‘The Wise Man Said’ by Priya Kumar
By Hitesh Nariani
Author, Sports Operations
Delhi, India
‘The Wise Man Said’ by Priya Kumar
Book Description
It’s a story about an 80 year old man, Sammy who is a billionaire. He finds himself at the peak of his success built on a mountain of sacrifices. He decides to participate in a life he missed to live for which 11 months in a year he leaves behind his identity and money, to live a completely different life which allows his curiosity and his willingness to experience anything- from taking him on life changing adventures and experiences across the world to experiencing death. Loaded with wisdom, surprise, humour and an eagerness to embrace life, The Wise Man Said is a collection of 12 such adventures of Sammy, where his journey becomes his greatest achievement – a life well lived.
About the author
Priya Kumar is a really wonderful author who has a great habit of beautifully presenting the motivational, thought provoking non-fictional ideas in a fictional way. She has written around 15 novels and has won numerous awards for them.
My Review
This is a really good book, and is a quite different from the other books of the author. Some of the stories of the old man are simply wow. They are constructed so beautifully that, they have the ability to surprise you at every other phase. But you may have to maintain some patience in the initial part as you might feel a bit distracted there, but as the story progresses it keeps on getting stronger with every passing phase. So keep reading it as stories of the old man are really worth reading. They will definitely help you in your quest and will help you in learning certain things and improve as an overall personal.
Overall, I really loved and enjoyed this book but I had a feeling that the “What I missed seeing then…” part could have been presented in a better way as reading them felt like reading some theoretical book. Though the points mentioned were very important, but the way they were presented could have been in a way that would have kept us involved like it did in the stories. Also at certain intervals I felt that the book was a bit short and was stretched for getting it published because of certain publishing requirements.
But despite these facts this is a wonderful book which is worth your time and money. If you have a good imagination power then you would really be able to imagine the things happening in the story which would make your experience much more beautiful. My favorite quote from the book is “As I take a part of you, I leave you a part of me.” And with it, I am leaving a part of me with you which hopefully would prove to be of some use to you at some distant date in the future.
by Hitesh Nariani
Author, Sports Operations
Delhi, India
Hitesh Nariani is an author. ‘Is It Love?’ is his 5th book, (first one in a print form). His previous books were self-published by him as e-book. He aims to write simple and impactful stories, which everyone can connect with. He doesn’t want writing to be his only career. He feels that if he looks at it as a monetary motive then he won’t be able to write it freely with inner feeling of happiness, for lifetime. He wants to view it as a fun activity and aims to take it ahead. Author believes that he leaves a shade of his character in his every work which is also visible in his latest book in Abhay J Singh.
Hitesh is highly influenced by the works of Agatha Christie, Dan Brown and Ruskin Bond, and hopes to write a one of that level someday. He’s one of those guys who is hungry for success and desires to live life to the fullest. His most successful book is Basics of Guitar: Level-1 which is available for free on Playstore. This book has been purchased by over 50000 distinct users across the globe with a rating of 4.5 with over 600 reviews.
Hitesh has an M.A. degree in Economics.