AUGUST 2013
SPEAKERS DIGEST
CHENAI SPEAKERS FORUM
CONTENTS 1.Interview with DTM 2.Being in Toastmasters 3.Choice of words 4.Freedom!Freedom!!Freedom!!! 5.Public speaking technique from Dhoni 6.Free to be me..Myself 7.We have joy, We have fun..We have seasons
In sun.. 8.Freedom to think & act 9.Should we say? 10.Book review Memorable momemts...
PRESIDENT’S DESK S P E A K E R S
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I’m really happy to reach you all through August month’s edition of Speakers Digest. It is two months since the start of the new term, a journey that has been exciting, challenging and filled with immense learning. I’m humbled by the leadership of the past three executive committees who have built Chennai Speakers Forum as the club that continuously innovates, sets great standards by producing remarkable speakers, leaders and thus being the most happening club in town. It is a great privilege to carry this legacy forward. It is one thing to lead a team but quite another to see a team that leads, a team that is zestful, responsible, receptive and decisive. The current Executive committee is a team that leads the way, sets the standards, knows where it is headed and more importantly, strives to raise the bar every time. I’m honored to lead the vibrant fourth executive committee. The months of July, August our club witnessed Humorous speaking workshops by Toastmaster Rajesh Natarajan, Evaluation workshops by Distinguished Toastmaster Saro Velrajan and a session on effective feedback from Toastmaster Raghavender. I thank each one for the valuable knowledge sharing sessions. Congratulations to Toastmaster Parandhaman from Medley Toastmasters Club on his stupendous job as Contest Chair in the recently concluded club level Humorous Speech and Evaluation contest. Many thanks to him and his team of roleplayers, our club witnessed a professionally executed contest. Every contestant deserves a pat on their back for their spirit, courage and willingness to contest! It is through experiences like these, we grow!
Wishing our champions Toastmaster Rajesh Natarajan, Toastmaster Pranav, Toastmaster Jivitha good luck for the area level contest. Our CSF family continues to grow with the joining of new members Kavin, Rohnie, Gautham, Unnikrishnan, Gitanjali and members who have joined us from other clubs Santhosh, Thayn and Janardhanan. Welcome on board and wishing you all an enriching journey ahead! I thank Toastmaster Arna, Toastmaster Vivek for their continued support in every step and DTM’s Saro, Rajeev, Kartik for being there, guiding and encouraging us! This edition of Speakers Digest is with the theme “freedom in toastmasters”. It is at the core of every toastmasters club to let its members express their thought without any inhibition. Kudos to the editors Toastmaster Thibakar, Toastmaster Raghavender for bringing out this edition of Speakers Digest in style and our Vice President Public Relations Toastmaster Priyadarshini for spearheading the team and leading the way. Happy Reading!
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EDITOR’S DESK S P E A K E R S
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Dear CSF Toastmasters ! It gives us immense pleasure in bringing this months newsletter to you. Being a month where we are celebrating our Independence Day its time to look back and know Toastmaster platform has given us an opportunity to express ourselves in a safe environment. Also looking into future how this new found freedom of expression molds our personality to endeavour towards our goals in life. We as a new team on the editors panel for this month are very grateful to all the members of our CSF family who contributed their stories which we are sure will inspire all. Also, a special mention to DTM Rajeev Nambiar who is an inspiration for all budding TM's with his incredible journey to heights of leadership. “Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes” ―Jim Morrison
EDITORS
TM Ragavender Matam
TM Thibakar
1.Interview with DTM S P E A K E R S
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DTM Rajeev Nambiar 1.When and where did you started your toastmasters journey? Chennai, March 7th 2009
2.How did you feel in initial stages of toastmasters? Felt a little sceptic as to whether I would be able to walk the length completely.
3. Memorable moments in toastmasters? Definitely 1) Well seeing my Mentee TM. Krishnan Chidambaram take the winner's trophy at the club, Area and Division Level International speech contests 2011 ahead of me. 2) Achieving my First CC Award 3) Co- MCEE of inaugural night at the Ovation 2010 with my dear friend DTM. Lalitha Giridhar. 4) It has to be the Coveted DTM award.
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4. What made you join the Toastmaster Club? Wanted to make many friends and which i have over the past 4 yrs plus.
