Friday 19 September 2014

SHARMAJI,PADMASHREE published by Konark December 2013.

This humorous book describes several farcical adventures of a  self-styled 'Gandhian' NGO leader.
Several people love this book and I hope you will too. Here are some top endorsements:



Dr. Y.V.Reddy, writer, economist, and former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India:

This book is a thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining read. It is full of refreshing humour but with deep and subtle messages on the interface between Government and Civil Society. I am delighted to recommend to one and all to buy, or at least to borrow, and read this book. 


Dr. Suman Sahai, Convenor, Gene Campaign, New Delhi:

I scream with laughter every time I take up the book ! It is written so beautifully...a great pleasure to read.  I can almost identify Sharmaji …but there must be lots like him.



Prof. Shyamala A. Narayan, Jamia Millia University, New Delhi, and Reviewer, Journal of Commonwealth Literature:

Vithal Rajan’s forte is creating characters like Vedavyas Sharma. His novel, Sharmaji, Padmashree is structured as a collection of short stories centred on ‘Shre Vedavyas Sharma, M.A.(London)’, the director of an NGO he founded. The book has enjoyable satire directed against self-serving social workers and corrupt politicians and bureaucrats.




Ms Sherise Hobbs, Fiction Editor, Headline, UK:

I thought it was charming - intelligent, witty and wry.



Ms Gita Ram, President, Industree Crafts Foundation:
I thoroughly enjoyed reading Sharmaji Padmashree! The portrayal of the protagonist is brilliant!





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