Life How to Live (An Old & Rare Book)

Mrs. Vedavati G. Habbu, MA, MLISC was working in the Mumbai University Library for the last 28 years. At present she is working as a librarian in the Sir J.J. College of Architecture. She has counselled students of Indira Gandhi National Open University. She has contributed many articles in newspapers and magazines. Her paper "Book Acquisition policy in Academic Libraries - Best Practices" was published at a national level seminar. She was honoured by "Vangmayaseva Prakashan" as Best Librarian in Maharashtra in 2009. The National Institute for the Blind was so impressed by the original Marathi version of this book "Sukhavaha Kshanansathi" that they have published its audio CD for the blind.

Mrs. Suneeta Jayant Khare M.A. (1- Class First) in Sanskrit and M.Lib.Sc. (1 Class) Both in Mumbai University). She has worked as a translator in the municipal secretary's office of the Bombay Municipal corporation for 4 years when she was doing translations from Marathi into English and vice verse. Occasionally she has been doing translation work. She was associated with teaching the B.Lib.Sc. and M.Lib.Sc. Students in university of Mumbai. She has contributed more than two dozen articles in various magazines and her book Cataloguing Theory-A new perspective' was released at the hands of the Vice Chanceller of Mumbai Univ. Dr. Vijay Khole. She delivers lectures on topics related to Sanskrit literature and library science and has worked as a resource person in several refresher courses and seminars where in she deliveres lectures on subjects like 'Legal aspects of the reprographic services of Libraries' and 'Reprography and copyright Act.

Our ability to think, read, remember and contemplate comprises the human mind. When others align their thinking with ours, we find in them sympathetic comrades. The Soul of this sympathy is Vitality. And it is with great vitality that Vedavati has gathered her own thoughts as well as those of others to put together some pleasant moments of life.In this age where relationships have turned into transactions and ethics are deteriorating, this book will help remind us of our responsibilities to each other. Shedding malignant thoughts and encouraging good logical thinking will make our lives happy. This is explained well in the first part of the book.

Ancient wisdom reminds us that our object in life must be to conquer the mind. When we are conquered by the mind, we fail. Raavana's failure lay in the fact that he could not control his mind. The author has provided important advice on controlling the mind in the chapter 'Green Breath'. This book is a good guide for the young in their quest to become independent and think for themselves.This well-written book will make life pleasurable. For it is an anthology, and as the roots of the wordremind us, an anthology is a collection of flowers. thus these anecdotes and bits of advice become, to extend the floral metaphor, a garland whose beauty enhaces that of the wearer.This is a book meant to be kept close at hand, on the shelves of one's home. It would make an ideal gift to a friend. It is a book to read again and again. Bibliophiles will cherish this book because its ideas are intelligent and useful and designed to improve the quality of one's life. I congratulate the author and wish the book all the very best.