5. Any one you would like to Toast? Late TM. Rajiv Gabriel, TM. Deepak Pandian, DTM. Laitha Giridhar, TM. CT Thomas, to be honest the list is endless. To put it straight everyone in Toastmasters who has made me realise my hidden talents and potential. 6. Brief us about your toastmasters journey? Started off to make friends and what I got out of that endeavour is the feel of a sound and able Communicator. Well you guys have to decide whether I fit into the role of a good leader or not. 7. Challenges you faced to become DTM? To be honest none at all on a personal level
8. What are the major factors that helped you raise in the TM journey till DTM? My commitment and character to see the distance completely.
9. How do you feel when you became DTM? Compared to initial stages, well I feel the same may be a little more confident as compared to when I started the journey as a novice speaker and leader.
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10. Your inspiring words to us to develop as a competent Toastmaster? Toastmastering is a walk of life and when you have one eye on the results and one eye on the work process in toastmasters you hardly get to improve true to your potential. On the other hand keep both your eyes transfixed on your efforts and then you will find yourself progressing considerably beyond your wildest expectations. In layman's terms do your work with full heart and soul and the results will happen as a by-product.
11. What is your future endeavour now that you have become DTM? Now that i have become a DTM my future is to look into being a soft skills trainer of repute. Further also would like to motivate youngsters of today to join the movement and realise their hidden potentials and skills.
2.BEING IN TOASTMASTERS S R E A K E R
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I joined Toastmasters through Chennai Speakers Forum on April 1st 2013. Exactly four months from the day I write this. For the past four months in my life, I DIN’T FIND ANY CHANGE IN ME. Yes, Toastmasters has never changed anything in me in particular. It just made me stand taller and look better. They say, “Rolling stone gathers no mass” but I would say, “By joining Toastmasters, this ROLLING STONE got POLISHED” There was a person deep inside me, hankering to impress, but failing to express. Feeling that the whole world is against him. Having thoughts that flood through his mind, he was unable to utter a single word. He always feels that, whatever he speaks, his CONTENT is HIM. His attitude was dominant, to hide his fear of rejection.His voice was high, to avoid aversion. There was this beacon that showed him the way. It said, “You don’t find the way to happiness, HAPPINESS IS THE WAY” It said, “Don’t try to impress, just express”
Being yourself is what people expect from you. Never defy yourself by creating a wall around you. People don’t judge you, by the way you are. You are better than what you speak.It skillfully enthralled me to take up this way of HAPPINESS. This helped me define myself, not to confine. On this odyssey, I found, carving myself throughout the journey, getting polished to make myself better and better.
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TM KANNAN
3.Choice of words S R E A K E R
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Reaching home in the wee hours of night, wearing what you like, doing what you love doing: Freedom mean different things to different people. In the context of Toastmasters, freedom is all about the choice of words. You & I have to express our opinion in our club meetings. More often people underestimate the power of Words they use. Words can uplift the audience, Words can create emotions, Words can inspire people for greater good. Look back at the greatest events in the history. All have been the result of prodigious word usage by Great Leaders. Be it Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream”, Obama’s “Yes we can” or Swami Vivekananda’s spirited speech at Chicago. Your choice of words can have a profound impact on others. Next time you prepare for your speech (or) addressing a big gathering, spend quality time in drafting the speech with right words because right words at right context can create MAGIC. It is strange that “WORDS” AND “SWORD” have the same alphabets. Even more strange is if not used properly both have the same effect. Happy Toastmastering!!! BY TM RAJESH NATRAJAN
4.FREEDOM! FREEDOM!! FREEDOM!!! S R E A K E R
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is born free and everywhere he is in chains” said Rous-
seau, the Great philosopher. “Freedom is my birth right…” said the renowned freedom fighter Bal Gangadhar Tilak. But let us pause a moment and think about what exactly is ‘Freedom’. It is the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical/mental restraint; in other words, exemption from external control. If you look at Indian Constitution, it talks of ‘Right to Freedom’ which includes “speech and expression”. For me, ‘FREEDOM’ means that I am OPEN and not restricted by “FEARS”. FEAR is the dominant factor that stops me from expressing myself in an OPEN manner – fear of ‘am I good enough’, ‘fear of being ridiculed and laughed at’, ‘fear of being judged’ and above all, ‘fear of failure’. The only way to cure me of this disease called fear is “CONFIDENCE”; and the only way to build the confidence is through “COMMUNICATION”. COMMUNICATION essentially happens through a Coach, and to me this Coach is not an individual, but the forum called TOASTMASTERS where great Communicators and Leaders are made, and where the main focus is on building “CONFIDENCE”.
