CULTURAL SHOCK

Book excerpt: In this small book Dr. Ashok Nain tries to convey a message to the common man that it is through everyday small and unexpected experiences that one learns the real lessons of life. These experiences build one’s character and make the person he ultimately becomes. Circumstances, under which one is born, brought up, the opportunities one comes across and the decisions one makes are the important aspects to one’s future. Dr. Nain also makes an honest and sincere effort to portray his experiences, analyze them and from them learn lessons so that life’s fundamental object of seeking basic happiness can be achieved. He states that happiness invariably comes “slowly and stealthily like a thief in the night” and concludes that it comes only when the mind is free of fear and clear of negative thoughts. Thus, the purpose of our lives should be to harness the mind and keep it free of these negative thoughts and emotions. The book is certainly worth reading!