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Spiritual quest &
spice
Success through spirituality The author aims at bringing modern management in sync with the Indian spiritual thought to bring back the golden era of a good Indian living and morality. It is meant for all those who have deprived themselves of reading any religious scripture (most of us have not) to get a clue of what they have missed out and know why their predecessors were happier than they are, despite having less to be happy about. Though the author has not been able to extricate management from spirituality, he has compiled the book as his own interpretation of religious texts. There is no point-by-point elucidation as to how a corporate guy can solve his day-to-day problems through spiritualism. Some universal truths which are common knowledge, like God helps those who help themselves, have been preached. The distinguishing line between morality, spirituality and ethics does not become clearer after reading the book. The cover of the book, which shows a green tree in the midst of a rocky desert, gives an insight into the author's mind and what he wants to convey through his book.
Spices are sweet Thereis repetitive use of words like hitched, moping, etc. Has anybody read English usage like “brothers cousins family” and “looked tenser than ever"? It raises questions on the efficacy of the publishing
house. The whole idea of hiding the author’s identity through an acronym like DD seems strange and naming the chapters on different spices doesn’t serve any purpose either. Set in a rural south Indian setting, it’s the story about a girl who has been facing the dilemma of being a victim of the bride-viewing trauma, despite being educated, that happens in most traditional Indian homes. The best character in the story is the grandma and the interesting parts of the story appear in streaks. We get to see how Indian families press the panic button if matrimonial alliances do not mature into marriage. The end is abrupt and has a disconnect with the story.
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The book carries a message - there is a need to go back to our religious books. It can serve as a good guide to business honchos, technocrats, private firms in metros, small cities and towns who have, somewhere down the line, forgotten the ethics of a good and a humane management in the race to rake up profits. The book takes us to where we belong to, it reinvents us, it remind us of all such values at work like truthfulness, self-realisation, philanthropy, self-management, being human which nobody follows in our offices these days. The book is too utopian for management gurus to follow, though not impossible.
The author seems to be catering to a foreign readership by giving meaning of simple Indian words like ladoo, Ganesh, dhoti, pants, et al? In between, she jumps her narrative into the present
tense.