Mango People in Banana Republic

Mango People In Banana Republic

Author : Vishak Shakti
Publisher : The Write Place
Pages :237
Price :249 INR
Buy : Amazon India
Rating : 3.5/5 Star

Blurb:
Ravi Bhalerao is a top of the rung business strategy consultant struggling with two disquiets in life – a festering career disillusionment and a festering wound in his posterior. Stung by an unfair performance appraisal, he pulls off an outrageous stunt at his workplace, drops off the urban map and reaches his ancestral land, a village in drought-prone Vidarbha. There he encounters India in its elemental form. Convinced that his destiny is somehow entwined with that of his country, he sets off on a truth-seeking mission. On that mission, he finds love, revolution and most importantly, a redemption for the disquiet in his rear.

Anand is a former physicist on a spiritual quest through esoteric India. He realizes that the path to realization is beset on all sides by gurus, their cults and their boundless quirks. As he hops from one ashram to the other, he grows convinced that liberation does not come with a user manual in a neat little box.

Wrapped in light-hearted, almost tongue-in-cheek prose, 'Mango People In Banana Republic' is a tale of an Indian’s search for personal identity, against the backdrop of a country divided along fault lines of countless social identities. Teeming with a cast of characters and ideas that encapsulate modern India, the tale ascends from the gross to the sublime, much like the Kundalini powers some aspire to acquire. With a steady pace, and gentle mocking humour, this book is an absorbing read and a laugh.
Review:
Book is honest and witty with doses of sarcasm and humour. I must admit that the tone and language and flow was entertaining.This book can light easy and inspiring read but it can also be contemplated for the depth of its topic and experiences. Excellent writing style.The Book revolves around its central character Ravi Bhalerao.The book has everything Corporate world wgere Ravi works as business strategy consultant, political world -drought prone state and Naxals blood bath.Spiritual world -path of realization through spiritual guru and their cults.Book is all about Mango people (Aam Admi) and their struggle.A book for boring summer afternoon.