When I joined Toastmasters’ a few years back, I had the arrogance to think of myself as a very confident communicator. However, over the past few years, I have learnt not just otherwise, but also the way to improve myself as a more confident (not arrogant) person. This is the place where I learnt that Communication is the bridge that connects us to others. When I am confident and clear in my communication, my relationships become more authentic, and this is the forum that has taught me over and over again that my responsibility towards communication results in my happiness as, at the end of the day, I am a product of my behavior; my behavior a resultant of my thoughts and words; & above all, I AM THE CAUSE, CREATOR & BENEFACTOR of MY HAPPINESS! Netaji Subash Chandra Bose once said, “give me your blood I will give you freedom”. I, as a Toastmaster, am telling you, “give me your word, I will give you freedom!”
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DTM KARTHICK SRINIVASAN
5.Public Speaking technique from Dhoni S R E A K E R
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Today M.S. Dhoni, Indian Cricket Team Captain, is a success guru for people across all industry and fields. Why not in public speaking? Here is the Dhoni-technique to become a successful public speaker. How come Dhoni could stand still until the end of the innings and finish the game with a winning note? Just like we speakers experience fear on stage, doesn’t fear intrude Dhoni while on the crease especially in nail biting situations? Recently I read his interview in a newspaper, to maintain his temper, he said while batting he focuses on the ball and not the blower. In “Face
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blower” Similarly, we can while public speaking, “Focus on the message, not the audience (Mind)”. The secret is “Have clear Mind”. This is what sports psychologist & author of the book “StillPower”, Mr. Garret Kramer says, when we are in or about to face a tough situation or if you see it tough, hundreds (in my case millions) of thoughts pop up in our mind. Let’s take our mind set before a speech. Thoughts that come are, whether the mike would work properly, how the audience would react, will I get thought-attack or forget the speech during presentation, and will the presentation be received well?
When we already have such pricking thoughts surfacing in, we were taught to use positive techniques such as telling ourselves “I can... I can do well... by injecting that positivity we add few more thoughts in our mind, only to mess up at the end. We should learn to accept the fact, that Mind can automatically pacify and claim its calmness, instead of forcing it to become calm during the tough situation or pressure condition. Just like our body can heal itself after experiencing little pain if someone pats heavily on our shoulders, our mind also has that capacity to heal itself. So, the Dhoni technique here is just allow any thought to pop up (like passing clouds) don’t focus on it, experience a clear and calm mind. Being calm is being intelligent. Focus on the message (ball) you want to deliver not the audience mind set (blowers). Eventually we can also be a memorable finisher of the game/speech like Dhoni. If you ask me, do you follow Dhoni technique? My answer would be No!. I always follow Bruce Lee’s technique. In the film Enter the dragon he said “The highest technique is not
having any technique.”
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6.Free to be Me..Myself S P E A K E R S
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Toastmasters according to me is an ideal place. I am loved, cared for, encouraged, motivated, inspired, and helped by all the members. I am free to explore different communication styles and find out what really works and what does not. I try new things and fall flat on my face. But I don’t take it much seriously (like a failure) because I know I will get another opportunity the next week to correct my blunders and implement what I learned from the previous failure. I don’t have to bother about saving face because I know Toastmasters is for me and not at all judgemental. The complete love and care that I constantly receive in toastmasters plus the skills I have picked up in toastmasters has liberated me to be more of myself. All the love that I have internalised from Toastmasters has freed me to be myself without wondering or worrying if others are going to accept what all I am. Now, I kind of don’t care!! BY TM KAVITHA
7.We have joy, We have fun... We have seasons in the Sun‌ S R E A K E R
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Being a Toastmaster has been a terrific experience for me. In more ways than one the journey has been refreshing. I love the rains and never miss a chance to get drenched, Toastmasters has been similar to rain. Every time I attend a meeting I find myself rejuvenated. This forum gives you quite a lot of things; Opportunities, learning, fun, success and more importantly friends who will stand by you no matter what. Freedom, to me, is not being able to do anything and everything without any rules; It is about being able to do something you love, without the fear of failure or embarrassment. In that sense Toastmasters is the epitome of freedom. I have had some really crazy ideas and opinions and was often skeptical myself about sharing it with the world. But when I had to deliver speeches I realized I could speak with conviction only on what I believe. And so I started expressing my views and opinions through my speeches and to my surprise, I found many others who shared my views and believed in what I did too. This opened up many avenues for me. It got me a lot many more friends and changed my life around. Today I am relaxed on stage and I feel happy expressing myself on and off the stage and that’s because Toastmasters has given me great freedom to be myself.
