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Thursday, October 29, 2015

The Happiness Code by Suvasish Mukhopadhyay: A Review



BOOK TITLE: The Happiness Code
ISBN: 978-8124801567
AUTHOR: Suvasish Mukhopadhyay
GENRE: Nonfiction / Self – Help.
NUMBER OF PAGES: 208
FORMAT: Paperback
SERIES / STANDALONE: Standalone
REVIEW BY: Dhivya Balaji
HOW I GOT THIS BOOK: I thank Tushti Bhatia and Sandeep Sharma of Author Paradise for this review copy.
SUMMARY:
          The book talks of art of achieving happiness. It is filled with author’s lifetime experiences about human psychology. It is highlighted that happiness is nothing but a state of mind and that state can be attained only by exploring the inner world. Simple lifestyle, benevolent deeds, positive mindset and clarity in thoughts are the prerequisites for being happy. By chasing and trying to be happy no one can attain happiness. It is spontaneous. There is a disbelief that money is the yardstick of happiness but in most of the cases excess money is the root cause of unhappiness. Ego is the greatest barrier in the way to happiness. The key to happiness is to make others happy. Several real life incidents are portrayed in a lucid manner in various chapters of this book. This book has the potential to transform a human being and show him or her the right way of living and enable the readers to get the true meaning of life. The mission of the author is to awaken the dormant happy persons, who are in deep slumber within the folk.
REVIEW:
          The Happiness Code is a different wine in the ‘Self Help book’ bottle.
First Impression:
          The book came to me as a review copy and while I did not expect this to be a mysterious Da Vinci Code of happiness, I knew this would be a good self help book. The cover is themed pink, and though I am not sure it is a very happy or pleasant colour, I guess it suited the mood of the book. The font was thankfully easy to read and there are no real complaints with the page quality.
My comments on the book:
          I guess it is human nature to listen to someone say you things that you already knew about. Hearing someone else say what you already know to be true not only reinforces your belief on the same, and if it is presented in a pleasing format, the sayings sound even more believable and wise, even offering an ‘entirely new perspective’.
          The Happiness Code is just that. It reinforces our belief that happiness is not materialistic and is totally a state of mind. The concept of happiness is explained with little snippets and stories that are apparently from the author’s experiences. The book has more than a hundred chapters or codes of happiness and each one follows a common theme.
          For such an ambitious book, it is riddled with some major typographical errors and some editing flaws. The book and the language are pleasant but the experience is marred by a few misplaced errors. There are a few memorable quotes from the book that sound like philosophies.
          Overall, this book is a good attempt at something common that the author has tried to present in a slightly uncommon way. The stories are short, crisp and concise. The book is definitely not just another one time read. There are parts of this book that the reader would enjoy at look at randomly.
WHAT I LIKED:
          The concept and the content.
          The book is easy enough to read and understand.
WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER:
          The book could do with a little more proofreading. That would make it a treasured copy.
VERDICT: Go for this one if you need some little self help quotes and wise sayings to motivate yourself.
RATING: 3.5/5
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
          Mukhopadhyay Suvasish is a full time faculty member of Civil Engineering in College of Engineering, Pune. His academic track record is excellent, receiving distinction throughout the career. He has more than seventeen years of teaching experience. He taught Management Studies, Fluid Mechanics, Dams and Hydraulic Structures, Soil Dynamics and Numerical Methods to the students of undergraduate and postgraduate classes of Civil Engineering and guided several students in their postgraduate level dissertation works. He is actively engaged in teaching and research works on Fluid Mechanics, Water Resource Engineering and Computational Fluid Dynamics. Apart from his faculty position, he is a freelance student counsellor. He is in the panel of experts in various universities and private bodies. Prof. Mukhopadhyay has published many papers in different national and international conferences, publications and reputed journals. Till date he has to his credit four books, namely You can Score More, Tsunami the Biggest Bane, My Students of Far and Near, and Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics.
EDITIONS AVAILABLE: Paperback
PRICE: Rs. 80 for Paperback


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