Life and its perennial question: Does this Life have a purpose or is it a flash in the pan- one time journey?
The West has always seen this life as an isolated incident and hence to be enjoyed to the hilt with all materialistic and sensual pleasures. The East has an almost inbred-into-blood culture of Karma-Rebirth-Soul theology.
Author Sonu V C tries to bridge the gap between these two philosophies in his book “The Bottom Line” ( ISBN code:,978-93-82417-19-4) and published by World Book Company Pvt Limited (www.worldbookcompany.com). The author writes from the perspective of a born Eastern and educated in the Western outlook. He clearly states that he is not a ‘Guru’ and so this book is not a know it all solution to your grief and angst.
Usually Self Help and Philosophy genre books come with a step by step guide on how to change your life pattern. Not so with this book. Here the author poses the questions, points to his experiences and encourages you to do your own introspection.
First Section: Why Birth?, The author starts the book with questioning the purpose of our births and the absence of a definitive answer to the same. Along with the perennial question of purpose of life, the author also juxtaposes the futility of all the various frenzied activity a human being indulges in through a life time, without understanding the end goal.
Second section: Avatar or Angel, flounders around trying to amalgamate the philosophy of East with the practical approach of west. Needs more exploration.
Third section: Practical lines, tries to put the solutions towards resolution of the angst into a MBA type terminological approach.
Fourth section: Bottom Line, further divided into 4 subsections, tries to give you a practical approach life style analysis and rearrangement encouragement.
This book is a definite must read for the youngsters of today, especially our educated ones…. And if possible the message be spread via the practical approaches suggested in the book. This book seriously encourages you to introspect.
Author Sonu V C
Book: “The Bottom Line”
ISBN code:,978-93-82417-19-4
Good one sirjee :)
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