‘Siddhartha’ by Herman Hesse

‘Wandering doesn’t take you anywhere. Peace comes from within so do not seek it outside. Work out your own salvation and do not depend on others for it.‘ Sidhartha

This happens to be my favourite novel by Herman Hesse where, through simple story he teaches the most vital essence of life we have been dealing with i.e. searching the meaning of our existence.

About Book: The author beautifully takes us through the journey of the character named ‘Sidhartha’ who happens to be in search out for a meaningful life that gives him salvation. Just like nomads, he wanders from place to place and meet various people with a hope that someone can help in attaining the purpose of his life. In the quest to know himself, he experiences faith, devotion, practice, richness, whims, and materialism but his urge remained unsatisfied. His inquisitiveness to experience life himself rather than believing the preaching by others took him to the final enlighten.

His quest ended with a boatman who used to follow a regular monotonous routine but was completely contented. After conversing with the boatman, Siddhartha found that he had answers to all his ambiguities and felt enlightened.

Language: The author keeps the reader so gripped that you start looking for the same answers within and experience the Siddhartha journey within. Hence it teaches us to experience life within ourselves in our own way than following other.

“Knowledge can be communicated but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be forfeited by it, do wonders through it but one cannot communicate and teach it.”Siddhartha. A Must Read.

Dr. Gitanjali Kalia

A learner at heart with 13 years of experience and still growing. From field experience to academic ambience, people interaction and exploring new ideas have been my area of interest and has proved to be stepping stone towards my achievements. Creativity is my core skill, be that vision to see the world or to work towards something aesthetically, creativity exists in everything. I am an academician by profession and the creativity is my passion. Academician: Shifting from advertising field to teaching advertising wasn't in my dreams but I must say it is one of the most challenging and coolest profession altogether. What keeps it ticking is to be with Young minds!! I have written research papers and got by books chapters published in the international books by international publications . Poet: I am a poet and got my poems published by Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi in Kavya Lehri and Kavyanjali. I also have an ebook to my credit titled 'Lyrical Emotions'. Writer(Blogger): A writer who loves writing and has written for numerous magazines, online portals and newspapers like Time of India(Youth section), The Identity, Contemporary Vibes, The Higher education, etc. A Blogger who runs her own blog. An artist who works towards improving her skills every now and then. A traveller who knows learning is much more outside the classroom. As a leaner is never satisfied with his/ her work, I believe to utilize the gift of human birth to the fullest and enjoy.