*My Honeymoon with a Pinch of salt
A booming economy, double-digit growth rate, ever increasing salaries, cut throat competition to go with long and unending working hours, diabetes and heart illness @ age 28.To add to the chaos we have more cases of broken marriages and extra marital affairs than ever before. This is how our lives can be aptly described. Every individual today grappling with these problems is groping in dark searching a solution. In these troubled times one yearns for gentle hand that shows the way to attain perfect peace and harmony in both our professions and personal lives. The book just serves that purpose and therefore it is a boon for one and all.
The storytelling style of the author helps you to understand the problem first and then provides a workable solution to achieve work-life balance. The lucid yet vivid description of the different characters in story helps one to instantly identify with them and leaves you wondering if you have actually met them in person. Not only the characters but also the problems that they are facing are ones which are we are all currently facing as parents and also as children. Over protective parents, too much of parental intervention, ambitious sons, new age daughters, work pressure, stress, infidelity, confusion between new and old value systems. Although the author does not preach any specific solution to these problems but in an indirect manner suggests a number of simple ways to address these issues through his characters.
This fascinating book would be you treasure of a lifetime. My Honeymoon with a Pinch of Salt takes a path-breaking approach towards work-life balance in todays hectic, competitive, dog-eat-dog world. It is one of those rare books, which convincingly demonstrate how to simplify ones life, yet fulfill ones ambitions and live life to the fullest.