challenges facing the country today. It is a book that should be
attentively read by everybody with a stake in India's future.
Examines the evolution of the Indian middle class during the 20th
century, especially since independence. This book is an useful read
with an introduction analyses the transformation of the middle
class.
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