I am working on a book. It’s a story of an Indian Boxer. I still don’t have a title. I am posting this to see initial reaction on it. I am still not sure when I will be able to finish it but it gives me something to work on during my idle time or plan my travels and meeting for it.

I will be posting some more excerpts as and when I make progress. Till then any kind of feedback is welcome.

‘…I could see the same restlessness to transcend the norms of life that is expected out of a village lad in Jasbir. Later when I found him in a Boxing ring, the angry eyes made sense to me.

Anger is the anchor for boxing. Hitler and Gandhi were both very angry people and knew how to express their anger. One wrote a bloody history while the other spoke of only peace and non-violence. If they had chosen to box, they would have made great boxers. However, both knew words and pens were bigger weapons than fists.

Yes, anger to change the world is what makes a great boxer. And Jasbir was a very angry young village boy endowed with a great physique….’

compassionateuniverse

The Compassionate Universe is one of the lesser known book gems. It talks about Buddhism, spirituality, ecology and practical lifestyle applications. Here’s an excerpt :

Whatever we feel we know about animals – and I suspect there is a good deal still to be learnt – no observation about animal behavior need hold true for a human being. In me, in you – in every human being – burns a spark of pure compassion; not physical or even mental but deeply spiritual. Our bodies may belong to the animal world, but we do not. The animal to a great extent lives subject to the force of (instinct and) conditioning, going after its own food and comfort. But we have the capacity to turn our back on profit or pleasure, for the sake of others – to rebel deeply and broadly against our conditioning and to build a new personality, a new world. It is our choice whether to exercise that capacity, but we do have that choice.