I have been frequenting CSF for a while now and it has been an amazing experience. The energy in the club and the friendships I have made are something that I will cherish for life. There are a few doyens in our TM fraternity and I have always been nervous to walk up to them and have a talk. But CSF liberated me from my fear and today I have a rejuvenating chat with any and every toastmaster in our fraternity without any second thought. CSF taught me the essence of Toastmastering in a simple, uncomplicated way and for that I would be forever grateful to CSF. When I was asked to write on freedom in Toastmasters and how to use that freedom, I could only think of the members of CSF and the amazing learning they have given me over the last few months. As a TM the biggest gift you are given is that you can walk into any club without any inhibition and walking into this club has been inspirational to say the least. I used the freedom TM gave me by attending CSF often and I would like to express my gratitude to each of you in this wonderful club for having helped me. I must definitely thank a few members of this club for their incredible support and friendship. Jivitha Siddharthan was my co host at Ovation 2013 and to say that the conference and the hosting opportunity changed my life forever would be an understatement! Jivs has been an incredible friend. Arna Chugani is the champion we all look up to. She is an extraordinary speaker and never ceases to amaze me. Her evaluations are golden and help you improve remarkably. Aashish and Pranav are outstanding leaders and have taught me so much just by being themselves. Kannan, Uday, Gautam, Rajesh Velpandian & Thibakar are truly fantastic guys and have been wonderful friends J Hanging out with them has been outstanding fun and these guys have so much to teach us and they will forever remain in my ‘look up to’ diary. Sandeep, Vivekandandan, Trilokesh, Rajeev, Rajesh Natarajan and Jayram have all been so inspiring. Kavitha, Anjana, Priyadarshini and Suresh have been so warm and effusive.
I know I have missed out a few people here, but that’s not intentional. Each of you in this club has been outstanding and I am really looking forward to having a great time with each of you. Thanks much for everything.. The freedom Toastmasters gives us is invaluable. We can better ourselves by simply using these liberating opportunities and it’s more like being paid to eat Gulab Jamuns. Good luck CSF and congratulations for coming up with yet another fantastic newsletter. Keep rocking people. All the best!
Happy Toastmastering.
BY TM RAGHAVAN SRIDHAR
8.Freedom to think & act S R E A K E R
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Last summer, I had taken my daughter to my native place - a village in the down south for a short vacation. It was a good break for us from the city life – away from the population, the pollution and the noise. My daughter was astonished to see almost everything in the village – the grazing cattle, the running calves, the flying birds and the hens. When we were there, she got a wonderful opportunity to witness the birth of a tiny little chicken, first hand. At first, the shell cracked with a little noise… then slowly the chick pierced through the cracks and showed its beak. She asked me “Dad… Can we help the chick to break the remaining shell?” I told her “Mitra! Wait… let the chick break the shell on its own. When it breaks the shell on its own, it becomes stronger”. She patiently waited for the chick to pop out of the egg. On seeing the little chick jump out of the shell, Mitra started to clap her hands with lots of cheer. When I was brooding over this incident post summer, I was asking myself “How often do we wait till the chick popsout of the shell in our real life? Do we give people the freedom to perform, especially under challenging situations?” Let me take you to July 2011 to share an interesting incident which happened during my leadership journey in Toastmasters.
