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It's a Wonderful World
Hardcover
ISBN13: 9789355201010
Publisher: Rupa
Published: Jan 15 2021
Pages: 602
Weight: 2.28
Height: 1.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
His autobiography is like him, no holds barred and a racy read that
makes us feel 'wish we had a life like this'.
-Sunil Gavaskar
In its broad, multifaceted sweep of events from his birth in Mumbai's
poverty-stricken Madanpura to a father who started life as an orphan
and a mother from a penurious family, Khalid Ansari's life has been an
enjoyable and purposeful journey in service of his fellow human beings. In
this 'donkey's tale-upar wala meherbaan to gadha pehelwaan (When God
smiles kindly, the donkey thinks he's a wrestler)', Ansari has endeavoured
to capture some highlights of a splendoured life which he has been blessed
to live, catching stars while chasing rainbows.
From starting newspapers and magazines; representing his country at the
United Nations; accompanying dignitaries on state visits; covering cricket
Test matches, nine Olympics, Commonwealth and Asian Games; travelling
the world; being honoured with the Padma Shri award-it's been indeed
la vie en rose.
In this memoir, the author has been at pains to prevent this from deteriorating
into a 'I-did-this-did-that'-pat-himself, shabash!' hagiography or a dry-as dust pontificaltome, by 'spicing' it up with dollops of frothy anecdotes and
self-critical bon mots even as he has attempted a discourse on the purpose
of life, the 'right path' and the like.
Since charity and service to humankind are now the author's obsession
post retirement, he has also dwelt at some length upon his private, self funded charitable foundation and on giving away whatever little material
possessions his wife Zeyna and he have acquired in his lifetime.
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