{"product_id":"its-a-wonderful-world-9789355201010","title":"It'S A Wonderful World","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Khalid A-H Ansari\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Rupa Publications\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Rupa Publications\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e His autobiography is like him, no holds barred and a racy read that \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e makes us feel 'wish we had a life like this'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e -Sunil Gavaskar\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In its broad, multifaceted sweep of events from his birth in Mumbai's \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e poverty-stricken Madanpura to a father who started life as an orphan \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e and a mother from a penurious family, Khalid Ansari's life has been an \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e enjoyable and purposeful journey in service of his fellow human beings. In \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e this 'donkey's tale-upar wala meherbaan to gadha pehelwaan (When God \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e smiles kindly, the donkey thinks he's a wrestler)', Ansari has endeavoured \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e to capture some highlights of a splendoured life which he has been blessed \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e to live, catching stars while chasing rainbows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e From starting newspapers and magazines; representing his country at the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e United Nations; accompanying dignitaries on state visits; covering cricket \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Test matches, nine Olympics, Commonwealth and Asian Games; travelling \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e the world; being honoured with the Padma Shri award-it's been indeed \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e la vie en rose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In this memoir, the author has been at pains to prevent this from deteriorating \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e into a 'I-did-this-did-that'-pat-himself, shabash!' hagiography or a dry-as dust pontificaltome, by 'spicing' it up with dollops of frothy anecdotes and \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e self-critical bon mots even as he has attempted a discourse on the purpose \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e of life, the 'right path' and the like.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Since charity and service to humankind are now the author's obsession \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e post retirement, he has also dwelt at some length upon his private, self funded charitable foundation and on giving away whatever little material \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e possessions his wife Zeyna and he have acquired in his lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rupa Publications","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45675009343639,"sku":"9789355201010","price":647.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789355201010.webp?v=1769295320","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/its-a-wonderful-world-9789355201010","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}