It was two weeks since I had taken over the role of a Division G Governor in Tamilnadu. US Consulate had engaged Tamilnadu Toastmasters to conduct a Youth Leadership Program (YLP). Being the new kid in the corridor and not having seen any YLPs in the past, I did not know what to do. I did not even know how to bring 15 volunteers to conduct the program during the weekends, for 8 weeks in a row. I wanted to provide a neutral platform for members to use this opportunity and groom their skills. I sent an invite to all the 500+ members in Chennai, asking for nominations. I got responses from nearly 15 volunteers. I made all of them an YLP coordinator. The orientation session for the coordinators happened on July 30th, 2011. July 30th, 2011… a day that I will never forget. I was at the Medleys Toastmasters Club meeting and I had my mobile phone in silent mode. By the time I finished the meeting and looked at my mobile I had 15+ missed calls from 5 different people, many of them are senior toastmasters in the community. The moment you see 15+ missed calls in just 2 hours, you know that there is a “fire” somewhere. Sandhiya Rajaraman, our then Asst. Division Governor and an YLP coordinator, had left 5 missed calls. I called her back and asked “What is the fire?!” She said “Saro… the US Consulate people did not want a few volunteers as trainers in the program – the US consulate people thought they are incapable”. When I returned the missed calls on my phone, I spoke to a few more senior toastmasters in the community each one of them said “US Consulate is funding this program and we should make sure that we should put only our best in the team. Remove those trainers, if they are not up to the mark”. I did not know what to do – should I honor those advices from senior members or should I follow my conscience? My Division Governorship was my first experience playing any large leadership role outside the club. All along I was thinking “Only in the work place, people are differentiated and provided opportunity based on their skills/capability”. The smaller leadership roles that I had taken before in Toastmasters provided me an opportunity to “form teams” - however those teams never had to face a “customer”.
The YLP program presented me an opportunity to “form a team” and expose them to a “customer” (the US Consulate). Moreover, one of those YLP coordinators whom I was asked to “fire” was a college student who had just developed selfconfidence in life, through Toastmasters. Should I fire him to make US Consulate happy and “crumble” his self-confidence? I really did not know how to deal with that situation. When in doubt I always look up my “beliefs bible” – a self introspection that I do to check against my principles, values and beliefs. My belief bible said that in a volunteering organization, everyone should be treated equally and provided equal opportunity… as far as the volunteers have the interest to learn and commitment to perform. Bingo! I got the clarity that I needed the most. I made a conscious decision to proceed with the identified trainers and told everyone “Same team… No change”. Youth Leadership Program (YLP) was conducted by our Toastmasters gang for 8 weeks at Anjuman School, T.Nagar. One of the star coordinators who emerged out of the YLP program was our very own “student Toastmaster”, who inspired many school students to come out of their fear of public speaking. Students were able to relate to him better because he was more or less in their age group. Every student in his class felt, “if a student like him is determined and committed to improve his communication skills, why not me?” This student Toastmaster later developed more confidence to charter a new corporate club in his company, and ran the first ever community Speech Craft program in Tamilnadu. Thank God! I did not fire the student Toastmaster from the YLP program. If I had followed the advices of others… if I had gotten influenced by “what would senior toastmasters think if I don’t follow their advice”… I would’ve committed the sin of losing a huge banyan tree by cutting it when it was budding. Freedom to think and act is very important… not only in Toastmasters, but also in our real life. Let the chick pop out of the shell on its own – so that, it becomes stronger.
BY DTM SARO VELRAJAN
9.Should we say? S R E A K E R
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As a Toastmaster, have you been advised not to say “thank you” to your audiences? Or have you been told it’s inappropriate to apologize to them? Well, I’m here to dispute both these commands from an etiquette point of view. When I’ve heard the advice “never say thank you to your audience” during a Toastmasters evaluation, the reason typically is that “audiences should be thanking you!” Well, audience members do thank their speakers – if they’ve received worthwhile content. They clap, they smile, they may even cry as a result of your talk. And sometimes they even contact you afterward to find out more about your subject. They don’t have to thank you. But when all goes well, they happily say thanks in these ways. Now that’s success. Remember, you speak to persuade, inform, inspire or entertain others. If those in your audiences don’t clap, smile or respond in any way, you get the message loud and clear. It’s time to go back to the drawing board!
