The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

azminababoocs09 — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:58:44 +0000

Hello Friends,

This is my first post in the book review section. Its about “The monk who sold his Ferrari” by Robin Sharma. The author is well known for his “self help” books in which he explains how to improve one’s life in an effective way. It is one of the most popular books in the self help category and most of us may have read it by now. For those who have read it already, let this review be a revisit, because its the kind of book worth reading through out our hectic life.

The story is about a successful lawyer, Julian Mantle who has reached the summit of success that is admirable. He lived a successful life driven by his own abilities. He owned a grand mansion, a private jet and a red ferrari. But his obsession with professional success lead him to work day and night without taking care of his mental and physical health. Suddenly one day, he has to face the consequences of his unbalanced life.

The story begins with John, a friend and co-worker of the protagonist, describing the fantastic lifestyle and clever courtroom tricks of the great lawyer. But one day, he collapses in the courtroom because of a heart attack. He was looking more older than his age. He loses his purpose of life and one day he goes somewhere without telling anyone.

After three years, without any news, Julian Mantle visits John. John was surprised with his new look. He was completely transformed into a healthy human being, with a glow in his face. John asks about his story and he describes that after recovering from heartattack, he sold all his properties including his Ferrari and went to India. He wanted to restore the balance of his life and in search of that, he reaches a small place called Sivana, near Himalayas. There lived a group of sages, whose leader teaches him everything that he seeked for. He is filled with a new spiritual strength. He imparts the new found wisdom to John. All the tips to lead a life filled with positive energy, peace and joy was described in the form of fables by the sages. Julian Mantle explains to his friend ,how to cultivate our minds with joyful thoughts only. He expains the value of time and to use it to fulfil our dream. He advises John to embrace the present always and to never live in the past.After that he embraces John and leaves.

This book comes in handy for those who are always in a rat race for success, because of which they are having a stressful life. The principles to lead a happy, balanced life is penned down in the form of fables by the author, so that readers can memorize it more easily and follow it in their lives. The author imparts the knowledge of leading a balanced, happy, successful life in a step-by-step approach which makes the book more understandable.

2 States- The Story of My marriage

Hari — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:56:35 +0000

This is the first post under the Book Review Category. I am particular it should be about a well accepted book. This reason made me to post about Chethan Bagath’s 2 states –The Story of my marriage which I read a month before. With little difficulty I got a copy within 2 weeks after its release.

The author admits the story is slightly abstracted from his own experiences and dedicates this book to his in-laws. The story resumes from where the Five Point Someone left of. It’s told through hero Krish, a Punjabi boy who falls for his IIM-A classmate Tamil girl, Ananya.The story begins with Krish’s life at IIM-A from where he happened to meet Ananya and latter decide to marry her. The story progress with the author’s and his lover’s attempts to please each others parents. Although Krish and Ananya are exceptions to their North Indian and South Indian clan, the parents of each are pictured as orthodox Indians. Author exploits the “unity in diversity” quality of the country. Tamilian and Punjabi culture are well illustrated. The struggle each faces to win each others family is made easy digestible with the extravagance of humor.

Krish’s attempt to win Ananya’s family implicitly tells how good professionals solve problems whether it’s professional or personal. The author assures the book comes under the head ‘fiction’ by its dramatic end with little suspense.

Synopsis by the author:

Love marriages around the world are simple:

Boy loves girl. Girl loves boy.
They get married.

In India, there are a few more steps:

Boy loves Girl. Girl loves Boy.
Girl’s family has to love boy. Boy’s family has to love girl.
Girl’s Family has to love Boy’s Family. Boy’s family has to love girl’s family.
Girl and Boy still love each other. They get married.

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The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

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