The President Receives Copy Of The Book 'wisdom For Happy Life'

The President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil received a copy of the book, 'Wisdom for Happy Life', from the author of the book, Dr. D.S. Rathore at Rashtrapati Bhavan today.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Rathore said wisdom is a process of accomplishment of good goals, through fair means using knowledge. He regretted that most people do not understand the importance of wisdom in bringing about a happy life, as they are fatalists and believe in fate and destiny. Dr. Rathore felt that education on wisdom is not provided in most homes or in educational institutions.

Dr. Rathore, is currently the Chairman of the Biotechnology Promotion Council and was formerly the Vice-Chancellor of the Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University, Palampur. Dr. Rathore has written his book as a valuable guide for learning and practicing of wisdom. Wisdom is an important element of life as its application can lead to one of the most important objectives of human life - happiness. Happiness is much desired by individuals. However, not all are able to achieve it. The differentiating factor is wisdom. Those who practice it are happy people and those who do not have enough wisdom are destined to suffer from failure and misery in life.

There are many efforts by different people and organizations to find the solution for achieving happiness. However, unless all individuals are sensitized to adopt wisdom in their daily activities, the situation cannot be improved. There is a gap in the knowledge regarding wisdom amongst the people. This book delves into the issues (1) What is wisdom? (2) How to learn wisdom? (3) How to practice wisdom? (4) How to use wisdom successfully and (5) Why there is apathy towards wisdom?

An attempt has been made to answer these questions based on personal experiences, reflection and observations from real life. Self-management, acquisition of knowledge and learning leadership and managerial skills are ways of learning wisdom. The book speaks about application of wisdom at different stages in life, need for scientific temperament and a blue print has been provided for achieving success and happiness. Various methods of overcoming stress have also been suggested.

In today's world the phenomenal upswing in knowledge has led to the advent of a knowledge society. Yet despite the increase in prosperity caused by the creation of such a society, happiness cannot be found easily and therefore, the role of wisdom has become all the more relevant.

The book lays great emphasis on understanding, learning and practicing of wisdom and character building, so that individuals can face challenges of life, more confidently by finding solutions to their specific situations or problems by themselves.

The book has been published by Wisdom International.

This release issued at 19:00 hrs.