Fatehgarh Central Prison.Pt. Tarkeshwar Pandey was locked in a prison cell - and thinking.Why are humans driven by the hunger for fame?
What made Gandhi, Buddha, Napoleon and Marx who they were - and what brought them undone? What does love do to a man, and what does money?This book is the record of those questions.
Why This Book?
✦ Rare Primary Source - the actual pages of a jail diary, preserved by the family for over 80 years, now in print for the first time.
✦ A Voice in Parliament - historic speeches from the Rajya Sabha (1952-71) and Lok Sabha (1972-77) on Hindi, education and democracy, drawn from official parliamentary records.
✦ An Extraordinary Life - from the rebel district of Ballia to Kashi Vidyapeeth, from the Quit India Movement to Parliament - a freedom fighter who never stopped asking questions.
✦ Philosophical Depth - a rare exploration of Lokeshna (the hunger for fame), Janeshna (the power of love) and Vitteshna (the pull of wealth), written not in a study but in a jail cell.
Pt. Tarkeshwar Pandey never wrote his own story. He wrote everyone's.
Bars can stop the body - never the mind.