Look at it this way. Audience members give you something of value as well: They gave you their precious time. What could be more valuable than that? I presume they also listened and gave you their full attention. Those two things alone allow you to do what you came to the lectern to do – present material of importance to them. I do, however, agree that you should avoid using “thank you” as a way
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sum up or close your speech. Words of gratitude and acknowledgment come after you’ve given audience members a compelling close that leaves them with a message to remember. What about apologizing? I often hear Toastmasters emphatically say “never, ever apologize!” I disagree. The need to apologize changes based on circumstances. When is it bad form to apologize and when is it recommended? Don’t apologize if you forgot to bring a handout or didn’t get a piece of research done. Never tell audience members what you intended to do and then add on an apologetic explanation. If you did that, you’d be apologizing to benefit yourself and not them. Sure, you may feel better by saying something. But don’t expect them to feel better as a result. Your listeners won’t notice an omission. But your credibility will suffer if you tell them about what you meant to do or bring. Remember, no one likes being told about missing puzzle pieces. However, I suggest you do apologize for problems that affect everyone in the room: If it’s too hot or too cold; if the lights go out; if there aren’t enough chairs for everyone; if you have to tolerate noise coming from another room.
As you know, a prepared speaker checks into these physical considerations before presentation time. But challenges like these happen in spite of your being well organized. So when they do, it’s good manners to express regret to people in your audience. Let them know you empathize with their discomfort. It will make everyone feel better – including you – and it’s simply the right thing to do. Good etiquette belongs wherever people gather. It’s especially important to show your best manners when you’re the one in charge at the podium.
BY TM KARTHIKEYAN
10.BOOK REVIEW S R E A K E R
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The Accidental Apprentice – by Vikas Swarup (Author of Slumdog Millionaire) "In Life you never get what you deserve: you get what you
negotiate." This very first line in the book caught my fancy as much as the synopsis on the back page. The story is very catchy - What would you do if, out of the blue, a billionaire industrialist decided to make you the CEO of his company? No prior business experience necessary. There is only catch: you need to pass 7 tests from the 'textbook of life'. This is the extra-ordinary story of Sapna Sinha - an ordinary sales girl in an electronics showroom in Delhi. Sapna having lost her father, and being the eldest sister, is forced to give up her dreams to prepare for Civil Services and instead take up a job to make ends meet. She has a routine of visiting the nearby Hanuman temple every Friday noon during her lunch break. On one such temple visit, the CEO of one of India's largest conglomerates - Vinay Mohan Acharya - offers to make her the CEO of his company provided she's willing to pass the "Seven Tests". The tests come from the book called "LIFE", from the challenges faced in everyday routine life. The offer includes an advance amount of Rs 1 Lakh just to participate in the tests. Even though Sapna and her family are woefully short of money, Sapna listens to her intuition, smells something fishy and immediately refutes the offer. However, a couple of days later, circumstances force her to accept the offer and thus begin her tests, unbeknownst to her - The Tests of leadership, integ-
rity, courage, foresight, resourcefulness and decisiveness.
Were these tests real or conjured up by Acharya? Is Acharya trustworthy or a lunatic? Why does Karan, Sapna's best friend never reciprocate her feelings? Will Sapna be able to clear all the 7 tests? Will she get to be the CEO? Read the book to find out. The highlights of this book are its varied characters and the way author weaves up the plot. The suspense is maintained till the end. Such is the story that I felt like reading one test after another without putting the book down. In fact, I even skipped one CSF meeting to finish the book :-) The author has done an excellent job in portraying the characters wonderfully. Sapna, who is shown as an ordinary girl with wheatish complexion wins our heart with her resourcefulness, presence of mind and intuition. The fact that she is a very quick learner shows up when she hands Acharya the very same lesson he taught her. Simplicity, honesty, kindness, conscience, selflessness and poise - she charms the reader with her qualities. It is always difficult for a male author to present a story from a female point of view but the author succeeds in achieving this. Sapna’s younger sister is portrayed as a happy-go-lucky sister who aims to make it big in the modelling world. Sapna’s mom is the quintessential Indian mom. The book touches upon a number of evils that are prevalent in modern India - the Khap dictum, Corruption, Child Labour, Lecherous bosses, Kidney rackets, Casting couch, Eveteasing to name a few. And Sapna - as she humbly takes on these evils single-handedly wins our respect and admiration, not once, but many times over. The best part of this book is its conclusion. The end of the book induced such a rare feel-good feeling in me that even after finishing the book, I was lost in thoughts and re-read the conclusion. Very few books manage to leave the reader with a feel-good feeling at the end. Add to this the fact that the author hasn't used any slang words at all. A clean and beautifully written book indeed. The book concludes with the line - "In life, you eventually get what you deserve" :-).
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TM SANDEEP KANBAR
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