The book is not only about how the film "Buddha in a Traffic Jam" was made, it is also about the journey of the author and the most importantly journey of the till now uncoined concept of "Urban Naxal". I recommend it to all parents who are invested in their children's well-being and need to protect them from ideological contamination.
At eighty Veer Kunwar Singh Sangrahalaya goes into active combat battle against Britishers, chops with his own hands his wounded limbs and offers to Ganga Maa for fear of poisoning his body.
This is why I, for once and forever, choose to surrender to the sagacity of our saints for they were the ones who knew that there is no higher blessing than being alive and "Khush“.
An American in an unknown club amidst unknown people in an unrelated setting made me feel more at home in the foreign city, than I had felt for a long time in spite of all kinds of Indian diaspora get togethers.
As much as I was surprised at having been a targeted customer at soul shop, I was also thankful. Since that day, my awareness and appreciation of my own faith has increased. I am more cognizant of the depth of the faith and philosophy I was born into.
The generation of 80's is possibly the last of the generation of Indians who have seen and experienced the comparatively claustrophobic pre-internet days.