{"product_id":"encounters-real-and-surreal-nai371","title":"Encounters Real and Surreal","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"title is-size-3-desktop is-size-5-touch has-text-centered product-details-description-title\"\u003eBook Specification\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ctable\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eItem Code:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eNAI371\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/it\/book-author\/v%20n%20narayanan\" class=\"underlined\" title=\"V.N. Narayanan\"\u003eV.N. Narayanan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/it\/book-publisher\/bharatiya%20vidya%20bhavan\" class=\"underlined\" title=\"Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan\"\u003eBharatiya Vidya Bhavan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eEnglish\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e2014\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e9788172765040\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e402\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eCover:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eOther Details\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd rel=\"product-dimensions\"\u003e8.5 inch X 5.5 inch\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eWeight\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd rel=\"product-weight\"\u003e660 gm\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003c\/table\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2 class=\"title is-size-3-desktop is-size-5-touch has-text-centered product-details-description-title\"\u003eBook Description\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-details-description\" style=\"max-height: 63rem; overflow-y: auto;\"\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cp\u003e V.N. Narayanan has been a journalist for 53 years, having written and edited such national newspapers as The Hindustan Times and Indian Express. Since July 2000, he has been associated with Bhavan’s Journal, first as Associate Editor for about 20 months and as the Editor of the journal since 2003. He wields a versatile pen which could write with equal facility from light poetry, music review and sports reporting to serious literary articles and comments on national, international and constitutional affairs. Besides English he can read and write in five Indian languages.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Born and educated at Madras Narayanan joined journalism straight from college in 1961. After a spell of apprenticeship in The Hindustan Times followed by a -three-year stint as Sub-Editor, he joined The Statesman, New Delhi, in 1965. He joined The Tribune as Assistant Editor in 1975 and steadily mounted the professional ladder to become Resident Editor of Indian Express in Bangalore and Chandigarh and re-joined The Tribune as its Deputy Editor in 1982, became its Editor in 1986 and was elevated as the group’s Editor-in-Chief in May 1987. He became the Editor of The Hindustan Times in 1994 and left daily journalism in 1999. He is now Editor of Bhavan’s Journal which he joined in May 2000.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cb\u003ePreface\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cp\u003e The Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan-that Institute of Indian Culture in Bombay-needed a Book University, a series of books which, if read, would serve the purpose of providing higher education. Particular emphasis, however, was to be put on such literature as revealed the deeper impulsions of India. As a first step, it was decided to bring out in English 100 books, 50 of which were to be taken in hand, almost at once.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e It is our intention to publish the books we select, not only in English, but also in the following Indian languages: Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e This scheme, involving the publication of 900 volumes, requires ample funds and an all-India organisation. The Bhavan IS exerting its utmost to supply them.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The objectives for which the Bhavan stands are the reintegration of Indian culture in the light of modem knowledge and to suit our present-day needs and the resuscitation of its fundamental values in their pristine vigour.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Let me make our goal more explicit:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e We seek the dignity of man, which necessarily implies the creation of social conditions which would allow him freedom to evolve along the lines of his own temperament and capacities; we seek the harmony of individual efforts and social relations, not in any makeshift way, but within the frame-work of the Moral Order; we seek the creative art of life, by the alchemy of which human limitations are progressively transmuted, so that man may become the instrument of God, and is able to see Him in all and ail in Him.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The world, we feel, is too much with us. Nothing would uplift or inspire us so much as the beauty and aspiration which such books can teach.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e In this series, therefore, the literature of India, ancient and modern, will be published in a form easily accessible to all. Books in other literatures of the world, if they illustrate the principles we stand for, will also be included.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e This common pool of literature, it is hoped, will enable the reader, eastern or western, to understand and appreciate currents of world thought, as also the movements of the mind in India, which though they flow through different linguistic channels, have a common urge and aspiration.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Fittingly, the Book University’s first venture is the Mahabharata, summarised by one of the greatest living Indians, C. Rajagopalachari; the second work is on a section of it, the Gita by H.V. Divatia, an eminent jurist and student of philosophy. Centuries ago, it was proclaimed of the Mahabharata: “What is not in it, is nowhere.” After twenty-five centuries, we can use the same words about it. He who knows it not, knows not the heights and depths of the soul; he misses the trials and tragedy and the beauty and grandeur of life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The Mahabharata is not a mere epic: it is a romance, telling the tale of heroic men and women and of some who were divine; it is a whole literature in itself, containing a code of life, a philosophy of social and ethical relations, and speculative thought on human problems that is hard to rival: but, above all, it has for its core the Gita which is as the world is beginning to find out, the noblest of scriptures and the grandest of sagas in which the climax is reached in the wondrous Apocalypse in the Eleventh Canto.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Through such books alone the harmonies underlying true culture, I am convinced, will one day reconcile the disorders of modern life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e I thank all those who have helped to make this new branch of the Bhavan’ s activity successful.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cb\u003eForeword\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cp\u003e I am a mere co-ordinator of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Family. That does not qualify me to write a Foreword to a “small sample” of the writings of one of free India’s most genuine and perceptive journalists, whose innate humility and utter disregard for fame prevented him from acquiring the status of a celebrity in his chosen field. But I dare say that when an authentic history of the first seven decades of independent India comes to be written, the historians will have to go, among others, to V.N. Narayanan in their search for the true understanding of the personalities including the Common Man and events which shaped or disfigured modem India.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e So I am gleefully returning to the tradition in the breaking of which I had derived almost vicarious pleasure by writing this Foreword as the co-ordinator of the Bhavan’s Family and not as one who has the qualifications to write it. But then, sometime in life, you have to make a compromise and give it the honourable name of ‘exception.’ I hold Narayanan in too profound an esteem not to accede to his command.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Alexander Solzhenitsyn counts two “psychic diseases of the 20th Century”: “Hastiness and superficiality.” He adds in good measure: “These diseases, more than anywhere else, are reflected in the world of journalism” (I would add a third one: ego). All the three never have dared to come anywhere near VNN. I love VNN and admire his humility from which stems his affection and respect for his readers. Profound knowledge, scholarship and amazing sincerity sit lightly on the tip of his pen. Like ~n Anees Saleem character in “Vanity Bagh”, he seems to have realised: “Glory comes stamped with a date of expiry.” Depth, Courage and wonderful subtle humour (which sometimes assumes dark colours) are the hallmarks of his writing. There is nothing flimsy or flippant about it.