{"product_id":"the-boy-who-wanted-to-be-a-monk-education-of-a-restless-mind-9798904515461","title":"The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Monk: Education of a Restless Mind","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Dr Aloke Mullick\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Notion Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Notion Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Personal Memoirs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when a top-ranked medical student-expected to follow a predictable path of postgraduate success-keeps getting distracted by geometry, electronics, aeroplanes... and God? In this richly observed and delightfully humorous memoir, the author takes readers through his formative years-from schooldays to the chaos, camaraderie, and quiet revelations of medical college. Told in a warm, gently irreverent voice, the book captures a world where lectures compete with daydreams, exams coexist with existential questions, and some of the most important lessons arrive entirely unscheduled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet unforgettable characters: a classmate who treats exams as a long-term hobby, a professor who teaches by walking and catches doodles mid-flight, friends who blur the line between genius and mischief, and moments that swing between the absurd and the profound. Beneath the humour lies a deeper current-the story of a mind that refuses to stay confined to a single track.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the author navigates expectations, excels academically, and yet feels pulled elsewhere, a quiet realisation forms: that life's direction is not always decided by achievement, but by attention-by what continues to call you, even when you are doing everything \"right.\"Beautifully written in a style that blends wit, nostalgia, and reflection, this first part of the memoir is not just about becoming a doctor-it is about becoming aware.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Notion Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47892913946775,"sku":"9798904515461","price":2043.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798904515461.webp?v=1781189940","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-boy-who-wanted-to-be-a-monk-education-of-a-restless-mind-9798904515461","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}