Scent of the soil: a civil servant returns to his roots

By:

"Malik, Suchita"

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi; Rupa; 2017Description: 281ISBN:

9788129135452

Subject(s):

Fiction

DDC classification:

CS MAL S

Summary: Shubhojit Singh is at the pinnacle of his career as a civil servant, having won the Prime Minister?s Award twice; however, his personal life is in a shambles. His wife has left him and he has become a stranger to his own children. When a sudden health crisis brings the whole family together, Shubhojit is left reminiscing about his younger days in the village?of the times spent with friends, splashing in the village pond and climbing trees and of meaningful relationships. Just four years short of his retirement, Shubhojit decides to go back to his roots, to live with nature, to a life which is not dictated by structures?a life where he is free and unencumbered. Will he succeed? Will his family approve? Or, will it prove to be an impulsive and hasty decision?

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Donated Books	Gandhi Smriti Library	CS MAL S (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		171301

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Shubhojit Singh is at the pinnacle of his career as a civil servant, having won the Prime Minister?s Award twice; however, his personal life is in a shambles. His wife has left him and he has become a stranger to his own children. When a sudden health crisis brings the whole family together, Shubhojit is left reminiscing about his younger days in the village?of the times spent with friends, splashing in the village pond and climbing trees and of meaningful relationships. Just four years short of his retirement, Shubhojit decides to go back to his roots, to live with nature, to a life which is not dictated by structures?a life where he is free and unencumbered. Will he succeed? Will his family approve? Or, will it prove to be an impulsive and hasty decision?

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