Just an Indian - the Man who Will not Bribe
Book Details
Author(s)Veeresh Malik
PublisherVeeresh Malik
ISBN / ASINB00F6P20IO
ISBN-13978B00F6P20I8
MarketplaceUnited Kingdom 🇬🇧
Description
Varun Arya proves that where there is a will there is a way. Even in India. Especially in India. Where merit will triumph. Against all odds.
Yes, you can make it in India, on merit. Even if you were zero-start. Yes, it is tough, but poverty can not be your destiny. And you can live your truths.
This is the story of one man. Varun Arya. From extremely humble beginnings, through school, IIT-Delhi, IIM-Ahmedabad, MNCs in India and abroad, and then back to his roots.
But there's a difference.
Varun Arya will not bribe. Regardless of how high or low.
And that includes the highest in the country.
In not so surprising revelations, Varun tells his story, and puts down what nobody has done before though it is well known.
BUT VARUN ARYA WILL NOT BRIBE.
Basic honesty is often laughed at in India now, and that is a true reflection of the strange times we find ourselves in, let us not mince any words about this.
Some of us, however, learnt that carrying this concept all the way would also work. My late father, for example, would refuse to pay a bribe - fully aware of the fact that it would take him longer to get his work done. However, he was not a businessman, and to be fair, his exposure to the realities of life in India as an ex-Army Officer were different. At the same time, we learn from our fathers, and what I learnt from him was that in every organisation, at some level or the other, there would be helpful people who would do the work they were supposed to do.
And that's true. We tend to view organisations, especially Government authorities, as vast homogeneous entities, out to take the juice out of what they refer to as the "general public".
Which is also, often and sadly, true. There are some public authorities in India which are, top to bottom, so corrupt now, that the few honest people left inside them are typically and totally side-lined.
This, then, is the story of Varun Arya.
A man who refuses to bribe. In India.
A book for everybody who wants to know how to succeed in India and stay true, too, to basic truths. Honestly.
And that's why this book is so important.
Because, like so many of us, he is Just an Indian.
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Books by Veeresh Malik
1) Train to Pakistan - 2004
2) Indian Adrift in America
3) Tropic of Ballard
4) Train to Goa
5) Turbulence - My Life in the Indian Merchant Navy Redux
6) Just an Indian - The Man Who Will Not Bribe
7) Essays on Pakistan from an Indian Point of View
8) 100 WAYS TO REACH TOP 100 RANKING IN SELF-PUBLISHING BOOK SALES IN 100 houris!
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Yes, you can make it in India, on merit. Even if you were zero-start. Yes, it is tough, but poverty can not be your destiny. And you can live your truths.
This is the story of one man. Varun Arya. From extremely humble beginnings, through school, IIT-Delhi, IIM-Ahmedabad, MNCs in India and abroad, and then back to his roots.
But there's a difference.
Varun Arya will not bribe. Regardless of how high or low.
And that includes the highest in the country.
In not so surprising revelations, Varun tells his story, and puts down what nobody has done before though it is well known.
BUT VARUN ARYA WILL NOT BRIBE.
Basic honesty is often laughed at in India now, and that is a true reflection of the strange times we find ourselves in, let us not mince any words about this.
Some of us, however, learnt that carrying this concept all the way would also work. My late father, for example, would refuse to pay a bribe - fully aware of the fact that it would take him longer to get his work done. However, he was not a businessman, and to be fair, his exposure to the realities of life in India as an ex-Army Officer were different. At the same time, we learn from our fathers, and what I learnt from him was that in every organisation, at some level or the other, there would be helpful people who would do the work they were supposed to do.
And that's true. We tend to view organisations, especially Government authorities, as vast homogeneous entities, out to take the juice out of what they refer to as the "general public".
Which is also, often and sadly, true. There are some public authorities in India which are, top to bottom, so corrupt now, that the few honest people left inside them are typically and totally side-lined.
This, then, is the story of Varun Arya.
A man who refuses to bribe. In India.
A book for everybody who wants to know how to succeed in India and stay true, too, to basic truths. Honestly.
And that's why this book is so important.
Because, like so many of us, he is Just an Indian.
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Books by Veeresh Malik
1) Train to Pakistan - 2004
2) Indian Adrift in America
3) Tropic of Ballard
4) Train to Goa
5) Turbulence - My Life in the Indian Merchant Navy Redux
6) Just an Indian - The Man Who Will Not Bribe
7) Essays on Pakistan from an Indian Point of View
8) 100 WAYS TO REACH TOP 100 RANKING IN SELF-PUBLISHING BOOK SALES IN 100 houris!
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