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Genuine humility (not that of Dickens’ Uriah Heep) makes a person fearless. Not the king-size ego which is so brittle that it cracks at the slightest knock. Read his pieces on Punjab of the eighties and early nineties and you will understand what I mean. Read his article on K.P.S. Gill and you will stand and applaud his grip over the subject and his fearlessness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e I had been to Amritsar a few years ago. I was pleasantly astounded to see the affection and respect in which VNN was held both by the Hindus and the Sikhs even after two decades of his departure from Punjab. And why not? As the Editor-in-Chief of the Tribune group having three dailies in three languages, Narayanan had actually influenced the events by first reaching the truth and then hammering it on the heads of all the three groups: the common man, militants on both the sides and the Government and its pathetically over-enthusiastic and heartless top police officials. It was journalism at its very best. Positive thinking, faith in India’s unity, out-of-this-world fearlessness and almost maddening sense of journalistic responsibility made Narayanan face the distinct possibility of murderous attacks on him and his wife with a smile and cold courage. No wonder, he still has his presence in the psyche of the people of Punjab. Show me any other journalist, howsoever big and glamorous his name might have been who has achieved this kind of affection and respect of the people. This is the greatest award VNN has received, notwithstanding his G K. Reddy and B.D. Goenka prizes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Rarely does a journalist become both, a sharp observer and a willing participant in the events under the cross-fire of horrifying terrorism thus effectively contributing to the solution of one of the most difficult, complex and tragic problems that free India has ever faced. Tagore said : “The only battle is between the truth and the untruth”. VNN has always stood by the side of the truth. At some place, he quotes Raja Rao: “Truth needs no victory. For Truth itself is victory.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Phenomenal is one apt word to describe the writings of VNN, whose pen is still alive and active after 50 years of ceaseless outpouring of a brilliant intellect and sensitive heart, whose roots are deeply entrenched in the cultural and spiritual heritage of our Motherland. His writings go beyond nameless editorials in six different national dailies and included contributions to several newspapers and magazines of India and journals abroad.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e VNN was invited to deliver an address to the World Parliament of Religions in the USA. He could not make the trip because of the then prevailing situation in Punjab. But his paper was not only read but also discussed by outstanding spiritual minds of our time. It is included in this collection. His two lively contributions to multi- volume “Dictionary of National Biographies” show his scholarship and vision.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e A great benefit readers derive from VNN’s writings comes from his voracious interest in reading. You get a glimpse of some of the brightest brains and most sensitive hearts the human race has produced. He quotes an Italian author: “Reading is life itself’ and adds: “the truly educated person is one who realizes that reading transcends literacy and education.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e No subject is too small or too big for VNN. Read about his sojourn to the Co Iambi an town of Cartagena. With remarkable subtle humour, he shames us of our lack of civic sense. Read his piece on the insensitivity, absurdity and injustice of our justice system and M\/s. Know-alls who sit on the elevated benches believing all the wisdom of the world emanates from them and the black-robed gentlemen standing in front of them believing that reaching the truth is the least of their concerns. That is precisely why VNN’s writings go beyond journalism and effectively enter into the realms of literature. What the readers would see here is but a small, but representative, sample of his writings. I would recommend to the readers to begin with “The Aesop’s Fly”.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e My favourite author, G.K. Chesterton wrote about Dickens’ “Pickwick Papers; “Pickwick is but a sample of Dickens, like a lump of coal or a piece of leather. But the piece of leather blocked the street and the lump of coal set the Thames on fire.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan is indeed fortunate in having Shri Narayanan as the Editor of the Bhavan’s Journal. I pray to the Lord and the Divine Mother to grant him good health. May he continue to enlighten us with his writings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cb\u003eContents\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ctable width=\"100%\"\u003e \u003ctbody\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd width=\"5%\"\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd width=\"80%\"\u003e Acknowledgement\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd width=\"15%\"\u003e vii\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Kulapati’s Preface\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e vii\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Foreword\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e xi\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart - I Thereby Hangs a Tale!\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Stumbling into it\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 3\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 1\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Journalism of Courage and Commitment\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 7\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 2\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Editor as Dodo\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 28\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 3\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e India’s Woman of Destiny\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 34\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 4\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Last Days of Kamaraj\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 43\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 5\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Go-Forth Estate\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 52\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 6\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e How Black is Black Money\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 64\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 7\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Naxalism - The New Opium\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 75\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 8\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Rape - ‘Victim, You’re Guilty’\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 83\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 9\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Hindus and Sikhs - The roots are too deep\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 89\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 10\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Conflict Resolution in Indian Religious Tradition\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 97\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 11\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Secularism is a matter of Instinct for us\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 107\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 12\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Excess is Okay\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 115\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 13\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Paradigm of Entropy State\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 126\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 14\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Shakespeare in Wodehouse\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 136\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 15\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Dear President Clinton\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 142\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart – II The Tribune Years (1975-84)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Tribune Era\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 147\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 1\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Old Days, Were they Good?