Finding A Purpose In Life: 26 People Who Inspired The World

by R.M. Lala

There is a pilgrim soul in all of us, an inner searching that continues throughout our lives For lack of a purpose, millions in despair seek refuge in unbridled consumerism, drugs, alcohol, crime or antisocial behaviour. From times immemorial, man has striven to know his place in this bewildering world, find a direction and pursue a purpose higher than his own advancement. In this book, R.M. Lala addresses these issues through the medium of great lives like Abraham Lincoln, Albert Schweitzer, Emperor Asoka, Vinoba Bhave, Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela, Narayana and Sudha Murthy and others. He highlights the difference between ambition and purpose, career and purpose, and indicates how understanding this lies at the core of understanding oneself. This inspirational and motivational work shows how each of us can find a purpose satisfying to ourselves and meaningful to others.

Genres: Nonfiction

114 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 2009

About the author

Russi M. Lala (Gujarati: રુસ્સિ લાલા) (22 August 1928 – 19 October 2012) was a Parsi author known for his chronicles of the Tatas, editor, and publisher. When he was 19, he entered the profession of book publishing in 1951. From 1959 to 1963, he established the first publishing house from India in London, 1959.
Russi M. Lala, graduated with History Honours from Bombay University. Journalism was his passion from his childhood. In his ‘early years’, he was fond of his father, Maneckshaw P. Lala, from whom he acquired an abiding love for literature. "The urge for expression marks the beginning of writing" says Mr Lala in his autobiography.[1] It was this urge that made him write letters to newspapers during his teens – about topics ranging from cruelty to animals, to Gandhi, and Roosevelt.

Reviews

[Arash Jamwal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Haha, found this little cutie covered in the dust near my shoe's rack(sums-up my tidiness!)
The book is cool.
It has a lot of stories of traditional famous Indians(a.p.j.abdul kalam, Gandhiji, Amte Family) plus some legends from all over the world.
I can't remember who gifted me this book. I received this when I was in high school. I hoped it was not stolen from some library.
It is good for teens!

[Santosh · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is good to read but it could not meet my expectation. I thought Mr. R. M. Lala could have done great research on purpose but he failed in convincing me through this book. He simply has compiled life of 20 successful entrepreneurs and their life style. There is no concrete method for our intro-inspection to find our purpose in life.

[K Rao · Rating 2 out of 5]

Great but I expected more.

[Sen · Rating 2 out of 5]

There are couple of instances where I got valuable advice for life. But in general I expected a bit more.