Review: `Never worry about the delay in success because construction of wonders takes more time than ordinary buildings'
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 9, 2013
Krishna Kranthi bounces onto the literary scene with a modest little novel that has a very big impact. In addition to unveiling his philosophy of education and how important to all peoples it is, he also introduces a flavor of writing that is not often encountered in novelists who have been writing for a long time. That  flavor is the freshness of writing in the voice of an Indian lad with all the references to words and holidays and events left in his native tongue, at times informing the reader of their significance and at other times using the message of this book to send the reader outside his book to learn some peripheral things on their own. It is a wise choice for him.The novel is a one year diary, January to December, of a lad named Revant who enters graduate school to obtain his MBA. The manner in which Revant takes in information, deciphers the importance of those aspects of Management he finds most pertinent, and the result of his interaction with other students leading to his final concept that the gift of education is to honor the responsibility to bring learning in every way possible to those who have little chance for formal education is, to say the very least, heart warming. But in addition to all of the `book learning' aspects of achieving and MBA come the non-verbal and non-written aspects of how to deal with all people and to become a net contributor to an organization or entrepreneurial start-up.But as much as this is a journey through the rigors of obtaining the degree of education and insight required of the person who truly desires to become a Master in Business Administration, this novel is also a coming of age story wonderfully colored with all the graces of Indian culture and tradition. This is a book that can be read as a novel, but it can also be considered a resource for developing a philosophy of optimism and passion for not only your work but for being given the opportunity to walk the earth, if only for this present lifetime.  Beautiful thoughts, at times hampered by writing that could be polished by an editor (English is Kranthi's second language), result in a book that deserves a wide readership.  Grady Harp, April 13