\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 153\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 2\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Fame is the spur\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 157\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 3\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Getting into the mood\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 162\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 4\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Neither an author, nor a Reviewer be\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 166\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 5\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Mischief, thou art afoot\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 170\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 6\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e State Vis Citizen\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 177\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 7\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Let’s Privatise Diplomacy\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 184\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 8\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Novels as Dry Goods\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 189\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart - III The Terror Decade (1985-94)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e A Testament of Faith\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 195\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 1\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Tryst With Terror\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 201\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 2\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Contrariwise in Punjab\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 216\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 3\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Unavoidable is Avoidable\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 221\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 4\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e General Zia-ul-Haq\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 227\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 5\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Rajiv Gandhi\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 231\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 6\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Messiah minus a message\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 235\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 7\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Crusader Complex\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 241\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 8\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Who Killed Democracy?\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 244\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 9\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e He is a Responsible Man!\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 246\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 10\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e And I shall no\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 249\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart - IV The Musings Phase - 1994-99\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Musings, Apogee and Swansong\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 253\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 1\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Aesop’s Fly\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 257\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 2\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Oh, for a Jones !\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 263\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 3\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Life is a long Cliche\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 267\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 4\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Deplorable Absence of Bad Manners\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 271\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 5\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Shrink, if you want to live\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 275\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 6\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Pralaya - a live telecast\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 279\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 7\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Therapy Thy Name is Tyranny\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 283\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 8\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Is hell other people?\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 287\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 9\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Pitiable Rich, Snobbish Poor\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 291\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 10\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e A Delicate Form of Adultery\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 297\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Part - V The Bhavan Decade - 2000-2010\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Bhavan Decade\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 303\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 1\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Media Mahatma - Peerless Communicator of our age.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 305\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 2\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Birth of Satyagraha\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 309\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 3\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e S. Ramakrishnan - Indian First, Gandhian ever\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 314\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 4\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Baba Amte - He repaired the ‘Ruins of Man’\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 318\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 5\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e R. K. N arayan - The Malgudi Magician\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 323\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 6\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Dhirubhai Ambani Believed in India and Indians\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 327\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 7\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e India’s Greatest Saint-Philosopher of the Century\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 331\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 8\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Time to Become Bharatis\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 333\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 9\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e When Illiteracy is a Vested Interest.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 337\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 10\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Friend of India and Global Visionary\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 343\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 11\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e R. K. Narayan - He Showed the Way\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 348\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 12\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e India can, but will it?\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 352\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 13\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Rainbow Warriors of ‘Other India’\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 357\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 14\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Soft on Criminals, Hard on Victims\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 362\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 15\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Supreme Life of the Mind\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 368\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 16\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e What a waste of God and Glory !\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 372\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart -VI: Bhavan’s Journal Editorial Excerpts\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e History Negates History-Makers\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 379\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 1\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Rapacious Primate\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 381\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 2\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e No Water, No Right To Life\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 385\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 3\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Embodiment of Love\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 387\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 4\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Private Charity\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 389\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 5\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Rulers’ Default\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 391\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 6\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Soul of Music\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 393\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 7\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Vanishing Indian Mind\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 395\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 8\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Cliches, not Rules of Law\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 396\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 9\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Bharata and Bharati\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 397\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 10\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Afterword\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 398\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003c\/tbody\u003e \u003c\/table\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\" color=\"red\"\u003eSample 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