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“Pithaa rakshathi kaumarE bharthaa rakshathi yauvanE | puthrO rakshathi vaardhkyE na sthree swaathanthramarhathi || “ This is a good old Sanskrith sentence. It means, a girl will be brought up by her father during her childhood, cared by her husband at her young age. Her children will look after her at her old age. The last sentence and the most  misunderstood  sentence is the last quarter of the above shloka. It simply means: “Never let women live lonely. She has to be taken care of.” After all, what do you mean by reservation? A simple definition of ‘reservation’ is, creating a separate channel for the ‘weak’ people. Another question arises now. In which fields does ‘she’ is weaker than ‘he?’ May it be educational and political kind of ‘social’ fields; or it may also be righteous, religious or moral fields. Our culture has always given certain rights to women. In all our worshiping of gods, with her husband, there is a specific work for the her. (FYI, a...

"It is our own thought- true Indian thought." -This is what everyone utters after reading the fable- the monk who sold his ferrari." This is a late review of the book. Grass always shows greenery only on the other side! We will wake up only when someone else tells us a fable-our own story! There is nothing new in the book.Good old Indian thoughts have been put lucidly. A direct conversion of Sanskrit Shlokas' to English paragraphs. The thoughts really invoke -the person inside us-it's a true introspection. We have become so busy in our daily lives that we have forgotten the question itself while chasing question mark. We think of thousands of things around us; but not about ourselves. We are loosing ourselves. It is a good answer bank to all your questions and dilemma about our own capacity and power. These das, I was really reluctant to read any books. Especially novels. The main reason was my 'busy' life. This book gave me real tactics to liv...